Some of you may have noticed that Character Connection has all but disappeared recently. It was just starting to feel like a chore, and I felt like I was saying the same things over and over. So I took an unannounced break. I’m going to try Enbrethiliel’s suggestion and start posting monthly rather than weekly. Continue Reading…
Character Connection: Rhett Butler
So, since it’s Valentine’s Day and all, it’s time to feature a character crush. This time, it’s Rhett Butler. I know, how predictable can I be, right? But there’s a reason that so many women love this man. Rhett. From the first time he appears on the page, I think my eye was drawn to Continue Reading…
Character Connection: Major Ernest Pettigrew (and his wife)
I was pleasantly surprised by how much I loved Major Pettigrew from the book by Helen Simonson. I don’t always do well with military types. I look all meek and mild, but the minute I’m given anything that even remotely resembles an order, I dig in my heels. That’s not really the best way to Continue Reading…
Character Connection: Deryn Sharp
Deryn Sharp is one of the main characters in the Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld. I’ve only read the first two. She’s about 15 or 16 and she’s one of those characters who are perennial favorites among female readers–a girl disguised as a boy. I wonder why we do like them so much? But that’s Continue Reading…
Character Connection: Marianne Engel
Marianne Engel is the main character from The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson. It’s been a while since I read this, so my details might be off, but I’ll definitely be true to the spirit of Marianne. Marianne at first comes across as a crazy lady. Not in any kind of a dangerous way, but in Continue Reading…
Character Connection
Who did you connect with this week? Link your post on Mr. Linky, then be sure to go check out the other Character Connections! Who do ya love? Or love to hate? You know you’ve got a lot to say about some larger-than-life characters, and this is the place to say it. Write a straightforward Continue Reading…
Frankie Bard: Character Connection
Frankie Bard is one of three main characters in The Postmistress by Sarah Blake, a World War II novel that I loved and which inspired my favorite personal review. Man, I impressed myself with that one! Anyway, this is what I had to say about Frankie then: “I am going to be haunted by Frankie’s story for a long time. I should […]
Character Connection
Who do ya love? Or love to hate? You know you’ve got a lot to say about some larger-than-life characters, and this is the place to say it. Write a straightforward post. Draw a picture. Vlog, write poetry, write fiction, cast the role, be as creative as you want! Be sure to post the book’s Continue Reading…
Character Connection: Moses Froben
Moses Froben. A world-famous opera singer. No one would ever guess the story of his life. I just loved Moses when I read his story in The Bells by Richard Harvell. He began life as the only son of a deaf woman whom everyone believed to be the village idiot. Their life was not easy, Continue Reading…
Character Connection: The Lilim
It’s no secret that I love Stardust by Neil Gaiman. I came to it late, but I especially love the version illustrated by Charles Vess. But then, I love Gaiman and I love Vess, so that should be a no-brainer, right? There are lots of not-very-nice people running throughout Faerie in Gaiman’s version of the Continue Reading…
Character Connection: The Morrigan
I have something a little different this week. I’ve come across references to The Morrigan in three very different books, so I wanted to take a look at the “traditional” Morrigan and the way that these three authors chose to portray her (or them, as the case may be). So, let’s start with the Morrigan Continue Reading…