“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”

I am the type of person who gets way too attached to fictional characters. I have literally sobbed in books, tv shows and movies when characters I have grown to love have died.

I still haven’t forgiven you for Wash, Joss!

On one of my 4am feeding blog stalking adventures, I saw a bunch of sites listing their top 10 literary fictional BFFS which got me thinking. Out of all the books I’ve read… out of all the characters I have grown to know as if they were my own friends... Who would be my best friends?

My Top 10 Literary BFF’s (in no particular order)

1. Luna Lovegood (The Harry Potter Series): She is a complete oddball and my absolute favourite character… after Snape of course.
2. Daenerys Targaryen (A Song of Ice and Fire Series): The girl has dragons!
3. Samwise Gangee (Lord of the Rings Trilogy): Can you find a character in a book that is more loyal? If Sam was your mate, you could ask him to help you move and he would always say yes.
4. Elizabeth Bennett (Pride and Prejudice): Lizzie went to visit her best friend Charlotte Lucas… even after she married that twit Mr Collins. That’s a friend!
5. Elinor Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility): She is loyal and lovely and the Jane Austen character I identify most with.
6. Yvaine (Stardust): Imagine all the things this girl/star has seen? You would never truly run out of things to talk about.
7. Adora Belle Dearheart (Going Postal, Making Money): Her nickname “Spike” says it all. I too can be very spikey.
8. Nanny Ogg (The Discworld Books; first appearance in Equal Rites): I think I am slowly turning into Nanny Ogg. Besides the clan of children. Two will do me nicely thanks.
9. Sookie Stackhouse (The Southern Vampire Mysteries): We’d hang out at Fantasia and I’d perve on Eric. Do I have ulterior motives in being her friend? Probably.
10. Lee Scorsby (His Dark Materials Trilogy): (spoiler alert) When Lee and his dæmon, an arctic hare named Hester died (sorry!) I put down the first book and nearly refused to go on. Sam Elliot, who played him in the movie, was the only one who truly captured their character in The Golden Compass.

What Literary character would you be total BFF’s with?

My baby girl Zoe Mouse was weighed and measured at her doctors visit today. She is a whooping 64cm long and a very heavy 6.34kg. On the growth charts she measures the size of the average 5 month old. At 11 weeks. My big chubba bubba.

August Book List

I love reading, always have. Before having kids, I'd devour books like they were my last meals. Unfortunately, working night shifts and having my little people has put a major lag on my "Have Read" list.

Speaking of lists - I would recommend Goodreads to anyone! I love being able to make a to-read list, read reviews and find new books. Im the type of person who gets to the book section of the shops and goes blank on what i wanted to get. Now - I whip out my ol' iPhone and check out my Goodreads profile. Amazing!

So here is my 5 books to read for August. (Of course if I read more I'll be over the moon!)

1. Bound by Kira Saito 
I downloaded this book on my ipad when the ibooks store was offering the first book in a series for free. To be honest, it sounds like it would follow the same path as so many "supernatural YA romances", what attracted me the most to it was that instead of just the usual witches this was voodoo queens.

2. The Iron Butterfly by Chanda Hahn 

This was another first book in a series that I downloaded for free. It has received quite good reviews on both the ibooks store and goodreads.

3. Horns by Joe Hill
A man starts to grow horns and people confess their worse sins to him. Not only does the premise sound creepy funny, I have wanted to read this because it is being made into a movie starring Daniel Radcliffe ♥. Harry Potter with horns!!

 

4. Circle of Nine by Josephine Pennicott

Yet another free download, I always like a bit of mythology thrown in for good measure. 

 5. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 

This book has been popping up everywhere. I have a morbid obsession with real crime shows, so a book about a murder and horribly unhappy people has my name all over it. Also another one they are making into a movie.