Anyway, a warm hello to everyone stopping by from Follow Friday (hosted by the fabulous Parajunkee and the equally wonderful Alison of Alison Can Read). For those who don't know, I'm Kat-- reviewer of mostly YA, fantasy, historical, and scifi-esque fiction.
If you would like to keep up with my reviews, general bookish babblings, or are interested in some giveaways which will be coming up during the month of December (hint, hint), then I'd love to have you as a follower via GFC, RSS, email, or even my sparkling new Twitter account-- whichever you prefer. Leave a comment with your FF, and I will be sure to visit/follow you back!
The FF question this week is:
Who do you want to be? If you could choose any character from a book. What do you think that character looks like and what do you have in common?
My answer: Ooh, very tough one! My first thought, like our featured bookworm's, was Hermione Granger, for obvious reasons of her being awesome and somewhat like a magical version of me (and every other bibliophile). Arwen from The Lord of the Rings would be a close second: whether you choose to remain an immortal, magical elven woman or give up your mortality to be with Aragorn (a young Viggo Mortensen is like nearly as good as immortality), being Arwen would be a pretty sweet deal. Arya from the Inheritance (Eragon) books would be another good one-- again immortal elven woman, this one with bad-ass powers and (SPOILER ALERT...A dragon).
If I'm allowed to be a guy character: Gandalf the Grey, also from The Lord of the Rings. To be that wise and powerful and... wizardly, with a wizard hat and a wizard staff and wizard eyebrows. I always wonder: are there female wizards in LOTR? 'Cause that would be kind of sexist, if there weren't. Then again, in a series which only has, count them, three named female characters of any importance...
Anyway, I wish all you visitors and followers a fantastic weekend (filled with lots of quality reading time, rather than exam-cramming, like mine). Hope to see all of you around the blogosphere!
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ReplyDeleteGreat choices! I would especially like to be Hermoine! :) I'm a new follower of your blog through GFC.
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Hermione! She's totally amazing. I think Hermione might be my favorite character from HP, and I definitely relate to her desire to do well in school.
ReplyDeleteI thought about Arwen too, she is one lucky girl to get Aragorn. Happy Holidays!
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Hopping through. Sigh...I still need to read the LOTR series. As I mentioned in my comment the other day.
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We have something in common. I like your picks! New Follower :D
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I love your choices! :)
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Awesome answers. To be an elf with powers would be awesome, and I am a big eragon fan. =] New Follower. =] Here is My FF
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Good choices - I don't fancy having a beard, though...!
ReplyDelete@Adele Cosgrove-Bray-- Haha, good point! Like I said, we need some chick wizards around the place.
ReplyDelete@BLH mistress-- I know! There is no downside to being Arwen. :)
All great picks - Arwen and Aragorn - sigh...
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Holly @ Words Fueled by Love
Great pick and I don't see why you can't pick a guy as well.
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Love love LOVE your answer! Hermione definitely made an appearance on my FFF this week as well. But I never thought of Arwen...for all the reasons you mentioned she' a brilliant choice ;)
ReplyDeleteI also love that you put guy choices as well. Mine would have been Harry Potter but Gandalf makes a perfect choice as well! Thanks for sharing, I'm a new follower via GFC!!
Micheline @ Lunar Rainbows
Haha, I totally wanted to be both of them when I was younger =) I even dressed up as Arwen for World Book Day...
ReplyDeleteNow I'm not so sure. Probably also Hermione, but starting from the first year of Hogwarts! xD
Hermoine seems to be a popular choice :) I'm dropping by from the Feature & Follow. My choice was Rose Hatahway from the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead. Nice to "meet" you. I love your blog and will be back to follow more of your reviews :) happy reading!
ReplyDeleteMegan @ Megz Madd Readz
Awesome choices! I may have to read both Eragon and the Lord of the Rings soon. I feel like I'm missing out on quite a lot because I haven't read them yet!
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Hi, from a new follower! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat choices all around!
Great choices! I chose Hermione Granger aswell. But Arwen is definitely a close second. I love the Lord of the Rings so definitely love this answer! I'd choose mortality with Aragorn anyday!
ReplyDeleteTo answer your question because I'm a Lord of the Rings nut, there were only three wizards in the book; Gandalf, Saruman and Radagast. But Gandalf sounds like a good choice! Galadriel would be a powerful female Elf to be though!
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I haven't read any of those books. Though I do plan on reading LOTR and then watching all the movies some time soon.
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Ooo I'd love to be Hermione too! I'm horrible, I haven't read The Lord of the Rings or Eragon, but I have seen part of the first LotR movie! I hope there's female wizards in LOTR! :) Adding to TBR and great picks!
ReplyDeleteI've heard a lot about Hermoine. And I'm a Harry Potter fan,so I totally agree!
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