Top Ten Tuesday is a bookish meme that was started by The Broke and Bookish and moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists (something I share) and each week participants come up with a list of ten(ish) things based on a theme.
The theme for this weeks Top Ten Tuesday is the ten book characters you’d follow on social media. Initially I thought this would be really easy but it turns out I read a lot more crime/thriller and horror books than I thought and I do not want that popping up on my social media. Anyway, after a scour through some of my recent reads I’ve managed to come up with a nice mix of weird conspiracy theorists, humour, travel and food which I think will cover off most of my interests 🙂
- Nolan Moore from The Anomaly Files by Michael Rutger – As someone who loves a good conspiracy theory I think rogue archaeologist Nolan’s YouTube channel and Instagram would be right up my street. I am fascinated by unsolved mysteries and urban legends so I would definitely watch his documentaries and no doubt wander down a rabbit hole investigation of my own.
- Johanna Morrigan from How To Build A Girl by Caitlin Moran – Wild, witty, well read, feminist who’s adventurous and not afraid to follow her heart. She also works as a music journalist so I think you could expect her to have her pulse on the music scene and also be up on current issues. My only concern is she’s a little obsessive about a certain musician so the whole thing could turn into a massive love letter to him.
- Tiffy Moore from The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary – She works in a quirky publishing house, do I need to say anymore? OK, she’s also a really positive, energetic, upbeat person who’s pretty creative. I think her Pinterest and Insta would be a wonderful mix of crafts and books.
- Lara Jean from To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han – You just know her Insta and/or Pinterest would be full of baking and quirky outfits and I am very interested in cakes.
- Rhiannon Lewis from Sweetpea by C.J. Skuse – I can’t be the only one who thinks Rhiannon’s social media would be hilarious. I mean ok she’s a serial killer who has a daily kill list (mostly just people who’ve annoyed her that day) but a lot of her observations are spot on and so funny. There’d also no doubt be many, many pictures of her cute dog.
- Darcy Barrett from 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne – She’s a photographer undertaking a major remodel of a cottage she inherits from her Grandmother. I love property makeover shows so think this would be wonderful.
- Nana from The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa – I already follow a few cats on Twitter/Insta and would love to follow Nana on his adventure across Japan. I think there’d be lots of funny observations and many cute cat pictures.
- Rosemary Harper from The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers – Some more adventuring, this time across the universe on board a ship full of unusual characters. I would love to experience this alongside Rosemary who’s seeing a lot of it for the first time.
- Felicity Montague from The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee – So probably not much in the way of social media in Felicity’s time but if there was I would love to follow her on her adventure across Europe. Sea voyages, pirates, dragons and no doubt a lot about her passion for medicine.
- Legend from the Caraval series by Stephanie Garber – I think I need a little more magic and mystery in my life and there’s no one more magical or mysterious than Legend. I’m thinking this would be full of riddles, puzzles and pictures of impossible things.
So those are the ten book characters I’d follow on social media. There’s probably a whole lot more I could have picked (I was very tempted to add Luna Lovegood) but thought I’d stick to some fairly recent reads. Would any of these make your list or is there anyone I’ve missed you think would have a brilliant social media presence.
Feel free to leave comments below and links to your top ten’s.
Lara Jean has been on so many lists this week. I think that’s delightful.
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Clearly she would have many, many followers.
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Lara Jean has been on a lot of lists today! I really need to make time to read the series! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday
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Have to confess I’ve only read the first book as I think it’s one occasion where the film may actually be better.
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I’ve seen the first Netflix movie, but haven’t watched the second yet. Does the movie stay true to the books? What is it you like better about the movie vs the book?
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I’ve seen Lara Jean everywhere and makes me so sad I forgot about her! Legend is also a good one!
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Awww, it seems LJ will have plenty of followers regardless.
I do wonder if Legend would ever actually use social. He seems more old school with the letters and wot not
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Oh yeah, she definitely does!!
I don’t know if he would. Maybe for clues for the games? Maybe to be ironic? lol
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I didn’t even think about Pinterest in terms of a social media. You are so right, Lara Jean would OWN Pinterest with all her baking!
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You know, I only did recent books, but I see many fantastic characters on this list. Laura Jean is an all time favorite, and she would do some great food posts (and I would want to see her outfits too). Tiffy was nutty and wonderful, and yes! her crafts. I forgot all about those. I thought I was alone in liking Darcy, not that she made it easy, but posts about her reno would be awesome.
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I only read TATBILB last year, just before the film came out, so I’m so behind Lara Jean is a recent discovery for me.
Yeah, everyone seems to hate on Darcy and 99% Mine but I really liked both. She’s not instantly likeable but she does grow on you.
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I bet Felicity’s travel blog would be awesome.
I think Fred and George’s TikTok would also be amazing.
Here’s my TTT
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Oh, I never even thought of Fred and George but you are so right. Have never used TikTok but they would kill it.
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I hadn’t even considered Johanna Morrigan for my list but I reckon her social media would be really funny to follow! I am also 100% up for following any cats (both on social media and in real life haha)
My TTT: https://talkingtomyshelf.wordpress.com/2020/02/25/top-ten-tuesday-characters-id-follow-on-social-media/
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I’m slightly scared of what would pop up on Johanna’s social media but you can pretty much guarantee it would not be dull.
Yay for cats. The Downing Street cats are lots of fun on twitter
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ooh yes I’d follow tiffy moore and lara jean too!
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