(Did you ever notice how narcissistic the word meme looks?)
I’ve been tagged by Carla (who seems to read just about the same number of novels that I do) for a book character meme. I read lots of novels as a child and on into young adulthood. Then I had to quit, because once I started a novel, I felt compelled to read it until I finished it. Straight through, that is, without breaks. You can imagine what kind of a mother I was while I was reading a novel.
True story: One day I found myself sitting on a rocker that I’d pulled into the kitchen next to the fridge so I could reach over without looking up from my page, open the fridge door, grab a snack, and toss it at whatever child needed my attention. That’s when I realised that I needed to give up novels while my children were young. Once I got out of the habit of reading novels, I just never went back to them.
I did read a lot of novels to my children, so if my choices of book characters seem childish to you, now you know why.
Name three characters (from books)…
- The mom in Little House on the Prairie. Okay, she was real, but I would like to meet her, so I could ask her how she did what she did.
- Aslan from The Chronicles of Narnia. Who wouldn’t want to meet him?
- Eeyore. I’d like to see if I could get him to crack a smile.
- When I was a girl, I wanted to be just like Caddie Woodlawn.
- Tigger. It’d be fun to enjoy life moment to moment like Tigger does, although I’m not sure I’d want to be Tigger permanently.
- I’m coming up short here. If I think of anyone else, I’ll come back.
- Injun Joe from Tom Sawyer.
- When I was a little girl I was terrified of the wicked witch from The Wizard of Oz. The movie, not the book. I couldn’t bear to read the book if she’s in it, and I’ve never watched the movie again and never will.
- I’m going to have to come back later for this one, too.