Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
This week’s topic is characters I could be best friends with. Outside of my first pick for this topic I have a hard time imagining being best friends with any of these characters, so this is more of a, characters-I’d-like-to-have-on-my-side kind of post.
Nina Zenik (Six of Crows) – Finally, a friend who doesn’t make me feel guilty for never ordering a salad when we go out to eat.
Circe (Circe) – That person who cut me off in traffic? Bam! Pig. That person who orders $50 worth of food at the drive-thru when you just want your morning coffee? Bam! Pig. If nothing else, I’d never run out of bacon.
Reichis the Squirrelcat (Spellslinger) – Listen, I just really want a squirrelcat, okay?
Ariel Corta (New Moon) – I’m going to need an all star legal team after I’m done transforming all those people into pigs…
John Hammond (Jurassic Park) – I am actively rejecting modern science. Jurassic Park is going to be a thing in my lifetime. And I will be first in line.
Mycroft Canner (Too Like the Lightning) – Because knowing all the world’s secrets is a super power all by itself. This is weirdly probably also my most dangerous choice of friend, considering what happened to his other friends…
Not quite ten- but I prefer quality friends to quantity. Who made your list this week?
Hamlets & Hyperspace 
lol… I love the idea of Circe and Ariel Corta:)). But I’m frankly nervous at your willingness to endure lots of pain and insults at the hands of the squirrelcat – I’m convinced that Reichis is far more charming on the page than he would be in real life. I’d far rather have tribbles in my life… in moderation, of course! Or a nice sentient spaceship.
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Ohh sentient spaceships, that’s a good one!! I almost added Brittle from Sea of Rust too, but I didn’t feel like I remembered her well enough to do her justice.
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I LOVED Sea of Rust, too:)).
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It was a great read! I wouldn’t mind reading something else set in that world.
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Me either!
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Reichis! Not only a sqirrelcat, but a sarcastic, irreverent squirrelcat. I want him as a friend too. Plus I love squirrels😁
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Lol- how do you picture squirrelcats? I said this below but I always picture them as big chinchillas.
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I see the drawing on the UK cover in my mind😁
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Heh, John Hammond is a great choice.
My TTT.
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Right! Who doesn’t want to be friends with the guy that recreated dinosaurs.
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John Hammond! I actually have still never read that book before! I keep relying on the movies and that’s not always good. I do have Circe on my list now that my library copy arrived so I can’t wait to start on that 🙂 Great list!
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Haha- you should totally read Jurassic Park. The book is pretty on par with the movie so if you enjoyed that you should like the book. And Circe is wonderful! I hope you love it!
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What is a squirrelcat?!?! That sounds super cool 😀 I would totally want a shadow cat from Nevernight! 😀
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I imagine Squirrelcats to be like chinchillas, except vicious and sassy. Lol. They are in the book Spellslinger.
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Better watch your eyeballs with Reichis.😂
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No we’re going to be friends. So he’ll be nice to me. I have faith. There’s a squishy side in Reichis. Lol
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Squishy?? Isn’t that how he describes eyeballs?😂 Butter biscuits and baths if I remember correctly are what he likes.😂
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Right. Butter biscuits and bubble baths. I’ll bribe him. He likes bribes.
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“Bam! Pig.” I love it. LOVE IT. And the comment about a crack legal team… 😉
I am intrigued by this squirrelcat idea…
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OKAY BUT HONESTLY? This list? Yes, please. Especially Nina. Also, side note, now I’m hungry.
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Haha!! I know right! It was so relieving to read a character who wasn’t worried about their diet.
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hahaha love your reason for putting Circe on the list!
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Right?! Dangerous power to have though… lol
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Haha all of these reasons are so amazing!
The Squirrelcat one especially (paired with that GIF = AMAZING)
Quality is certainly better over quantity
– Emma 🙂
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Great list. I like Nina, I could see being friends with her. I also think she’d be a good person to have in your corner. 🙂
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She’s definitely a good person to have on your side. And a good friend!
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