Booking Through Thursday

Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Who is your favorite female lead character? And why? (And yes, of course, you can name more than one . . . I always have trouble narrowing down these things to one name, why should I force you to?)

The truth is, I have no idea. Usually in fiction, I find female characters really annoying and two-dimensional. So this will be interesting ... hmm ...
Beatrice from Wideacre by Phillippa Gregory. She is definitely a woman ahead of her time _ scheming, manipulative and smart _ what's not to like?
Miss Marple. I love Agatha Christie novels, and although I think I prefer Poirot as a detective, I still have the love for Miss Marple.
Uhm ... this is going to sound strange, but Rebecca, from Rebecca. I realise that she's not actually in the book as a character, but even so she's larger than life and about 10 times more vivid than the present Mrs de Winter. Plus, we only have Maxim's word for how much of a witch she was.
Yvaine from Stardust by Neil Gaiman. I love the fact that, despite her being a star and all, she's in a bad mood for a lot of the book. As you would be.
Uhm .... Arwen from The Lord of the Rings. I know her role in the books isn't that big, but she always seems beautiful and remote and otherworldly to me _ as she's supposed to, I suppose.
I'm sure I'll think of others, but that'll do for a start!
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14 comments:

{ trish } at: February 27, 2008 at 11:40 PM said...

ROFL!!! Oh, man, I thought I was the only one who'd read Wideacre...wasn't Beatrice just a great character?? Maybe not great morally, but she was definitely interesting to read about. I was sorry to see her go, I was rooting for her to change throughout the whole book...ah well.

{ Maree } at: February 28, 2008 at 12:01 AM said...

I'm kind of glad she didn't change _ even for the lovely Scottish doctor. She was who she was. :)

{ Melody } at: February 28, 2008 at 12:14 AM said...

I've not heard of the others except Neil Gaiman, LOTR and Agatha Christie. There're so many to choose from... for a moment my mind is a blank, hehe.

Happy BTT!

{ Julia } at: February 28, 2008 at 1:40 AM said...

I'm not familiar with the books you list except for LOTR, which I love :)

Happy Thursday! And thanks for visiting my blog :)

Julia-Yen

{ gautami tripathy } at: February 28, 2008 at 2:25 AM said...

I like Miss Maple. Some character, she is!

Here is my BTT post

{ Barbara H. } at: February 28, 2008 at 6:33 AM said...

I've yet to read Miss Marple -- I need to amend that! It's been ages since I read Rebecca -- I don't remember much about it. I like Arwen, too. I'm not familiar with the others.

Barbara H. @ Stray Thoughts

{ Val Gryphin } at: February 28, 2008 at 8:09 AM said...

I loved Stardust - Neal Gaimen is an amazing writer.

http://www.valgryphin.com/2008/02/28/booking-through-thursday/

{ Val Gryphin } at: February 28, 2008 at 8:10 AM said...

Whoops - here's my link

{ Table Talk } at: February 28, 2008 at 9:21 AM said...

Miss Marple is a lovely idea. Now there's a woman of real independence.

{ Pooch } at: February 28, 2008 at 12:02 PM said...

I like the variety of characters you have selected. Very nice scope of possibilities for female characters.

:)

{ Maree } at: February 28, 2008 at 1:26 PM said...

Thanks everyone :)
Once I got started, they just seemed to keep coming to me! This was an interesting question.

{ Chris } at: February 28, 2008 at 4:53 PM said...

I haven't read Stardust yet, but want to.

{ Susan Helene Gottfried } at: February 29, 2008 at 11:20 AM said...

I've got Wildacre here, waiting for its turn to be read. Now I'm really curious to get to it; I'm going to have to bump it up higher on the pile. Thanks for the suggestion.

{ Lesley } at: March 2, 2008 at 12:33 AM said...

There are some fantastic females in your list, but since your comment on my blog, I'm fascinated to know who irritates you! Thanks for dropping by - but please come back and tell me about your least favourites!!

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