Top 5 Wednesday is a Goodreads group that responds to weekly bookish prompts.

November 2nd: Characters Who Need a Break

There are always those bookish characters who seem to be on edge all the time. Sort of makes you wish they could realize they need to take a break, right? In honor of National Stress Awareness Day, what are five characters you would love to see “chill out” from how stressed they are?

1. Hermione Granger- saving the world from an evil wizard while maintaining good grades is very stressful, Hermione needs to take some “me” time.
2. Holly from Coming Home to Wishington Bay – I’m not even a quarter of a way through this rom com, but it’s clear Holly needs to end her workaholic ways.
3. Nora from Book Lovers – Nora tries to be everything to everyone and all it does is earn her reputation as a shark.
4. Mrs. Bennet from Pride and Prejudice- The overdramatic Mrs. Bennet creates stress for herself and thher family. If she would just chill out about marrying off her daughters everyone would be happier.
5. Nina Hill from The Bookish Life of Nina Hill Nina has dealt with her anxiety by closing people out and living in books.

I threw this together quicker than usual because I didn’t remember until 10PM, so I’m sure I left out some great stressful characters. Which book characters do you think need to “chill out”?

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October 5th: Got You Into Reading

October is National Book Month and to celebrate this month-long “holiday,” what are some books that got you into reading? These could be books from childhood that had you hooked on reading at a young age or maybe as an adult you stopped reading and then started reading again years later. Or maybe you’ve always been an avid book reader, but you tried a book outside your favorite genres and discovered a new favorite genre that you absolutely love. Regardless of when, let’s highlight those books that showed (or reminded) us how great books are!

I loved reading from an early age, so the books of my childhood are what came to mind immediaitely.

Harry the Dirty Dog was featured in my very first ever blog post. My Journey in Books.

My favorite Little Golden book about a group of animal friends who try living together, but it doesn’t work out because of their different tastes. So, they go out searching for their own paths in life.

My favorite bedtime stories that Mom would read me each night.

I remember being so excited when one of the Sesame Street Library books arrived in the mail.

While I eventually read all of these books, my fondest memories of the first four involve being read to, usually at bedtime. The Fudge series is one of the first chapter book I remember reading myself.