Tgif is a great weekly meme hosted and created by Ginger at Greads! This feature lets us wind up the week and poses a weekly question pertaining to books, blogging and what have you. This weeks question is:
Character Envy: If you could be one character from a book, who would you choose & why?
Oh that's easy...... I would be Gabriela Bentarrini from The River of Time Series by Lisa T. Bergren.
Waterfall, Cascade and Torrent to date are by far my favorite YA's of 2011 and have taken a coveted spot in my all time favorite reads. I admired Gabi's character so much, due to the fact that not only was she young but she was smart and had enough bravery in her heart to impress William Wallace.
She fought for her family, she fought for justice and she fought for true love. The girl was all around kick-butt with a sword and had inner and outer beauty to capture a wealthy handsome medieval Lord, as well as bring hope to an entire nation. Of course while honor and courage made Gabi who she was, just having Marcello would be worth diving in and being Gabi for awhile. I have a picture of who Gabi is my mind but its really hard to try and find a human face that matches what my imagination has conjured up. I think the closest that comes to my mind is actress Kate Mara with darker hair. ~I love this picture of Kate Mara, its posted at IMDb.
If you haven't read this time-travel series yet, its truly a gem in a string of YA's.
If you haven't read this time-travel series yet, its truly a gem in a string of YA's.
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Have a Fantastic Weekend Everyone!!!
and go meet Marcello...
Wow. They sound great. You make me want to read them.
ReplyDeleteHoly smokes! I won Waterfall in a giveaway months ago but it has been sitting on my shelf since then. Clearly I will need to read it ASAP because of your response! I loved your whole entire answer!
ReplyDelete-Katelyn
Yay I just bought Waterfall!!! Can't wait to read it, it's supposed to have shipped already so now I just need to stalk my mailbox:) Can't wait to meet Marcello!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great pick. I havent heard of this series but def going to check it out esp since its your fave, and I value your opinion.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the tip. I haven't even heard of the River of Time series and I'm a teen librarian. I'm looking it up right now!
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by my blog.
Anne@Headfullofbooks
I think you totally nailed Gabi with Kate Mara. Perfect choice. I need to read those books!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I loved this whole post, for obvious reasons, and am going to share it with my River tribe on Facebook, Twitter et al. Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteI have not read this series but it sounds awesome...and I love authors that leave comments!
ReplyDeleteHaving just finished Waterfall a couple days ago, I totally agree. A great story, great character/s. A historical setting that was new to me, vivid and intriguing. Looking forward to getting my hands on a copy of Cascade.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of this series. But, I LOVED Outlander...the whole time travel to the medieval period floats my boat. This one def is going on the TBR...and I'm passing it on to my reading bff. She's a lover of stuff like this too. So happy I stopped by ;)
ReplyDeleteVery cool. You write a good post and have very good reasons why you would want to be Gabi. I really like this series too and can't wait to read the last book (I have only gotten through books 1 and 2). Hope many more good books come your way.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful blog. Come visit me over at Livre De Amour-Books of Love. New Follower.
ReplyDeleteYes Gabi would be an awesome character to be! She is strong, brave, loyal and kind. And most importantly she gets to kiss Marcello :)
ReplyDeleteLove the picks you picked for Gabi!
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