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Here are my #FavoriteNewCharacters of the year for #AlltheBooksof2017

- Maia Drazhar, His Imperial Serenity Edrehasivar VII (long may he reign) from Katherine Addison‘s The Goblin Emperor

- Boudica, the possum with a sombrero and a sniper rifle from Daniel Polansky‘s The Builders (you my girl, Boudica)

- Superpowered spies Oblivion and Fogg (my #headcasting was James Darcy and Ben Whishaw respectively) from Lavie Tidhar‘s The Violent Century

Safiya and Iseult are badass heroines and they are my #favoritenewcharacters of 2017! They are also way more fun to hang out with than your stuffy coworkers when you #dontwanttogototheofficeparty.
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I think I must have odd taste in characters. These were two of my #favoritenewcharacters from books I read this year - Ekwefi from Things Fall Apart and Lenina from Brave New World. I wrote papers on both of them. One professor said she‘d never had anyone write on Ekwefi before, and the other said she‘d never had anyone argue that Lenina was actually a hero. I backed myself up with a ton of evidence, though. 😂#allthebooksof2017

Love the character John Milton created by Mark Dawson. John is a professional assassin but wants to get out of the business but the organisation won‘t let him and want to erase him. He tries to stay incognito but struggles as he feels duty bound to help those in need. Read the first three books in the series this year, loved them and keen to continue the series. #allthebokksof2017 #favouritenewcharacters #favoritenewcharacters

My #FavoriteNewCharacters from #AlltheBooksOf2017 are:

Blunderbuss, a fiercely loyal, crocheted combat-wombat (“The Boy Who Lost Fairyland”); Juliet, an earnest & anxious Puerto Rican, lesbian book nerd from the Bronx (“Juliet Takes a Breath”); Death, a metaphysical body tryin‘ to keep it real & save the whales - & humanity (“Reincarnation Blues”); & Sarah Vowell, a real-life person but also, inarguably, a character (“Assassination Vacation”).

#AlltheBooksOf2017 #FavoriteNewcharacters Here are three guys who found a place in my heart this reading year...Cyril from HIF, Leo from History of Love & the protagonist of Michel Chabon‘s semi autobiographical novel Moonglow ❤️❤️❤️ I have a soft spot for grumpy old man, who are really just misunderstood teddy bears 🐻 These celebs are sort of who I imagined as I read these novels.... Conan O‘ Brien, Jerry Stiller & Lee Cobb. Images from Google