
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl
Today’s Prompt: Relationship Freebie (Pick a relationship type and choose characters who fit that relationship as it relates to you. So, characters you’d like to date, be friends with, be enemies with, etc. Bookish families you’d like to be a part of, characters you’d want as your siblings, pets you’d like to take for yourself, etc.)
Ok. So I know that my title is super long. I really couldn’t figure out how to say it in a more efficient way. Some of them have cozy sounding lives and jobs that would be a perfect spot to hang out with them, have a coffee, a chat about books or life or whatever. Other characters just would be neat to chat with about whatever! And..maybe this post turned out to be more setting than character. I am going to call it equal though – both character and setting are appealing!


Legends and Lattes || Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
I absolutely loved Legends and Lattes and the quirky community that Viv built up in her coffeeshop. It would be a cool spot to hang out and talk to Viv about her adventures and coffee.
Yeongju’s bookshop is the same. She created such a wonderful spot for people to come together and feel comfortable, to read and drink coffee and even crochet.


Other Birds || Christa Comes Out of her Shell
Other Birds is one of my favorite books. I love it so much. Can I please please go to the Dellawisp on Mallow Island, and have a drink with all the people who live there?
So, Christa is a bit antisocial so I would probably have to track her down on her island to chat. But that is ok, because then I could walk the beach with her and learn all about her beloved snails! I love snails too and I would love to hear all the little facts that Christa could share about sea life.


What You Are Looking For in the Library || The Komogawa Food Detectives
Sayuri Komachi. Need I say more? I would love to get tea with her and craft. She can make her felted pieces and I could embroider, and then we could talk about books. I wonder what she would recommend to me?
Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare from the Kamogawa Food Detectives. This book was really fascinating. I loved this idea of recreating a particular meal, and how Koishi and her father are able to piece together exactly how to make it is masterful. I could imagine stumbling in there, having a cup of tea and a bowl of noodles and chatting away.
And I am going to stop here. I had some runners up, but.. I was going for a certain feel of a character and place with this topic and they didn’t quite fit. If you are interested, the runners up were Greenglass House, Little Beach Street Bakery, The Little French Bistro, and The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend. All wonderful books but just not quite there. Except maybe Little Beach Street and that is purely because Neil the puffin is awesome and I would want to meet him. (I almost chose to write about pets from books and Neil was on that list too)
Ok. Now I am really stopping. I am looking forward to what everyone else picked for this topic!
These all sound like great characters to hang out with.
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Thanks Lydia!
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These certainly seem like great characters to spend time with!
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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Thanks Susan!
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What a clever idea for a post! I’d love to talk with the characters of Three Pines in Louse Penny’s novels and Maisie Dobbs!
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I still need to read those books. I was really enjoying the television series and I am very disappointed it was cancelled.
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I just wonder what book & item Mrs Komachi would give me! LOVED finding that book earlier this year.
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Me too!! I read it and was like why did this take me so long to read?! I would love to know what I would be gifted and suggested too!
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Great list! Legends and Lattes for sure!!
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Thanks!!
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Other Birds was such a good book! I listened to it on audio, and it was just – perfection. Kamogawa Food Detectives was also so so cozy! I can’t wait to read the second installment this fall!
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I loved Other Birds so much, It is definitely one of my favorite books.
And I loved Kamogawa too! It made me wonder what my meal would be, if someone asked. I still have figured it out maybe.
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I agree with Legends & Lattes. Here is my post https://paigesofnovels.com/2024/08/20/top-ten-tuesday-11-favorite-books-with-romance-ive-read-this-year/
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A great looking list. I will have to keep an eye out for some of those books!
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
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Thanks Emily!
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Wouldn’t that just be such a fun place to sit and visit? All the characters would be so interesting to talk with.
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Other Birds sounds really good.
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Other Birds is fantastic. Definitely a favorite.
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Great list, Erin! I loved reading Other Birds. Happy Tuesday!
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I love that book so much! I would love for Allen to write a follow up but I feel like maybe some of the magic would be lost.
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What a cute theme today. I think I’d like to chat with almost all of Jane Austen’s leading ladies!
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Oh my gosh, wouldn’t that be so fun? Can you imagine if they were all there at once? Lol!
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I love the direction you went with this topic! I’ve only read Legends & Lattes from your list, and I loved it, but the other books on your list also really give off all the cozy vibes! I love it!
Haze
https://thebookhaze.com/
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Thank you Haze! I was feeling the cozy vibes when I was writing it. It has been soo cool here this week, especially the mornings!
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I have Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop and Crista Comes Out of Her Shell on my TBR. I hope to enjoy them as much as you did.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/characters-with-jobs-i-would-love-to-have/
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Christa is such a great book. It is funny but also has its serious moments. Plus the romance is swoony. And snails!
The Hyunam-Dong bookshop is very good, but it is a lot slower read, for me at least. It is very thought provoking!
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I think if I were going to pick character to have coffee with i’d add arthur weasley from harry potter and victoria mcqueen from Nos4a2. i feel like the conversations would be entertaining.
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Ooo Arthur Weasley would be a great choice!!!
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They all sound wonderful and interesting. Agree with the Dellawisp and Viv’s shop
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The Dellawisp was just so special, I think. 🙂
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There are some interesting sounding places and characters here! I have the Food Detectives one on my TBR.
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That one is so cool. It made me really stop and think about food and memory.
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Oh, and just think of the cats you’d get as bonus friends!
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Yes!!!
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I’m not a coffee person, but I wouldn’t mind trying Viv’s coffeeshop!
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It would just be such a cool place. And you could just eat one of Thimble’s baked goods!
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It’s always nice to meet people for a coffee and a chat.
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Thanks Marianne!
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I love your post! You’re right – it does kind of create a found family for yourself too. And while I haven’t read most of these, now I’m questioning why I’m not on the Japanese fiction bandwagon, since so many people seem to be loving them. I would love to pop into have coffee and chat with Viv and the rest of the crew from Legends and Lattes though!
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