Literary Hunk of the Month 2015
hosted by Book Perfume
While visiting fellow bloggers I came across this fun meme at the Book Perfume.
Her description blurb: Admit it–you’ve had a crush on a fictional character. It’s nothing to be embarrassed about. Here at Book Perfume, we embrace those passions by honoring a literary hunk every month…because the fact that he only exists on paper shouldn’t stop us from obsessing.
While my all-time hunks include Jamie Fraser of Outlander by Diana Gabaldon and various heroes from Jane Austen novels, this list will consist of male characters that I come across in my recently read books for each month. These guys will have a quality that makes them stand out (in my eyes). Looks don't necessarily make the cut for my list.
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JANUARY - none found
FEBRUARY - Werner Pfennig
Loved how he followed his heart. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Amazon | Goodreads | my review
MARCH - Ethan Figman
Loved his creative passion. The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer Amazon | Goodreads | my review
APRIL - none found
MAY - Sam Turner
Loved that he could cook. The Grown Ups by Robin Antalek Amazon | Goodreads | my review
* Check out Buzzfeed's 15 Literary Hunks To Cuddle By The Fire (here) and TopTez's Top 10 Literary Hunks (here) and Bustle's 7 Literary Hunk Roles Jamie Dornan Should Take On Next, Because He’s Practically A Pro At This Point (here)
* Feel free to comment on any Literary Hunks you have come across in your recent reading.
From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.
Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six, she goes blind, and her father builds her a model of their neighborhood, every house, every manhole, so she can memorize it with her fingers and navigate the real streets with her feet and cane. When the Germans occupy Paris, father and daughter flee to Saint-Malo on the Brittany coast, where Marie-Laure's agoraphobic great uncle lives in a tall, narrow house by the sea wall.
In another world in Germany, an orphan boy, Werner, grows up with his younger sister, Jutta, both enchanted by a crude radio Werner finds. He becomes a master at building and fixing radios, a talent that wins him a place at an elite and brutal military academy and, ultimately, makes him a highly specialized tracker of the Resistance. Werner travels through the heart of Hitler Youth to the far-flung outskirts of Russia, and finally into Saint-Malo, where his path converges with Marie-Laure.
Doerr's gorgeous combination of soaring imagination with observation is electric. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. Ten years in the writing, All the Light We Cannot See is his most ambitious and dazzling work.
PeekAbook:
My two-bits:
Such a beautiful story although not in regards to the main subject matter - WWII. So, I will borrow a phrase I picked up in the book to best describe this tale - beautiful ugly.
It is one of those stories where certain characters have passions that are so engrossing to them that it makes you interested in it as well. And, these passions are such driving forces in their lives that directs the path and pattern of their lives.
What I found fascinating was to see how in this story things came together and cross paths and shift back and forth yet all made some kind of sense in the end.
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* added this to my Bookish Bingo challenge - square: Blue Cover
Top Ten Tuesday
meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish -details
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!
Note: I will do a variation of this meme with my Top 5 picks.
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January 13: Top Ten 2014 Releases I Meant To Read But Didn't Get To
These are ones that I definitely plan on reading this year!
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
-France, Germany, historical, WWII Amazon | Goodreads
With Zombies:
Assured Destruction Book #3
by Michael F. Stewart
-fantasy, YA, zombies Amazon | Goodreads
The Bone Clocks
by David Mitchell
-fantasy, scifi Amazon | Goodreads
