I’ve been tagged by Nel at Reactionary Tales for the Listicle Tag, and she’s chosen a whopper of a subject for me: Top 5 objects that make the main character stronger in books. I had two thoughts on this topic: (a) normal every day objects which make a person stronger, either physically or emotionally, or (b) objects with some sort of power that end up being a benefit for the person who finds it, making them a stronger person. I went with option B, as I believe given Nel’s love of fantasy and science fiction, this might be what she meant… (fingers crossed!)
Nel and I have known (online) each other for a few months… and she loves pushing me to try new genres for both TV shows and books. Fantasy is my weak area, so she is introducing me to new books and characters. In return, I torture her with posts about cat books all the time. Just kidding! Her blog and website are fantastic. She has thought-provoking content, great conversational pieces and lots of strong perspectives. You definitely want to poke around by clicking the “Reactionary Tales” link above, which will show you her answers to the Listicle Tag that she had to answer: Top 5 non-human creatures! I also have to do that one because I was tagged there too… you can see my responses here.
Rules:
Create your own listicle tag, using the prompt from the person who tagged you.
Tag the creator of the post (not-so-modern-girl!) so that she can read all your brilliant posts and see how the joy of listicles is being spread.-
Nominate as many people as you want!
Set those 5 people the subject/prompt of their listicle post!
Top 5 Objects That Make a Character Stronger in Books:
When the kids are forced to play the board game in this wonderful children’s book, it helps them learn how to grow up. It also helps them bring a former game player back to life when he was locked within the game a generation beforehand. For that alone, it’s a powerful object that can put life on pause at it’s whim, but also help someone grow stronger.
Mason stumbles upon a beautiful woman who seems to have everything he ever wanted, but she’s also secretive. Then he finds a younger version of her. And another younger version of her. It appears she has a cloning machine and has been on a mission that he needs to uncover. The cloning machine can wreak havoc on people’s lives or it can make you stronger. It all becomes clear in the ending of this novel.
When Claire steps on to a mysterious stone, she’s transported back many centuries and falls in love with Jamie. But what about her husband, back in modern times? She was a little bored with him and their life, so could it be this stone is the strength she needed to go after all that she yearned for in life? I’ve only read the first book in this series, so I don’t know how it will end up. But this stone is pretty strong and helps her make a lot of decisions in the first book alone.
When a young girl overhears a conversation about “dust,” and realizes her father and his friends are involved in some sort of potentially dangerous scheme, she must hunt down whether he’s doing good or bad, what happened to her mother, and what is this mysterious alethiometer left in her capable hands… When she finally figures out what it can do, it saves her life and helps ensure all that she needed to accomplish can be achieved. I don’t want to say what the object does, in case you haven’t read the book yet, but it is powerful and helps Lyra grow stronger — both physically and emotionally.
I wasn’t sure if this fit the theme as well as it could have, but ultimately, when a young boy enters the secret garden in the backyard of his new home, he knows it has some magical powers. And when he reaches it, in just the right light at the proper time, he’s transported into a wonderland just like his book. Which of the objects has control? Either case, both are quite strong and change his life for the future… one in which he learns how to be a better boy and to protect his younger sibling.
My Nominations:
The following 5 people are nominated to participate in this tag, but don’t have to if they want to skip it. I also nominate anyone else that wants to participate in it to join the fun…
Topic: Top 5 Book Series You Wish Had Just 1 More Book In Them! And what would the plot entail……
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Oh James! You did awesome! I thought of The Golden Compass daemons for the previous nonhuman listicle tag but ended up going with a different book. Outlander stone, also a good one! 5 series that had just one more book eh? Does that include series I wish had a spin-off? This is so fun! 🙂
May 31, 2017 at 8:40 AM
Thank you for the nomination…….this one requires my brain to be awake first!! More coffee stat!!……..lol
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May 31, 2017 at 8:41 AM
Ha! Yes… I had to think about it for 3 days when Nel tagged me… good luck!
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May 31, 2017 at 8:41 AM
Oh James! You did awesome! I thought of The Golden Compass daemons for the previous nonhuman listicle tag but ended up going with a different book. Outlander stone, also a good one! 5 series that had just one more book eh? Does that include series I wish had a spin-off? This is so fun! 🙂
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May 31, 2017 at 8:42 AM
Since you got the special nomination on this one, you can interpret it either way! 🙂 And thanks… glad I did the tag the right way. 😛
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May 31, 2017 at 8:44 AM
You definitely thought of ones I wouldn’t have and I’m glad to see you read a couple of my favorites.
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May 31, 2017 at 9:19 AM
Thanks for the tag, James. One of these days, I will get to all those tags and nominations. 😄
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May 31, 2017 at 9:22 AM
No worries! 🙂
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May 31, 2017 at 9:50 AM
This is such an interesting topic for a tag! I love it. Nice choices by the way – I like your positive take on the Jumanji game.
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May 31, 2017 at 9:58 AM
Thanks! You should participate in the tag!
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May 31, 2017 at 10:23 AM
I’ll check it out! 🙂 Thanks!
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May 31, 2017 at 9:03 PM
Thanks for the tag! Ooh – this is a good one!
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May 31, 2017 at 9:21 PM
Looking forward to the responses!
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June 1, 2017 at 11:38 AM
Great post, thanks so much for the mention!! This is a really interesting theme for a listicle! 😉
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June 1, 2017 at 11:39 AM
Can’t wait to see your responses! 🙂
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