Hi there. This is my first Follow Friday (hosted by the awesome, Parajunkee!) and I've been waiting all week for it to get here! I'm having a good time clicking around, seeing other people's blogs and, most of all, their answers to the weekly question. So, with that said, here goes:

First things first, this week's featured blogger is Al from Magnet 4 Books. Her blog is really neat, so go check her out and don't forget to follow her blog!


What character in a book would you most like to be, what character in a book would you most like to date?

For me, this answer is twofold, so here goes...

On any given day, I would most like to be Elizabeth Bennett from my favorite book of all time, Pride and Prejudice. She's smart, strong, and full of sass! It stands to reason, then, that I would most like to date Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy!  Truly, he's a good portion of the reason I'd want to be her!!

Right now, I would also love to be Narcise Moldavi from The Vampire Narcise and date the amazingly hot Giordan Cale! I'm enjoying the book more than I thought I would, so they're my current fictional crush. I adore them!

So there you have it! Happy Follow Friday to everyone.  If you've stopped by, say hello. I love to meet new people and would love to make new book blog friends!

I read Pride and Prejudice for the first time two years ago, for a Woman's Lit Genre Studies class.  I loved the class and I loved the book, and since then, I've not been able to get enough of either Austen, or Pride and Prejudice!  When we discussed the book in class, my professor drew us a short example character map to show how the character's interact and since then, I've always been fascinated with the interconnection the character's share.  So, while surfing around the net looking to feed my Pride and Prejudice obsession, I found this awesome character map and thought I'd share for the benefit of my fellow Austen fans.

[via]

If you've not read Pride and Prejudice, I highly recommend it.  Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition has a beautiful new edition, but I've always preferred the Norton Critical Pride and Prejudice for it's annotations and footnotes, as well as critical essays.

Next up on my reading list Pride and Prejudice and Zombies!