Happy Thanksgiving week to all my American book friends! This week’s top 5 Wednesday topic is an interesting one and one that should be a lot of fun to discuss. The topic for the week is the top 5 characters you would want at your ‘Friendsgiving’ day feast. Easy enough…let’s go:
Danny Torrance from The Shining & Doctor Sleep – For those of you who may have missed it, The Shining, is one of my all-time favorite books. I love this book to the moon and back. Every time I read it I am in absolute awe of the horror goodness within the pages. When King announced there would be a sequel, Doctor Sleep, where Danny Torrance was now a grown-up, I pinched myself. Too good to be true, was it not? But low and behold Doctor Sleep was released, Danny is still awesome and I would be blessed if he would join me for Friendsgiving Day dinner! Side Note: I believe ((but could be wrong)) that Ewan McGregor has been cast as Danny in the upcoming Doctor Sleep film. I will take that version, please.- Eddie Dean from The Dark Tower series – Every Friendsgiving Day dinner needs a cute and funny distraction and I think Eddie Dean would be just that. One of my biggest book crushes, I would definitely forget to send an invitation to his wife, Susannah. Sorry, no room for competition at my Friendsgiving Day table!
- Holly Gibney from The Bill Hodges Trilogy & The Outsider – I guess it is going to be a Stephen King kind of day at my house on Friendsgiving. Are we really shocked by that though? Holly is a troubled character who struggles to overcome her many, many, many anxieties throughout the course of the Bill Hodges trilogy. By the time we meet her in The Outsider, Holly is just starting to feel comfortable out in the world ((note, I use the term ‘comfortable’ very loosely, perhaps functional is a better word)). She finds interacting with a lot of people mentally draining which I absolutely find relatable and I think Holly would fit right in by my side. Plus, we could talk about true crime stuff all day and that would be highly entertaining after a few glasses of whiskey! Cheers to that.
Professor Minerva McGonagall from the Harry Potter series – Professor McGonagall is my idol and my queen. I love her dry wit and fair play and I know she would be an absolute blast to be around once she lets her hair down. Sure, she can seem a wee bit grumpy around Hogwarts but who wouldn’t dealing with all those damn kids all day. I am sure behind her pursed lips and stern glare there is a wildchild just waiting for the right opportunity to let loose and become the life of the party. Plus, magic. We need someone to bring the magic to the Friendsgiving Day party – my hopes is that would make clean-up a breeze!
Hercule Poirot from many Agatha Christie works – I mean, who wouldn’t kill for a chance to have Hercule Poirot at their Friendsgiving Day table ((pun absolutely intended)). The stories this man could tell = dinner and a show. I think him and Minerva would get along swimmingly. Is that love I smell in the air? In all honesty, Hercule Poirot is one of the most interesting, enigmatic characters ever written. I want to get to know him better. Hopefully there will be no murders to investigate whilst Friendsgiving is going on but if there is, between him and Holly we are sure to solve our ‘whodunit’!!
Which book characters would you be interested in having over for Friendsgiving Day dinner? I want to know! What do you think of my choices? Leave a comment below or contact me through any of my social media outlets – links to the right >>>
Cheers to a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving Day~