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AvengingStylishly commented on the post, Middlemarch Madness IV: Adult Categories Poll 6 years, 10 months ago
No worries! Thank you.
Shirley Jackson wrote “We Have Always Lived in the Castle.”
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AvengingStylishly commented on the post, Middlemarch Madness IV: Adult Categories Poll 6 years, 10 months ago
On the same note, I nominated Merricat from “We Have Always Lived in the Castle” in adult literary, and she doesn’t show up either.
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AvengingStylishly commented on the post, Middlemarch Madness IV: Adult Categories Poll 6 years, 10 months ago
I definitely did nominate Jo in YA–I just went back and checked–but she doesn’t show up in the poll. Can anything be done about it at this late stage?
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AvengingStylishly commented on the post, Middlemarch Madness IV: Adult Sci-fi, Fantasy, Horror, and Dystopia Nominations 6 years, 11 months ago
Kathy H–Never Let Me Go–Kazuo Ishiguro
Elphaba–Wicked–Gregory Maguire
Catelyn Stark–A Song of Ice and Fire–George R.R. Martin -
AvengingStylishly commented on the post, Middlemarch Madness IV: Adult Literary Nominations 6 years, 11 months ago
Awwww <3 Middlemarch Madness is my favorite time of year.
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AvengingStylishly commented on the post, Middlemarch Madness IV: Adult Literary Nominations 6 years, 11 months ago
And I forgot Shakespearean ladies!
Beatrice–Much Ado About Nothing–William Shakespeare
Paulina–The Winter’s Tale–William Shakespeare (not sure if this should qualify here or as fantasy. There’s a live statue.) -
AvengingStylishly commented on the post, Middlemarch Madness IV: Adult Literary Nominations 6 years, 11 months ago
Also:
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AvengingStylishly commented on the post, Middlemarch Madness IV: YA Sci-fi, Fantasy, Horror, and Dystopia Nominations 6 years, 11 months ago
Katniss Everdeen–The Hunger Games–Suzanne Collins
Luna Lovegood–Harry Potter–J.K. Rowling
Odge Gribble–The Secret of Platform Thirteen–Eva Ibbotson
Scraps–The Oz Books–L. Frank Baum -
AvengingStylishly commented on the post, Middlemarch Madness IV: Young Adult Literary Nominations 6 years, 11 months ago
Two I forgot:
Anastasia Krupnik–Anastasia Krupnik–Lois Lowry
Elizabeth–Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth–E.L. Koningsburg -
AvengingStylishly commented on the post, Middlemarch Madness IV: Adult Literary Nominations 6 years, 11 months ago
Grace Makutsi–The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency–Alexander McCall Smith
Mary Katherine “Merricat” Blackwood–We Have Always Lived in the Castle–Shirley Jackson
Dorothea Brooke–Middlemarch–George Eliot
Jane […] -
AvengingStylishly commented on the post, Middlemarch Madness IV: Young Adult Literary Nominations 6 years, 11 months ago
Jo March–Little Women–Louisa May Alcott
Charlotte A. Cavatica–Charlotte’s Web–E.B. White
Sarah Purcell–Sisters of the Quantock Hills–Ruth Elwin Harris
Violet Baudelaire–A Series of Unfortunate […] -
AvengingStylishly commented on the post, Middlemarch Madness II: Round Two, Poll One 7 years, 10 months ago
Let’s all vote for Grace Makutsi! She’s a self-proclaimed feminist who worked her way up from a poor childhood in Bobonong to get the highest ever results on the final exam at Botswana Secretarial College (97 […]
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AvengingStylishly commented on the post, Middlemarch Madness III: Round One, Poll Three 7 years, 10 months ago
Everyone should vote for Merricat, who truly has one of the most unique and interesting voices I’ve ever read. Let her tell you about herself (the book’s first paragraph):
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AvengingStylishly commented on the post, Middlemarch Madness III: The Reaping 7 years, 10 months ago
What a fabulous bracket! I am so pleased that so many of my favorite ladies made it through.
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AvengingStylishly commented on the post, Middlemarch Madness III: Nominate Adult Literary Heroines Here 7 years, 11 months ago
^The above is Literary, by the way. I forgot to mark it.
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AvengingStylishly commented on the post, Middlemarch Madness III: Last Day to Nominate! 7 years, 11 months ago
Forgot to mark the above as YA Lit–hope it’s not too late!
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AvengingStylishly commented on the post, Middlemarch Madness III: Last Day to Nominate! 7 years, 11 months ago
Elizabeth–Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth–E.L. Koningsburg
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AvengingStylishly commented on the post, Middlemarch Madness III: Nominate Adult Literary Heroines Here 7 years, 11 months ago
I also want to add Sukhvinder Jawanda from J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy. I don’t think she will get the author nomination when there are Potter ladies around, but I think she’s awesome anyway.
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AvengingStylishly commented on the post, Middlemarch Madness III: Nominate Adult Literary Heroines Here 7 years, 11 months ago
Literary:
Mary Katherine “Merricat” Blackwood–We Have Always Lived in the Castle–Shirley Jackson
Jane Eyre–Jane Eyre–Charlotte Bronte
Elinor Dashwood–Sense and Sensibility–Jane Austen
Lily Briscoe–To […] -
AvengingStylishly commented on the post, Middlemarch Madness III: Nominate Your YA Heroines 7 years, 11 months ago
Literary:
Charlotte A. Cavatica–Charlotte’s Web–E.B. White
Frances Purcell–Sisters of the Quantock Hills–Ruth Elwin Harris
Violet Baudelaire–A Series of Unfortunate Events–Lemony Snicket
Betsy Ray–The […] - Load More