Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme posted by The Broke and the Bookish. A new top ten question is posed every week. I encourage you to start your own Top Ten Tuesday list. This week:

Top Ten Book Characters I'd Want as Family Members

Great topic. An easier one would be what characters we wouldn't want as family members haha. There are so many that I would love to have in my life for real.

1. Holden from The Catcher in the Rye.
I wouldn't be the only crazy one in the family and that support might keep us both sane.

2. Rose from the Vampire Academy series.
Her strength is contagious. And a lot of the time her Rose-logic reminds me of my own.

3. Sally Jackson from The Lightning Thief.
Best Mom EVER. All the sacrifices she made for him were heartwarming.

4. Riley from The Immortals series (by Alyson Noel).
Ghost or not, she'd be an awesome little sister. The right amount of snark and sweetness.

5. Ky from Matched.
I want to be the one to support him and tell him everything will be alright. I think he'd be a great brother.

6. Shane from The Morganville Vampires series.
He proved to be an awesome big brother and protector. And I love how laidback he is. Besides, who doesn't want to try his famous chili? :)

7. Michael from The Morganville Vampires series.
Yes, I know, same book. Clare is lucky to have two awesome guys that have her back. And I have a thing for acoustic music, the guitar relaxes me so much.

8. The Weasleys from the Harry Potter series.
Oh yeah I want all of them as family. They represent the epic, loving, supportive family.

9. Albus Dumbledore from the Harry Potter series.
Another book repeat, so sue me. He'd be the best crazy grandpa ever! With an affinity for candy!

10. The Cullens from the Twilight series.
Another solid family I'd want as my own. I love vampires and a family full of them would be awesome. They all have such amazing and vastly different personalities that would be interesting to get to know. And I've always loved Alice, she's sweet and spunky and fun for all.

Well now I'm a little sad. At the end of the list we realize they never could really be part of our families. The whole reason I read young adult fantasy is escape reality, and at the end of every book I feel a sense of loss of the people and the world I have come to love and feel a part of. It's okay though, there is always the next book to read and lose myself in, and I'm off to do that now.