Welcome back to Top 10 Tuesday hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl!
As later this week is Valentine’s day, this week’s topic is love themed: favorite couples in books. This is a fun topic and was easy for me to come up with a full list. So many great bookish love stories out there. It was hard to narrow it down to 10. Enjoy!
Jo March and Laurie // Little Women
Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy // Pride and Prejudice
Anne Elliott and Captain Wentworth // Persuasion
America Singer and Maxon Schreave // The Selection Series
Estella Everstone and Dexter Blakeley // The Captive Imposter
Marianne Daventry and Philip Wyndham // Edenbrooke
Henry Lee and Keiko Okabe // Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Ani and Geric // The Goose Girl
Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blithe // Anne of Green Gables Series
Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley // Harry Potter series
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Who are your favorite bookish couples?
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Awww Jo March and Laurie! I totally wanted them to end up together and was heatbroken when they didn’t.
Anne & Gilbert are a definite favorite too! They are the perfect example of the hate to love trope done right!
I totally did NOT like Harry and Ginny getting together… Harry and Hermoine totally ended up together in my mind lol
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I felt the same way about Jo and Laurie–still heartbroken actually.
And love Anne and Gilbert so much.
Haha!! That’s fair! I like how Ginny and Harry fall in love in the books. The movies mess it up pretty bad.
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Wonderful list! I see we have some overlapping couples. 😉 What made you decide to include Harry and Ginny over Ron and Hermione? I just asked because I’ve seen a lot of the latter over the former on today’s TTT lists.
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Thank you! I love Harry and Ginny’s relationship in the books. I think it’s so fun to see their relationship change from Ginny’s crush to their first kiss. The movies really mess it up for me.
I love Ron and Hermione too–I just wanted to pick one so I could include other books. Haha.
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The movies mess up quite a bit of the book’s storylines, honestly. I miss SPEW and Winky and I miss Neville’s story ARC and even Professor Binns! So much is missing and doesn’t quite get pulled off. I like to think of all book adaptations into films as two seperate universes.
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That is very true. If only each book was 2+ movies each 😉 And I do the same thing. I can appreciate both as separate things but comparing is always disappointing.
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Anne and Gilbert are definitely the perfect couple! I also adore Montgomery’s Pat and Jingle.
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I absolutely love Anne and Gilbert! I need to read more Montgomery!
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Jo and Laurie! YEEEEES, even though it’s been ages since I’ve read Little Women, I think I never got over the moment Jo denied Laurie’s proposal. Loved your list. 🙂
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YES!! I feel the exact same way!! 🙂 Thank you!
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Henry & Keiko are a great addition to a list of favorite couples!
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Thank you! I love that novel so much–and their sweet start crossed love story 🙂
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Anne and Gilbert were on my list, too!
This is my Top Ten Tuesday post.
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I love love love Anne and Gilbert! 🙂
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Nice to see Persuasion here. 🙂
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One of my favorite Austen novels! And so underappreciated! 🙂
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It is interesting for me when I think of couples: I never seem to think of book couples automatically. Musical theatre couples are the ones that automatically come to mind.I can find it hard at times to find book couples- especially if they are a subtle part of the book.
Bookish couples I love (hmmm- some of I originally fell in love with by another source such as movie or musical theatre): can’t seem to think of many bookish ones
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It’s hard to think on the spot sometimes. What are some of your favorite musical theatre couples?
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Elphaba and Fiyero, Mimi and Roger, Belle and Beast, Nala and Simba, Katherine and Jack, Cosette and Marius, Christine and Raoul- among others. Romance, after all, is the most common theme in musical theatre.
One of the main things that make me fall in love with a musical theatre couple are their main song. Other factors show up at times, but mostly is main song.
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Such great choices!! Thanks for sharing!
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I should’ve added Jo and Laurie and Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy to my list as well! They are my favorite classic couples!
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Actually, I just went ahead and amended my post. I can’t believe I forgot about them
My TTT: https://ichleseblog.wordpress.com/2019/02/12/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-couples-in-books/
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LOVE THIS!! 🙂
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Love that we have some similar favorites! I may never get over Jo not falling in love with Laurie. Ha!
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Harry & Ginny are one of my favourites too!
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They’re just classic 🙂
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