Jacksprat Gets Lost in Fiction

Top 5 Love/Hate Ships             This topic seems to have confused people, but I had assumed it was love/hate ships:   Couples that can’t stand each other at first, but have a slow burn romance, so that is what I am going with.   Top 5 Wednesday was created by Ginger Reads Lainey and now hosted by Sam from Thoughts on Tomes.   Goodreads Group: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/118368-top-5-wednesday 1.      John Thornton and Margaret Hale from Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South.   This story is very similar to Pride and Prejudice in its themes, but instead of class differences we are looking at different lifestyles and where people live.   Margaret is a woman from the South of England, Helstone, and Thornton is from the city of Milton.   He is a self-made man, who manages a factory, and she is the daughter of a former minister who believes in the power of books.   The world has progressed, though, and Margaret’s father is struggling.   Margaret and Thornton’s personalities o

Top Five Wednesday: Favorite Side Ships My top favorite book coupling that’s not with the protagonist. 1.     Genya and David from The Grisha trilogy.   I have always enjoyed watching and reading about couples where the pretty girl is in love with the nerdy scientist who is socially awkward.   Genya is a Grisha and one of her powers is to alter your physical appearance, and David is a Grisha who only understands metal.   It’s when Genya is seriously injured by the Darkling and there’s a war going on, and when Genya accuses him of only noticing her because she’s not beautiful anymore, that’s when he kisses her for the first.   They had so cute together, and I like how it’s the beautiful who’s in love with the nerdy guy, not the other way around. 2.     Giles and Jenny from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.    It was so sad what happened to Jenny first time, and I wished this couple had more screen time.   This is another romance trope I like, when the one half of pairing came into th