Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is Characters Whose Jobs I Wish I Had.
My top 10 are:
- Alanna (Song of the Lioness quartet by Tamora Pierce): She’s a knight! How cool is that?
- Alice Van Cleve (The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes): Pack horse librarian — I think it would be amazing to ride a horse through the mountains to deliver books.
- April Whittier (Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade): Secret fanfic writer by night, geologist by day… it’s actually the geologist part that really appeals to me, not because that’s what I’d want to be, but because I love seeing fab women in science take center stage.
- Emily Parker (Well Met by Jen DeLuca): Bookstore manager AND Ren Faire tavern wench!
- Veronica Speedwell (Veronica Speedwell mysteries by Deanna Raybourn): Intrepid lepidopterist and Victorian era sleuth. A girl can dream, right?
- Naomi Nagata (The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey): Because space adventuring would be awesome.
- Norma Kopp (Kopp Sisters series by Amy Stewart): She trains messenger pigeons! Again, not that I specifically want to do that, but I think it’s awesome that Norma does it.
- Meg Mackworth (Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn): A professional calligrapher, who actually makes money doing it. I wish I had the talent!
- Claire Fraser (Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon): OK, this is a stretch, but I had to find a way to sneak Claire in. No, I wouldn’t actually want to be stuck practicing medicine in the 18th century, but I do think it’s awesome that she finds a way to introduce modern medical practices like instrument sterilization and antibiotics to the time she’s in. She even grows her own penicillin!
- Mercy Thompson (Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs): I wouldn’t necessarily want to be a mechanic, but I love that Mercy is one! Again, it’s awesome to see a woman thriving in a traditionally male-dominated field. Go, Mercy!
What book characters’ jobs do you envy? Please share your link so I can check out your top 10!
Bookshelf Fantasies 
This is such an interesting variety of jobs, the first one that jumped out at me is the pack librarian, but I’m allergic to horses so that’s a no go for me🤣
How about donkeys? They ride those too! I’ve now read two novels about pack horse librarians (plus a children’s picture book), and I just love everything about them.
So many cool jobs! Training messenger pigeons?! I’m intrigued!
The characters in the Kopp Sister books are terrific — besides the messenger pigeons, there’s a sister who’s the first female detective and another is a vaudeville performer. Not a dud in the bunch!
Wow, a lot of these do sound really awesome! I need to look into changing my career. :p
Ha ha, me too! I clearly should have followed a path that was either much more adventurous or brainy!
I think being a geologist would be so neat!
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Yes! Anything science/research based sounds so fascinating to me.
I was reading what you wrote about Claire and I totally agree! She’s a badass! If I were in her shoes I don’t think I would even be able to learn how to dress properly ahah
Haha, so true! All the layers, and corsets, and garters, and petticoats… it’s amazing.
Riding a horse and delivering books? I think you found my perfect job!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2021/03/02/top-ten-tuesday-305/
Doesn’t it sound like bliss? I’d sign up!
Me too!
I almost put Emily from Well Met on my list, too. I’d love to live her life for a little while. 😀
I’ve always secretly wanted to dress up and be at a Renaissance Faire — and running a bookstore would just be an added treat!
I am also with you on Claire!!! she is freaking awesome at her “job”
She’s freaking awesome at everything! But I especially love how she keeps “inventing” modern medicine.
Great list! I LOVE the idea of being a messenger pigeon trainer.
Sounds exciting, right? Norma is such a strange character, and I pretty much love her.
Ooo a pack horse Librarian sounds amazing!
It sounds so peaceful and rewarding!
I love your picks.
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Thanks! It was a fun topic. 🙂
Naomi! Thanks for reminding me that I need to catch up with The Expanse! 🙂
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I love the show so much! And the books too — I need to keep going!
Interesting choices! Agree with them all, especially if it means more girl power! I love the Outlander series, and always find it fascinating when Claire has some modern medicine trick up her sleeve and does all kinds of healer research. And I haven’t read Expanse series, but I hear there’s a show and I’m eager to try that out. Thanks for a great TTT post
Thank you! The Expanse TV series is so well done, and definitely worth checking out!
Clare from Outlander without the forced sex I hope! lol I nearly had a car accident listening to that one on my commute LOL
Oh, there are plenty of elements of Claire’s 18th century life I wouldn’t want… but that woman has mad survival skills for sure!
LOL That’s a great way of looking at it!