Top Ten Tuesday; Characters I'd Name a Pet After

It's Tuesday and time for a new Top Ten Tuesday post, courtesy of That Artsy Reader Girl. The theme of the week was characters I'd name a pet after.


Here's my list.
Sherlock - from the Sherlock Holmes books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Moriarty - from the Sherlock Holmes books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Aslan - from the Narnia series by C. S. Lewis
Caspian - from the Narnia series by C. S. Lewis
Karou from the A Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy by Laini Taylor
Akiva from the A Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy by Laini Taylor
Morozko from the Winternight trilogy by Katherine Arden
Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Nemo from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Phileas Fogg from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Comments

  1. Astilbe17 November 2020 at 13:56

    Morozko is a fun pick!

    Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.

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  2. Lydia17 November 2020 at 14:46

    Nemo should totally be a name of an aquatic pet, too! :)

    My post.

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  3. iloveheartlandX17 November 2020 at 17:53

    Sherlock was on my list this week too!
    My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2020/11/17/top-ten-tuesday-290/

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  4. Deanna @ A Novel Glimpse18 November 2020 at 00:17

    I imagine a Akiva as a Husky. That would be awesome.

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