As I think back over the books I read in 2012 (note: I said read- not published) it occurs to me that yes, the writers make these characters up- from life, people they know, their imagination, whatever. We, as readers, love the authors for making characters we can love, hate, or love to hate- characters that tug at the readers emotions, make us laugh, cry, and close the book feeling tons of different emotions.

But, how about we take the author out of this for now- What characters did you love in 2012? Hate? Love to hate? What characters evoked a reaction out of you? What characters made reading the book worthwhile?

I’m working on my list of characters right now- and just to make it all fun- I’m going to divide the list into sections: Books that were published in 2012, Books that I read in 2012, Characters that I loved, Characters that I hated, and Characters that I Loved to Hate. Sure, there may be some overlap- heck maybe the lists will be eerily similar. We’ll see.

So- chime in. Tell me who makes your list. Discuss. Chime in some more. Discuss again. No judging, no making fun of anyone’s characters- just plain fun 🙂