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June 13: Father’s Day related Freebie: favorite dads in literature, best father/daughter or son relationships, books to buy your dad, worst dads in literature, etc. etc.
While this is mostly a book blog, over the last two years I’ve written several posts about the loss of my dad (How do you live in a world where your dad doesn’t exist? and To my Dad. Merry Christmas, and most recently March Madness). In fact, his death was ultimately the reason I started this blog; I needed something to both fill up my time and help me work through my loss, and book blogging turned out to be what I needed. I won’t get into all that again here, but just know that I always have been a sucker for a good Father-Daughter relationship, today more than ever.
This week’s topic is pretty open-ended, so to honor my relationship with my dad, I thought I would visit some of my favorite father-daughter duos.
Fabulous Father-Daughter Bonds
I’m sure I’m missing some other fabulous father-daughter duos here. Many of these are recent reads that I really loved. A Million Junes and The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (review coming soon!) are two of my favorite reads of this year.
- Carson and Nancy Drew. Nancy Drew Mysteries
- A.J. and Maya Fikry. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
- Jack III and Jack IV (June) O’Donnell. A Million Junes
- Frederick and Annabeth Chase. Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus Series
- Colonel and Flavia de Luce. Flavia de Luce Series
- Xenophilius and Luna Lovegood. The Harry Potter Series
- Jean Valjean and Cosette. Les Miserables
- Evret and Winter Hale. Fairest
- Henry Pitts and Kinsey Milhone. The Kinsey Milhone Series. While not technically father and daughter, I love the friendship and bond they have.
…and my favorite father/daughter duo…
- Keith and Veronica Mars. Veronica Mars Series (and TV Show!)
Your turn! Who are your favorite father/daughter pairs? This was a pretty open-ended topic this week, how did you tackle it? Sound off below and link up to your own TTT if you’ve got one!
And a very Happy Father’s Day to all you wonderful dad’s out there!
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Jean Valjean and Cosette is an amazing father/daughter bond. As a Les Mis fan, I really love Jean Valjean’s spiritual journey
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To be honest I’ve never finished Les Mis, every time I try I make it about half way through. BUT the musical is one of my favorites!
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I read the book twice: I started with the abridged, but honestly did not feel like a masterpiece: knew it was missing something.
Then the unabridged. I read two summers ago, the same summer I saw the show in London. My family was going to England over the summer so my mom took me to see Les Mis. It took me less than one summer to finish it: it helped me that I set a deadline to finish the book by the time summer ends and used the musical to help.
Like you, the musical is also one of my favorites. Les Mis made a huge impact on my musical journey. It was unlike anything I had ever seen before. It told me that tragic musicals exist and that heartbreak is a musical emotion
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sweet post 🙂 Keith and Veronica Mars are just the best! My TTT
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Keith and Veronica 4Eva! 💕
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I can’t believe I didn’t think of Jack III and Jack IV (June) O’Donnell!! I loved them and that book. Great list!
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I loved them too! I think that’s my favorite read so far this year!
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Yes, yes, yes to AJ Fikry, Frederick Chase, and Xenophilius Lovegood!!
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All great dads for sure! ❤️
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For this Father’s Day Freebie I went with an author my dad enjoys. But I would add Mortimer and Maggie from Inkheart to your list of Father-Daughter relationships.
My TTT: http://books.thetechchef.net/top-ten-tuesday-29/
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