tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743204165140103012.post3435457711179013375..comments2022-11-08T20:08:15.620+11:00Comments on TwoGirlsandaNovel: RANDOM POSTING: Book Names?TwoGirlsandaNovelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11963663142716935469noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743204165140103012.post-45782385989128304512012-05-01T06:38:38.039+10:002012-05-01T06:38:38.039+10:00I'm 22 too Alex, and I don't want to share...I'm 22 too Alex, and I don't want to share my name either. <br /><br />That's so strange, unless Alyxandra deliberately wanted her Colin to be like Fracis's...sort of like a tribute character? Either way, it's still a bit off-putting. I like characters to have names that are slightly unique to them, even when names can't be 100% unique.<br /><br />KimTwoGirlsandaNovelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963663142716935469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743204165140103012.post-56841008807917733522012-04-30T22:16:40.479+10:002012-04-30T22:16:40.479+10:00I agree. I can deal with it, but I don't real...I agree. I can deal with it, but I don't really like reading characters with the same name as me - fortunately, because I've got a reasonably uncommon last name, I've never EVER come across the first name AND second name combo, and there's surprisingly few Alexes in contemporary fiction. But even with just the first name I'm always like, "Nooo, that's MY NAME. You can't have it." and then I feel selfish. At 22, I really should be able to share my name.<br />The other thing is coming across characters that have the same name as other characters - also uncommon, but really jarring when it occurs. Example - there's a main character called Colin Lennox in both Alyxandra Harvey's "Haunting Violet" and in Francis Hodgeson Burnett's "The Secret Garden". So the whole time I was reading Haunting Violet I kept thinking of bratty little Colin in the Secret Garden, which almost ruined the romantic hero aspect for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743204165140103012.post-44771430140417061892012-04-27T11:21:55.901+10:002012-04-27T11:21:55.901+10:00That's what I thought too, that I'd be fin...That's what I thought too, that I'd be fine ignoring it. Usually you can just go with the flow. They're fictional characters and no name is entirely unique. But I definitely find it strange and creepy that it's my sister in that book.<br /><br />KimTwoGirlsandaNovelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963663142716935469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743204165140103012.post-54601093612569814272012-04-27T10:25:07.553+10:002012-04-27T10:25:07.553+10:00Oooh, it's really peculiar reading a book with...Oooh, it's really peculiar reading a book with your <em>own</em> name, which I've come across ocassionally, but isn't that unusual, and can still get past it... but what you described? WEIRD. I've read plenty of books w/husbandman's name, and never even bat an eyelash, but... yeah :D<br /><br />That would be SO creepy... EXACT same name, AND physical description? WEIRD O____OSarah (saz101)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08936602748682093150noreply@blogger.com