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  1. Debra Guyette
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    This one sounds like a wonderful read. Adding to my list.
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  2. waxapplelover
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    I love your picks, especially Karana. I actually haven’t read some of the other books, so I will have to get to it. 🙂 As for my picks, I will reach back a few years. Tamora Pierce writes some really great YA female characters. (These are books I forgot to write about in your other post about favorite books.) But I love Alanna from the Song of the Lioness Quartet, and also Kel from Protector of the Small quartet, but Beka from the Beka Cooper Trilogy may be my favorite because she is just so no-nonsense. Mercedes Lackey also has a few great female characters, like Talia and Kerowyn, from her Valdemar books. I also really love Mara from Raymond Feist and Janny Wurt’s Empire trilogy. She has to make a lot of difficult choices and sometimes some bad choices, but ultimately she is just trying to make a life for herself and those she loves.

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    1. Laurie Loft
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      Wow, I’m not familiar with any of those, but now I have some new ideas on what to read. Thanks for following my tour!

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  3. Silvia Fugate
    Silvia Fugate at |

    I so love the cover! It reminds me of sharing coffee with loved ones>
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    Thank you

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  4. 16forward
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    A new author! New guys! New plots! New locations! New beginnings! Life doesn’t get much better than this!

    I love humor in my books so Janet Evanovich’s series with Stephanie Plum is my kind of heroine. A crazy family, wild friends, the ability to bounce back from mistakes, the strength to take chances and a heart big enough to draw people to her. I wish I was more like her!

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  5. James Escol
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    Oh, WOW! I loved Beatrice when we studied Much Ado About Nothing in middle school. Your description is so spot on!
    Answering your question, I found my fave strong women personalities in movies. And Scarlett Johansson & Jessica Biel take the first & second pot respectively. They’re just badass when they do the action scenes. I always end up mind blown. <3
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    1. Laurie Loft
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      My favorite badass woman is old-school: Signourney Weaver in ALIENS! Thanks for your comment and for following my tour.

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  6. jenndonald00
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    Great post, although I haven’t read any of those they sound great like great women! One of my favorite female characters comes from a series by R.L. Griffin – Stella! She’s a total badass and even though she totally pissed me off a lot she’s an unbelievable woman and will always be one of my favorites!

    I love this cover too – definitely a book I need to check out!
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    1. Laurie Loft
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      Ha, characters that piss you off–Todd pissed me off when I was writing him. Sometimes I just wanted to shake him! He makes some questionable choices.

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  7. susana
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    Thank you for sharing your favourite female characters… I like Women as depicted in Jane Austen’s stories, specially Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. It was very difficutl to be independent at the time, but she somehow manages it… And gets Mr. Darcy at the end! 😉
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    1. Laurie Loft
      Laurie Loft at |

      I also love Jane Austen! Pride and Prejudice–in fact I have started writing a gay male take on that novel. I hope it’ll be out maybe next year!

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  8. Trix
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    Love Kanna in the 20TH CENTURY BOYS manga!

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  9. H.B.
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    None is coming to mind at the moment. I’ll have to get back to you when I can think of one.
    humhumbum AT yahoo DOT com

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  10. Purple Reader
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    Congrats and thanks for the female characters. I learned some new ones. For me, I’ll jump to film and say anyone played by Meryl Streep. I love how she embodies a character, like Thatcher, or Amanda Priestly or …. –
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    1. Laurie Loft
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      Meryl Streep is awesome. She’s like a chameleon–different in every role.

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