Friday Question #41: Which literary character would you dress as for Halloween?

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Happy Friday, BookishFirst Readers!

If you could dress up as any literary character for Halloween, who would it be and why? If you have ever had a literary-inspired costume, please let us know.

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Probably would have to go with Elizabeth Bennet. I love regency era fashion and would love an excuse to wear it! Haven’t done it yet though cause getting all the pieces together for a truly authentic look is proving challenging and I’m not very good at sewing :sweat_smile: :jack_o_lantern:

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Keeley Smythe from The Blacksmith Queen. Just because of her snarkey sense of humor, which I love.

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That’s a great one! I’m sure that would look great if paired off with her sister or Cade.

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I think I could pull of Yennefer from The Witcher. Since I easily pull off RBF LOL

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The Marquis de Carabas from Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere. His coat seems like an awesome, useful thing to have and serves to also be very warm if out on a cold Halloween night!

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Evie from Matt Wallace’s Savage Legion because doing all the Savage runes with paint/makeup sounds like a fun undertaking. :jack_o_lantern:

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Magnus Bane from Shadowhunters because he is a powerful warlock and he is in love with the very handsome shadowhunter Alec Lightwood

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Me too. I love the fashion of her days. I am a sucker for the gowns even though I don’t even own a dress. haha. :jack_o_lantern:

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Hmmm, probably something funny like Bella Swan & I’d try & do impressions of her from the movie lol :jack_o_lantern:

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Eleanor from Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor & Park. I would have to find a Park though! Also I could do Eleanor pretty easy with my natural red hair but I would have to curl it. Why? Because I love that character so much. :jack_o_lantern:

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I would love to dress up as Luna from the HP series… :jack_o_lantern:

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Yikes! My children’s elementary school has a Storybook Parade every year in October. The kids dress up as a literary character and have to carry the book with them to show who they are. We’ve dressed up as so many children’s book characters!! But if I’d pick a character for me, I think I’d like to be Elle from the last scene of Geekerella by Ashley Poston!! :jack_o_lantern::jack_o_lantern::jack_o_lantern:

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I would love to dress up as a character from Sherlock Holmes! I love the style of clothing! :jack_o_lantern:

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I would love to being Claire from Outlander! I love the time period and am fascinated with their attire back in the 1700s. Would love to go back in time myself and meet them. :jack_o_lantern:

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I’m a nerd but Galadriel from LOTR. I’m actually dressing up as her this year and have twice before .

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Shamelessly admitting that I would dress up as Sookie Stackhouse! Such an easy costume: little shorts, tight white “Merlott’s” tee, blonde ponytail, fang marks. :jack_o_lantern:

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It feels cliché, but I’d probably dress up as Hermione Granger or Luna Lovegood from the Harry Potter Series. There are some book characters I love like Flavia DeLuce from the series by Alad Bradley series who have yet to be depicted in an illustration or film adaptation. I doubt anyone would know who I was if I wore braids, braces, pushed an old bike, and carried a chemistry kit. :jack_o_lantern: :jack_o_lantern:

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I would probably go as Nina Zenik from Six of Crows! :jack_o_lantern:

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I’d have to say I’d have my husband and I go as Anne and Gilbert from Anne of Green Gables :jack_o_lantern:

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I think it would be fun to dress like Val Harris from Kirsten Weiss Pie Town series, completely casual with a Pie Town hoodie and a pie for a prop. :jack_o_lantern: