A Prison Story? A Ghost Story? A Woman's Story.
Fair warning: you will hit a point where you will not want to put this book down. So if you’re like me, prepare for a “stay up late to...
Let's talk about Star Wars.
As I was looking at a decently long wait time to get into Star Wars: The Force Awakens a few months ago, I consulted my former roommate...
You guys, The Bell Jar!
There are those books that everyone reads in school...or at least that the teacher assigns which some people read and others just pretend...
Different is just...different.
It would be so easy to say this book is about a boy "somewhere on the spectrum." Or it would be easy to say that this is a book about a...
For my Non-Fiction Friends
Admittedly, this is called the "Better Characters Blog" and non-fiction doesn't so much have characters as it has...real people. And...
Women who can wash their own clothes
There's a moment in the movie "Alex & Emma" (please don't judge me too harshly for loving that movie) where the two title characters are...
My weakness for Christmas-themed Mystery Novels
Who doesn't love a good mystery novel, and especially one that is Christmas themed? No, seriously, who is that person? Mysteries are...
A Top Ten List for 2015
To kick off this new year and new blog, I thought I'd take a minute to look back on some of the better female characters I read...
It Started with a Facebook Post...
It started with a Facebook post. Towards the end of December, I was reading a silly little Christmas rom-com* and was struck by the...
