Top Ten Tuesday- Character Names

Top Ten Tuesday is a really cool original feature/weekly meme created over at The Broke and The Bookish.  Each week they post a new Top Ten List that bloggers join in on answering... and today (October 21st), I'm one of them :)

Today's Topic

Top Ten Character Names

I think I'm sort of picky about names... but usually I can get used to a name once I've been reading the book for a while.  Super weird names are definitely one of my pet peeves.  I just don't like it when everyone's name is super crazy weird.  Also the sound of some weird names instantly turn me off.  Here is a list of names I thought really worked in books... and some not so much.

1.  Jasper AKA "Jazz" from I Hunt Killers- I just thought this was a cool name for a dude... and super memorable.

2.  Rory Miller from Shadowlands- Love the name Rory... for a boy or girl :)

3.  Alaska Young from Looking for Alaska- I mean she named herself, how cool is that??  I just think it's a cool sounding name and one-of-a-kind!

4.  Mara Dyer from The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer- I thought her name really went with the creepiness in the book.

5.  Echo Emerson fromPushing the Limits- Super memorable name.  Plus it sounds good with Noah.

6.  Cricket Bell from Lola and the Boy Next Door- At first I didn't like this name at all.  I mean could I really picture a hot guy being named Cricket... it reminded me too much of Jiminy.  BUT it grew on me somehow.  And now I can't imagine him being named anything else!

7.  Hadley & Oliver from Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight- Cool names.  Hadley is unique but not wierd and Oliver is PERFECT for a British hottie!

8.  Sloane Price from This is Not a Test- Courtney Summers always comes up with cool names... and this is my fav.

9.  Alona Dare from The Ghost and the Goth- I think it's the perfect name for a mean girl.

10.  Hazel Grace from TFIOS- I love how her name is so my grandparents era of name.  Old souled.

Belly from The Summer I Turned Pretty series- I haven't read this series... but IDK if I can with a M/C with the name Belly.  Terrible.

Nan (the BFF) from My Life Next Door- I don't like it.

Etienne St. Clair from Anna and the French Kiss- I loved this book... and I don't mind the St. Clair part.  But when Anna goes all Etienne all of a sudden I just couldn't like it.

Norrie and Sassy and Takey from Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters- I think the names were supposed to be family names since the Sullivan family has a long history... but no I don't like em.

Rogerson from Dreamland- Definitely sounds like a rapist.

Remy from This Lullaby- I like most of Sarah Dessen's off-the-wall names... but Remy reminds me of the name of a vaccuum or coffeemaker or something.

Katniss & Peeta- Just don't like these names.  Peeta reminds me either of pita bread or the PETA organization.  Katniss just confuses me. 

America Singer fromThe Selection- I haven't read this one either, but I read on a review that this girl is a singer who lives in what used to be America.  Really creative there.

Ponyboy & Sodapop from The Outsiders- Don't understand the significance of the odd names in this book.  Maybe I'm missing something?!?

So I gave you guys a lot more than 10 this week... but there's a lot of good (and bad) names out there!  I'm excited to see which names you thought were cool!  Leave me your link and I'll check them out :)