TOP TEN TUESDAY | FAVOURITE BOOK SETTINGS

I’m getting old. I mention this, because my memory is not what it used to be. I can’t remember the names of songs I just listened to, I find myself forgetting not only what films were about, but whether or not I’ve even watched them until I’m halfway through. I’ve had a feeling a lot lately that I’ve absolutely done a topic before. Sometimes I go and search my blog, and discover either I never did it, or if I did, I can’t find it. But this one I actually did write before! Last summer! It’s right here. YAY I’m not losing my mind! (Or, not on this particular issue, anyway.)

That said, I now don’t have a new topic for this week. So I’m going to do a little riff. I’m going to share some imaginary settings I’d really love to visit.

1. Marsyas Island from The House in the Cerulean Sea. I loved how this island was described. I loved that it was remote, but not too far remote. I loved that it was wild and full of scope for adventure. I loved the house and its occupants.
2. Hogwarts. I’m sorry, I had to.
3. The Shire. Most of The Lord of the Rings I would not want to be living in. It would be stressful, and I bet Orcs are smelly. But the Shire seemed lovely, and I wouldn’t mind a hobbit hole of my own as long as it had room for my books.
4. The Secret Garden. Every time I read that book I imagine it differently, and every film version is different still. It’s an endless range of possibilities, and I know I’d love it there.
5. Aziraphale’s bookshop from Good Omens. BOOKS!!!!!
6. In a similar vein, Marks & Co. from 84, Charing Cross Road. I’ve dreamed about that bookshop. I’ve been to antiquarian bookshops in London, and one in particular that exists only in my memory, and I have no idea what it was called anymore, is how I imagine it to have been.
7. Green Gables from the Anne of Green Gables series. The whole of P.E.I. in those books, really. It’s so beautiful and idyllic and full of wonder.

And a few places I absolutely would NOT want to visit:

1. The rest of Middle Earth (Lord of the Rings).
2. Narnia. I know a lot of you would probably LOVE to go there. Not me.
3. Mars from The Martian. I’d love to hang out with Mark Watney, and if I had to go to Mars, he’s who I’d want to go with. But I think, on the whole, probably not, thanks.

What about you guys? Which fictional places would you love to visit? Which do not appeal to you in the least?

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly link-up feature created by The Broke and the Bookish and hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Every week TTT has a different topic, and everyone who links up has to create a link of ten items that fit that topic. To see past and upcoming topics, go here.