Greetings all you wonderful Humans! How many of you have had the privilege to go travelling over the passed year? Or even better, moved to your dream destination? Life really wasn’t all that much fun the last year, but at least we can still travel and move to our favorite destinations in books. Books never fail on us.
Todays prompt for Top Ten Tuesday, is Places in Books we’d love to live in. But before you can decide where you really want to live, you first need to travel there. And if you are 100% sure that you found your dream destination to live in, you can find your dream destination to die in.
We are going to cheat a bit, or not really cheating, rather just save time and take care o the earth and recycle a post. A couple of weeks ago, I used a similar idea for Friday Fives and listed 5 places we’d love to visit, because of books. We will use them again, because we would still love to travel there. And then we’ll add 5 new ones.
1. Guernsey from The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
2. Rio de Janeiro from The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
3. Isle of Man from Arrivals and Arrests by Diana Xarissa
4. New Caledonia from Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce
5. Egypt from The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
For our last 5 book choices, we will take the game a bit more serious and think of places we would love to actually live in, or die in. Or be immortalized in.
6. Burgh Island, Devon from Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie – My Mommy loves books set in England and I think she would love to live in England. But that weather, it will never work. We will constantly be depressed. Unless we move to Burgh Island. Island are always sunny, aren’t they?
Haha! I loved your twist! I would love to at least visit your top 3, and I probably need to live twice that amount to complete my TBR. Suddenly being a vampire is sounding not so bad… 😉
Hi Dedra! Thanks! So many great places to visit from books. Glad you enjoyed our post.
I love seeing Cabot Cove on here! Sounds like a wonderful place … you know, minus the murder rate.
Minus the murder rate yes. But then again – we can go and be the new author and murder sleuth. Now that's a good idea.
Transylvania and Egypt would be neat places to visit. I have visited around the Chesapeake Bay area multiple times, and it's very pretty! I can see the appeal of wanting to live there.
I only watch the series of Chesapeake Shores and it really does seem to be beautiful. I've been to Egypt and would go back for sure. Transylvania, just a quick visit and in the daylight!
I wouldn't even set foot in Midsomer county, lol ! Just watching the TV show is fine with me. I've never been to Guernsey, but Jersey and Sark, that's close enough (and safe, and beautiful). When I first saw Transylvania, my eyebrows reached the ceiling, but ok, your argument is valid ^^
Oh, I've been to Devon too, but sadly, didn't have time to visit the Agatha Christie museum 🙁
I would really like to visit England one day. But it will have to be for like a month. Would love to visit Devon and the Agatha Christie museum.
Great list! Egypt made another list this week. Can't believe I forgot Cabot Cove. I would definitely live there. We travel over the Chesapeake Bay on our way to NC each year. It's very pretty.
Thanks for sharing and for visiting my blog.
Hi Cheryl! I think Maine is overall quite a lovely place. Not that I've been there, but would love to go. Egypt I've been to yes and will definitely go there again.
I don't think I'd be brave enough to go to Transylvania. Good for you!
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
I have students in my class whose parents come from Romania. They are pretty normal, so maybe it's not that bad to go there….But just for a short visit.
I feel like I'd be happy in devon (and anywhere in England, let's be honest). And Rio de Janeiro would be a wonderful place to visit, I would think. Looks so beautiful there. 🙂
It's nice to see there are benefits to vampirism!
I really want to visit England and yes, anywhere in England. I always wanted to go to Rio and hopefully it will still happen one day…!
Okay, this is AWESOME! I think Transylvania sounds good because I would love to be able to finish my TBR one day. HAHAHA!! This post is brilliant! <3
Hi there Leslie! So glad that you enjoyed the post! We always have so much fun with Top Ten Tuesday.
Transylvania does sound like it would be beautiful and I'd love to visit some day (maybe not live there though, we'll see).
Hi Lindsey! Definitely not to stay, but it would be worth the visit. So many places to visit, so many books to read.
Such wonderful choices. Except Transylvania. I've been to Bran's Castle and I just don't think I want to spend my forever time there! 🙂
Hi Helen! I'm still interested in seeing Transylvania. I have students whose parents come from Romania, sounds so mysterious.
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Well, I like the first 8 choices at least, LOL. But it would be nice to have unlimited time to go through my TBR. Hopefully I'll have a huge library in Heaven. Then I'd have unlimited time, right?
Hi Brooke! Yes yes yes! I am also one of those people who are convinced that Heaven must be some kind of library. I'm convinced the Good Lord will hear our prayers.
These are great! I'll have to second the Guernsey Isles after reading that book! It's great to travel by books first and then find a way to visit IRL. Love these selections. I'll have to add some of these to my TBR pile!
Hi Heather! I agree completely. Visit in the books first and then go and travel there. One of these days we'll be able to do that again!
Oh id love to go to Guernsey! Just added that book onto my ever growing tbr… Also I love your writing style, some of the comments you made referring to Transylvania made me chuckle – hopefully we'd be turned immortal rather than killed when visiting there! ?
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a brilliant read and you will find many a blogger who will agree with me and be willing to share notes with you.
I don't really want to be a vampire, but don't want to be killed by one either. Choices choices…
I'd like to see both Guernsey and Egypt, they both sound like beautiful places.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2021/03/30/top-ten-tuesday-309/
Egypt I've seen and would love to go back again. Guernsey or any part of England, not yet. One day!
"Do you also have problems with controlling your TBR list? Have you realized that you will have to live to about 376 years of age to complete it? Perfect solution. Move to Transylvania, Romania and hang around Bran's Castle every night after sundown. You might just get lucky and receive an immortal kiss that will make sure you will be able to get through your TBR list on your own leisure time. You don't have to eat, sleep or exercise at all. You can just read." Haha! Perfect!
Thanks Debbie! Glad you enjoyed it. I'm really on a bit of a holiday go-slow and my creativity is a bit drained. I feel as if I glitch here and there!
Egypt sounds fun! Thanks for stopping by a little while ago.
I really want to go back to Egypt one day. A Nile Cruise seems like such fun.
"Statistically, you have about 67% chance to be murdered here." Bwahaha. Don't they have a movie too, on Hotel Transylvania?! This would actually make a very cool post on Top 10 Hotspots for Murders. I am sure Christie / Elizabeth Peters loved Egypt for this purpose. ?
~Lex
HI Lex! That is such a brilliant idea!!! Please send it to Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. I would be the first to sign up for that TTT!
Yes, there is a movie Transylvania and it's good humorous.