This week, The Broke and the Bookish is asking for the Top Ten Places Books Have Made Me Want to Visit – Fictional or Real. Let’s start this one off right:
- HOGWARTS HOGWARTS HOGGY WOGGY HOGWARTS – from the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
- Australia – I would probably not last long in Australia, but so many of my favorite books come from there that I should probably just go (and be killed by heat, birds, and spiders) – from Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta and Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
- Prague, based solely on The Daughter of Smoke and Bone series because I had no inclination to go there before reading that series
- OASIS – I tried to play Second Life and I never felt the desire to murder my Sims and I do often think that the world is awful enough that we should just move into a virtual world so…. – from Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- London Below – I haven’t even been to London Above, but I feel my priorities are straight – from Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
- North Star, Texas is a definite must for food and Friday Night Lights reenacting – from Nowhere But Home by Liza Palmer
- The Shire – I need to be the tallest person around for once in my life and hobbit holes are super cute, so it’s pretty much the perfect place for me – from The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
- 300 Fox Way – I almost went with Monmouth Manufacturing (and I alllllmost went with Thisby), but I could probably move into 300 Fox Way and it would be a while before anyone noticed – from The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
- Fairyland, because why not go to the most magical place of all – from The Fairyland series by Catherynne M Valente
