One of the
many benefits of reading is the possibility of going places without really
leaving your house, or well, the place where you read. And it is no secret
books have the ability of making the reader want to visit places, whether they
are real or not. Sometimes this can be frustrating for two main reasons: one,
if the place does not exist you can’t physically visit it and two, if you are a
broke Uni student you can’t afford to visit the real ones. Either way, it
sucks. But anyways, at the end of the day I can still just grab a book and go everywhere.
Cool, huh? And people say reading is a waste of time…
Westeros.
Yes, yes, I know… I would probably end up dead the very moment I set foot on
King’s Landing but it would still be worth it.
San
Francisco. Fairly speaking I have wanted to visit San Francisco since watching
Charmed, the TV show but Lola and The Boy Next Door supported the cause as
well.
Paris. Once
again a Stephanie Perkins’ book makes me want to visit places. And if I ever go
to Paris (fingers crossed) I will take the book with me and make a tour
following what Anna did there. Shakespeare & Co must be visited, on top of
everything else.
Isle of
Wight. Three years ago I read The Library of the Dead by Glenn Cooper and felt
in love with it. It was a mystery thriller + historical fiction and one of the
many places it was based on was Vectis, which is the name the Romans gave to
the Isle of Wight.
Middle
Earth. Yes, I could die as well but as I said before with Westeros, I just don’t
care. I want to see The Shire and Rivendell and everything actually. But for
this one I could basically book a trip to New Zealand so all is good. And I
will go there sometime in the future, just so you know.
Greece & New York. I’ve always wanted to visit both places but Percy Jackson has made me
want to go like crazy. To New York to just pretend the Empire State Building is
the entrance to Olympus and to Greece because is where everything began. I
really like to learn about different aspects of Greek mythology so the original
source is the place to go.
There are a
lot of other places books have made me want to visit as well but these 10 made it to my list.
So tell me, what places books made you want to read? I want to know!