Top Ten Tuesday: Destination Titles

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Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl

Today’s Prompt:  Destination Titles (titles with name of places in them. These places can be real or fiction!) (this was a topic Rachel @ Sunny Side came up with for a freebie week last year and has let me steal it!)

I had fun with this one, looking back at books that I have read and enjoyed with destinations in the title. I am a big settings reader, and will often pick up a book just because of where the book is set.

The Kamogawa Food Detectives || Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop || The Easy Life in Kamusari

I have been very into Japanese/Asian fiction this year, and these three were a few that I really enjoyed.

The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines || Miracles on Maple Hill || Greenglass House

It wouldn’t be one of my lists without some kids fiction. I read The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines because the main character uses a wheelchair and I like to look for books for Wyatt that have this representation. He deserves to see himself in literature, and not just as a character who is there to explain to others what it is like to use a wheelchair. Not all disabled characters need to be there to teach others about their experiences – they can have actual other roles in the book, and even be the main character who has their own adventures.

Miracles on Maple Hill was a wonderful, old fashioned read. I holed up this past winter with these type of wholesome books to make it through to spring and Miracles on Maple Hill was one of my favorites of the whole bunch that I read.

Greenglass House – I just love this world! I love this book, and I plan on reading the next in the series in December.

Shady Hollow || The House on Prytania || The Cloisters

It also wouldn’t be a list of mine without some anthropomorphic animals. Shady Hollow is my pick for this week! I still haven’t read the second book – maybe I should do that this month. It feels like a good time to read it.

The House on Prytania is set in New Orleans, one of my very favorite cities in the United States. There was a time in my life that I deliberately set out to read every book that took place there. And my first trip there was due to all of my reading and needing to finally walk the streets that I had read so much about.

So, The Cloisters. I actually did not like this book, but I loved the setting. I have always always always wanted to go there.

The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery

A friend bought me this book this year, and it is easily one of my favorite reads of the whole year. I love that The Blue Castle is not only a fictional destination for this week’s topic, but also an imaginary one in the book as well. If you all need a pick me up book for whatever reason, I highly suggest this book.

And that my friends is my list for this week! I can’t wait to visit your posts and see what you have chosen!

31 thoughts on “Top Ten Tuesday: Destination Titles”

  3. I’m glad you enjoyed The Blue Castle! Everyone on Twitter loved it which is why I finally read it. I don’t remember falling head over heels for it so I may have to reread to see why I feel that way. 🙂 Thanks so much for visiting my list today!

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  6. Joanne's avatar Joanne

    So fun! I immediately thought of a few I’ve read.. The Little Italian Hotel, On Folly Beach, The Lost Girls of Paris, Nantucket Nights, Out of the Easy (meaning the Big Easy), Mystic Summer, The Invisible Husband of Frick Island…

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    1. Thanks Katherine! I know, writing this list made me realize I never read any other of the Shady Hollow books. I need to get on that. The Blue Castle is fantastic, and I loved Greenglass House too.

      Also why is it taking so long for the next book in that Karen White series to come out? I am very impatient about it. Lol

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  15. This is a great list! I loved The Cloisters, but I have yet to make it to the museum even though it’s really not that far from me. I haven’t gotten onto the Japanese fiction bandwagon yet, but I keep seeing them everywhere and really need to read at least one.

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      1. You know I’ll post a ton of pictures of the Cloisters, especially after reading that book. And I just added What You Are Looking For is in the Library to my TBR! Thank you so much for the rec!

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