1.Bag End, Hobbiton, The Shire ~ with its warren of rooms Bag End has always appealed to the part of me that would like a comfy chair next to a fire and a good book.
2. Rivendell ~ Ah, to make merry with the elves and hear their songs. Who could resist Elrond's hospitality? And I won't forget to stop at The Prancing Pony on my way for a pint.
3. Lyra's Oxford ~ Do I want my own Daemon? You bet I do.
4. Roke, Earthsea ~ Because I want to know the True Name of everything.
5. Shangrila ~ The perfect place to retire.
6, Hogworts ~ or any place in Harry's England - as long as I'm not a muggle.
7. Anita Blake's St. Louis ~ Dating might just be fun again.
8. Amber ~ Here lies the power to manipulate shadow to my own ends...mwahahaha
9. Ankh Morpork, Discworld ~ Dangerous, yes, but I promise to stay out of the Shades. In fact, I think I'll just tag along with Sam Vimes. He sounds like my kind of Watchman.
10. Newford ~ I supect I would find all my true friends here.
References (in order of appearance): J.R.R. Tolkien, Philip Pullman, Ursula Le Guin, James Hilton, J. K. Rowling, Laurel Hamilton, Roger Zelazny, Terry Pratchett, and Charles De Lint.
This Listing Fest Blog Hop celebrates Bish Denham's eight years of blooging! Congrats Bish!
The rules are simple:
Sign up, grab the banner and make
a list.
Keep your list to between 5 and 25 items. You can list whatever you feel like (except for adult type content.)
Post on October 26 and visit fellow participants. That’s it!
Keep your list to between 5 and 25 items. You can list whatever you feel like (except for adult type content.)
Post on October 26 and visit fellow participants. That’s it!
Link to the hosts, post
the badge, and have fun visiting others!
Host - Bish Denham
Co-host - Alex J. Cavanaugh
Who wouldn't want to visit many of the places in Middle Earth?
ReplyDeleteThanks for participating in the blog hop!
Couldn't resist once I saw some of the lists.
DeleteLove your list. I'd like to visit many of those places, too!
ReplyDeleteI remember my first discworld novel, blown away does not begin to cover it.
ReplyDeleteI adore Pratchett's Discworld books.
DeleteLove your list, especially 1,2, & 6.
ReplyDeleteBoy would I love to spend a few weeks in Rivendell *sigh*
DeleteI think we might bump into each other in a few places on this list...if, you know, we were able to take a fictional field trip.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't that be awesome!
DeleteFun list. Happy Monday and boogie boogie boogie boogie. I tossed in two extra boogies, being Halloween Week and all.
ReplyDeleteIt IS Halloween week!
DeleteI would join you in most of those places. The more dangerous ones...send me a postcard!
ReplyDeleteHaha.
DeleteRivendell and Hogwarts would definitely be on my list. :)
ReplyDeleteIf I'd read HP when I was younger, I woud've been checking the mailbox for my invitation cuz, hey, you never know, right?
DeleteI haven't heard of some of these so now I want to check them out. I think Hogwarts would top my list. :)
ReplyDeleteI think there's a lot of people who would like to have spent their formative years there.
DeleteThe best thing you can say about a book is that the world was so good you want to live there. Or one of the best things...:)
ReplyDeleteI'd be pretty psyched if someone liked my book enough to want to live in the world!
DeleteHogwarts or Hogsmeade definitely high on my list. And I want to go to Dorne (hold the Sand Snakes). Seems like a languid place with nice weather, relaxed attitudes and good wine. Is it Loth Lorien where Galadriel lives? I want to go there, too--as magical as Rivendale but in tree houses...
ReplyDeleteHmm, visiting Galadrial might not be a bad idea; she might give you a special gift!
DeleteSome of these were new to me (I really really need to read Le Guin now...), but—Rivendell? I'm there! And Shangri La... yum, yes. Great list, Marcy!
ReplyDeleteGuilie @ Quiet Laughter
Yes, Rivendell. And living in Gondor wouldn't be bad either.
ReplyDeleteSusan Says
As long as Aragorn is King.
DeleteEnjoyed the list. I have plans to visit Hogwarts at Universal.
ReplyDeleteJuneta Writer's Gambit
Ooh, that should be fun! Enjoy!
DeleteLOTS of familiar places here. And you have reminded me that I need to revisit some of them. Thak you.
ReplyDeleteSome of Narnia has charm too.
Lots of Narnia has charm. I probably should've included it since I checked my closet as a kid a million times in hopes the back would disappear and I could crawl right in like Lucy did.
DeleteBag End would be my choice of anywhere!
ReplyDeleteBag End would be an amazing place to live.
DeleteYeah, I would love to see the Discworld, though probably not Ankh Morpork.
ReplyDeleteBut you have to go to Ankh Morpork if you want to meet Sam Vimes and I definitely want to meet him - and his crew!
DeleteI like your idea of listing fictional places! Very unique.
ReplyDeleteYvonne
Thank you very much!
DeleteBag's End would be wonderful. Rivendale wondrous if I could just let them allow me to stay! Amber would be dangerous!! (Good to meet another Zelazny fan.)
ReplyDeleteAmber WOULD be dangerous, but with the power to manipulate shadow...I'll take the chance.
DeleteA great list of fictional favourites! Shangrila sounds perfect, or utopian, to me!
ReplyDeleteAh, Shangrila. I've wanted to go there ever since I first read about it.
DeleteI think I would love a cozy little Hobbit hole, as long as I had windows. This was a fun idea for a list.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteI am with you on Hogwarts, Amber, and Ankh-Morpork!
ReplyDeleteAh, another Zelazny fan! Yay!
DeleteLove your list! I want to visit those places, too. :)
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be nice?
DeleteI don't know these places for the most part. I maybe need to read more.
ReplyDeleteArlee Bird
A to Z Challenge Co-host
Tossing It Out
Try Lost Horizon by James Hilton, that's the one about Shangrila.
DeleteThanks for listing with me, MS! I love this list of all the lovely fictional places. My own list would include Islandia, a near utopia continent (and people) in the south Atlantic from a book by the same name by Autin Tappan Wright.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to check that book out - thanks!
DeleteI'm coming along to #4 with you... :D
ReplyDeleteI don't blame you!
DeleteSweet! So many fabulous different worlds.
ReplyDeleteAnd that's the short list!
DeleteGreat list, Marcy! I'd be right there with you at Hogwarts!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Bish!!!! Such a fun hop. Wish I would've know about it.... been a bit busy lately... Ehem ... Bricks were tuck pointed today... one less thing to worry about...
Can't wait to see more pics on your blog.
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