Top Ten Tuesday is hosted my the awesomepants ladies over at The Broke and The Bookish. This week we’re discussing book settings we’d like to see more of. I love this topic because sometimes a setting can feel so rich and so integral to the story that it’s like another character. I mean, would Wizard school have been half as interesting if it had just taken place in a normal town surrounded by Muggles? I THINK NOT! No, it had to happen at Hogwarts.
Here are a few places I’d love to see in more books:
1. Space- It’s creepy and unknown and futuristic.
2. London- Because I want to actually visit there, but as this is a pipe dream I will have to settle for reading about it and watching Love, Actually over and over again.
3. Paris- Ditto
4. New York- I love NYC, a fabulous city full of amazing people.
5. California- A born and bred Cali girl, my true allegiance will always rest here. There are so many fantastic landmarks and towns, such a friendly, warm atmosphere (and slight obsession with plastic surgery). There is truly no state like it.
6. Imaginary Place- I love mythical worlds. As long as they don’t have faeries. Apparently elves are OK as long as they’re Legolas.
7. Boarding Schools- I’d like to believe that were I ever to have attended a boarding school I’d have been the Frankie Landau Banks type of girl, but we all know I would have shrunk back and hidden, probably reading a book about the awesome prankster girls instead of being one. Anyway, boarding school settings rock.
8. Futuristic America- The Jetsons thought we’d be A-OK in the future, but most YA books have other ideas. They always have me guessing about what happened in America’s history to make them turn into a crazy, evil dystopia.
9. The Beach- Oh the waves, the sand, the saltwater smell–it’s like a lullaby. I love summer stories set here.
10. Roadtrips- Because the only thing more awesome than a great town setting is a setting where you drive to lots of great towns!
I’m totally interested in more boarding school-type books! I love that all the characters are together all the time but still in school.
I LOVE road trip books! I think they’re almost always fun 🙂
Road trips are on my list too, & I would love to see more books set in futuristic America! 🙂 My TTT list: http://aliceinreaderland.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/settings/
Your list is great! I’d love to read more books that are set in Cali, but maybe northern Cali or the non-obvious places. I think that’s what I like best about realistic settings… ones that are off the beaten path or a small town. And I do love a good futuristic America, but wish we could see one that was a little more Jetsons and a little less Hunger Games!
I’m totally with you on London and Boarding Schools. I love those settings.
Paris and London? Yes! More European settings overall would be great.
And boarding school settings are promising, but there’s just so few of them.
Good list!