This post was inspired by the Top Ten Tuesday prompt: Books That Awaken The Travel Bug In Me
I love the idea of travelling the world once I live school. I want to pack up my bags and fly to all the countries in the world before I settle down in life. I'm like one of those characters who would go visit random things (like the biggest hole, which is just a giant pit) just because I want to visit somewhere interesting.
Unfortunately I live in the most boring village in England with very few transport links and very little to do (we literally just have a Co-op and Costa in the village I live. Not even a bookshop!) The thing that keeps me going is reading books where people travel and have fun, instead of sitting in their cupboards writing blog posts.
Paper Towns by John Green
Road trip books always get me excited to travel. There is something about reading books where the characters are enjoying themselves on the road, going to bizarre and quirky places until they finally find themselves. I love it!
Destination: Thailand by Katy Collins
A book about travelling to Thailand is obviously going to awakening some sort of travelling urge inside of me, but this book did it to a whole other level. There was something about _ as a character that made you relate to her struggles and feel more immersed in the story. Now I have to go backpacking around Thailand!
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
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This whole series makes me wants to travel the world, but Lola is my favourite book of the series so I put this one on the list. Every place the characters visit is described perfectly and with so much colour and life that you just want to pack up and go there.
Daughter of Smoke and Bones by Laini Taylor
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Although this book is a fantasy it takes place in Prague, which is a town I've always wanted to visit. The little coffee shop where Karou hangs out and the streets she walks down sound so pretty that I want to teleport there right now.
Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson
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One of my favourite things that YA books are doing at the moment is giving the main character a list of things to do (like in All the Bright Places). I love scavenger hunts, and reading about people travelling round the USA on a massive scavenger hunt inspires me to do one of my own.
Which books inspire the travel bug inside you? Are anyone of them on this list?
Let me know in the comments below!
And until next time, keep reading!
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