Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme where every Tuesday we look at a particular topic for discussion and use various (or more to the point ten) bookish examples to demonstrate that particular topic.  Top Ten Tuesday (created and hosted by  The Broke and Bookish) is now being hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and future week’s topics can be found here.  This week’s topic is :

Books That Awaken the Travel Bug In Me

Rebecca – by Daphne DuMaurier.  An author who frequently wrote novels set in Cornwall.   Always makes me want to visit and explore along the rugged coastline, stop in at some of the small fishing villages and enjoy a cream tea.

Chocolat by Joanne M Harris – even though I’ve visited many times this book makes me want to visit France all over again.  I love the book and the adaptation, it has an effortless charm that brings to life the way of life.

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres – beautifully evokes Greece, the crystal sea, the white houses the bright sunshine.

The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons – set during WW2 and the siege of Leningrad you wouldn’t think this book would entice you to pack a bag and set off for distant shores but this book weaves a spell – a little description from the author’s website ‘Leningrad 1941: the white nights of summer illuminate a city of fallen grandeur whose beautiful palaces and stately avenues speak of a different age, when Leningrad was known as St Petersburg.’

The Immortals by Jordanna Max Brodsky – set in Manhattan and starring Greek Gods the descriptions play a major role in this thriller.  Definitely enticing.

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey – set in Alaska during the frontier years this book and the breathtaking descriptions of the wilderness and the cold are simply amazing.

Witchlight by Susan Fletcher – I absolutely love this book.  It’s a historical novel based on true events that took place in Scotland in the year 1692.  The main protagonist is accused of being a witch.  Some of the descriptions of the rugged landscape are simply gorgeous.

Any of the Sherlock Holmes books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – make me long to visit Victorian London.  I would visit Victorian London in a heartbeat – who has a time machine?

Books that use Venice – or a very familiar take on Venice.  For example, Scott Lynch’s Lies of Locke Lamora – describes a city strongly reminiscent of Venice. If you haven’t visited then I absolutely recommend you do so and take this book as your holiday read.

That’s it for me – the tenth suggestion is left open for your suggestions please?