So we’ve got a vacation coming up which means I’m going to be away from civilization for a few days. Whoop! So in honor of new adventures, I thought I would post a little early and ask you this question: If you could go anywhere, or be anyone in a book. Where or who would it be and why?
Here’s my answer…
I would love to fall into Sense and Sensibility and be a Dashwood sister and live in a cottage in the English countryside. Spend my days drinking tea and mulling over the lack of marriage prospects and playing the piano forte with gusto and sitting on the sofa embroidering something. This is probably due to the fact that I’m a really tired mommy and simply the sheer concept of embroidering anything has a certain appeal. As does sitting down.
Yes, being a Dashwood sister would be so much fun!
Wearing aprons. Having nice hair. A live-in maid…
and laugh heartily at everything Mr. Willoughby says
And have the utmost liberty of making really dramatic faces like this one
or this one
But then I might get bored
Or moody…
And then just plain ‘ol devastated.
I just realized that 1792 doesn’t have Oreos. Or Pinterest.
Ok…your turn! What book would you like to fall into? What would you miss from your everyday life while you were gone?
Because I’ll be at the coast having fun in the sun, I may not be able to respond to comments, but I will be able to use my wonderful hubby’s iPhone and read them! Have a great week friends!
Ooo, have lots of fun!! I love beach vacays!
I think I’d like to live in the time of Downton Abbey. There were enough modern conveniences to live with but still a simpler life. But I would probably miss social media and the Internet, and having so much technology at my fingertips. Us 1984-ers definitely are technology babies, aren’t we? Raised on the computer… 🙂
I realize now that the question was about what BOOK we’d fall into…oops (I don’t think Downton is based on a book, right?). So I guess I’d say Siri Mitchell’s SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY. I wouldn’t want to be one of the girls having to go through the debuting, but would love to watch it all unfold. Such pretty dresses and an appreciation for the finer things, but still some of the modern conveniences I mentioned.
I didn’t even notice 🙂 I just figured Downtown Abbey was a book too, LOL. It would be a fun show to fall into though!
I have not read Siri’s book, but I have heard such (such!) good things about it. I definitely plan on reading it. Aren’t all those dresses fun?
Ok and I don’t know why I spelled it Downtown Abbey??? LOL
My computer went wonky. I’m with Linds. Downton Abbey, but I want to be upstairs. Not down. LOL
And I admit, I’d like to jump right into any one of Deeanne Gist’s books, but I’d miss air conditioning. 🙁
I am the official “wonky” fixer. Ok, I made that up, I just had access to the delete button for you 😀 And now its acting wonky for me!
I would totally be upstairs on Downton Abbey, too! It must be motherhood. We get to be cooks and scullery maids every day. How lovely that would be to have everything done for you. At least for a day. Ok, at least a week 😉
Love this! I’m now tempted to say Sense & Sensibility like you or copy Jess and Linds and say Downton Abbey. Ooh, but I think I’ve got my own answer–Anne of Green Gables. Absolutely. I love the beauty in that movie…and I love how she says no to Gilbert at first so she can go live her own adventure and then realizes he’s the adventure she really wants…ahhh, happiness.
Oh, Anne of Green Gables is such a good choice! I’ve always wanted to visit Prince Edward Island. All the green, rolling hills and the beautiful woods. And Gilbert <3 So true...how he's the adventure she really needed. So romantic!
I have always admired Elinor Dashwood – she is so brave and does what is right. She has a leader’s heart but clothed in a gentle spirit that I admire throughout the book and movie – oh and can I please LOOK like Emma Thompson/Elinor, in the movie? 🙂
Haha! Too fun! Hey, since we’re playing make believe, we might as well go all out, right!? Elinor Dashwood is probably one of my all time favorite characters. She is so endearing and sincere.
Oh, love your question, Joanne! I think I’d be Christy in Catherine Marshall’s novel of the same. It’s one of my favorite books ever in one of my favorite places.
Enjoy your vacation – every minute!
Thank you, Laura. We just got home and our vacation was absolutely wonderful!
I’ve heard from so many people that Christy is one of their favorites. An excellent choice…I’d like to join you! 🙂
Oh, I am going to copy you! Sense and Sensibility for sure! Just for a day, I’d like to live in that rolling countryside and maybe attend a ball, and walk with one of those fine gentlemen around the grounds of one of those beautiful estates. Ahhh…sounds nice. But only for a day 🙂 I’d probably miss indoor plumbing!
Haha, Cindy! I must say that I agree on all accounts! It would be so fun to attend a ball and wear those beautiful dresses and on the flip side, I just don’t know what I would do without indoor plumbing.
Since I always feel the need to be different…hee…I’ll say I would NOT like to be in SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. You’re right, it must’ve been a hard life w/out Oreos and Pinterest.
Seriously, though, as far as a book I’d like to fall into, it’d probably be Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy. This is simply b/c I love the main dude, Farmer Oak (probably b/c he is astonishingly similar to my own sweet hubby). Although I’d also like to time-travel back and meet Gudrid and Leif Eiriksson and all the real people who inspired my Viking novel–I want to see if I got them right! Grin.
Great choices, Heather. I think it would be such an adventure to get to go back and meet your characters! Does this mean they are based on real people? That sounds like it would make for a fun challenge. And talk about great hands on research, to get to live a Viking lifestyle! =)
Probably Anne of Green Gables! Gorgeous scenery, idealic farm life and Gilbert Blythe. 🙂
I think I replied and then it vanished. If you get two replies, you’ll know why 😀 I think that is a fabulous choice. Visiting that book would be such a treat. I’ve always wanted to go to Prince Edward Island and that is such a great group of characters. It would be lovely!
Such a fun blog post! I think I would have to pick one of the pirating adventures by M.L. Tyndall. Can’t beat a tall ship. 🙂
Ooh, fun idea, Rachelle! I think a pirate ship would be quite an experience. Sailing the high seas and having an excuse to sing “Yo ho yo ho….” 😉 I’d have to say the one thing I would miss would be my fresh veggies and fruit 😀
I waited to answer this because I couldn’t decide–still can’t. As a fantasy buff, there are sooo many worlds and universes to explore. But wherever I would be, I’m sure I’d be carrying a sword!
LOL, Dona! So true–there are a ton of worlds to explore, it would be so hard to choose! Falling into a fantasy novel would definitely require a sword…now that would be an adventure!!
Joanne, an excellent question! and giving it ample review, I’ve decided I love books about people in peril, but considering putting myself there, I balk. Therefore, I think life would be safer in a story like Click Clack Moo, or Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late — While I’d love to live in a simpler time — the old west, Appalachia, or even life in the 1920s, I’m addicted to modern conveniences. Is there a book about someone who lounges on the beach all day, has a kindle at the ready, who is waited upon by a handsome husband, and gets to lavish affection on children that love her? 🙂 I want to be in THAT book. ha.
Yes, Ashley, the drama is so much more fun to write, isn’t it? Not as much fun to live through, LOL. Those are great ideas…especially love the doting husband story 😉 I can’t think of much that would pull a girl out of that one!
Heidi.
My family.
I would be a little girl.
Heidi, such a sweet story, Kathleen. And I agree, I would most definitely miss my family! How fun it would be to bring them all along 🙂 Since it’s make believe, I say we can do just about anything we want 😉 So glad you stopped in!
I regularly fall into Wind in the Willows. It’s so carefree. I love reading bits of it at each change of season. Have a great vacation! We’re headed to San Diego next week!
Great choice, Jacqueline =) That sounds delightful! Oh, I hope you have a great time down in San Diego! We just got home today after a week at the beach, down in Carlsbad. Probably not too far from where you will be. The weather was divine so its a little adjustment coming back to the heat, but it sure does feel good to be home. I hope you have a great time!! Thanks for dropping in, it’s been a pleasure to meet you!
So hard to choose. I think I might like to fall into “I Capture the Castle” because it is such an artistic, crazy place to be. I’m not sure I’d want to stay there forever though, as they didn’t have much money. I think I would miss the internet, but think of the amount of time it would free up!
I have never heard of that book, but I will definitely be looking it up. Yes having no internet would definitely be different! Being unplugged all week long was wonderful. It was so nice just to set it all aside and relax with the family. Take care!
What a fantastic question!! I’ve always been fascinated with Laura Ingalls Wilder books so I would have to be in one of her books, Little House on the Prairie, Little House on Plum Creek, something like that.
I would miss indoor plumbing. And white cheese dip. And going to the grocery store to buy meat instead of having to kill it.
Yes, Tanya! Such a great choice! I absolutely love the Little House books and it would be such a delight to get to visit with Laura and her family and hear Pa play his fiddle 🙂 I’m so glad you stopped by! And we definitely have our love of indoor plumbing in common, LOL.