Hello everyone and it’s time for another Top Ten Tuesday! Since this week was a freebie week, I decided to do to opposite of what we did last week, and make a list of settings I’m just kind of sick of reading and seeing in books.
This was an idea created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
The rules basically go a little like this:
- Jana creates a new topic every Tuesday to make your list, and you create your own Top Ten (or three, or five, or twenty, however many you choose!)
- Link back your posts to That Artsy Reader Girl so when others read your post, they’ll know where to go to get more info about future upcoming topics.
- There is a linky widget on Jana’s Top Ten Tuesday post so other’s can see your post as well as you being able to check out everyone else’s! So definitely leave your links!
- Don’t be afraid to add your own twist to it!
This week’s topic: Settings I’d Like to See Less Of
(1) Paris
I’ve seen Paris way too much in books it’s not feeling magical anymore. I need less eiffel tower, more of… just anywhere else!
(2) New York City
I’m sure a lot of people love reading about characters being in the city. Sure, there’s a lot to do there, but I live in New York, and it bothers me that books only focus on the city part of New York. There is a whole other part to New York, why can’t a book be set in Albany… Buffalo even?? Rochester maybe? NYC is way over done, and I’m done with it.
(3) Italy
Like Paris, kind of tired of this setting. It seems like the only two vacation spots characters in YA can go is either Paris or Italy. *face palm*
lol i love this post and yes, i totally agree about all three. ESPECIALLY PARIS.
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I agree with you, every time I see a book takes place in Paris I feel like it will be full of cliches. Great topic!
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I totally agree with your list. Those cities are featured far too often.
My TTT.
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This is such a great idea! No one ever thinks about the settings they don’t like 😍 personally, I’d like the idea of New York because I don’t live there, but I totally understand your point of view! Paris and Italy are not the settings which I usually read a lot about, because that’s mainly romance isn’t it? I don’t read romance, so I’d actually a few books set in Paris haha 😂😂😂
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This is a great idea for a theme and I definitely agree that Paris and NYC especially are overused in books! London too, in my opinion! 😊
My TTT: https://lifewithallthebooks.com/2019/07/30/top-ten-tuesday-favourite-non-fiction-books/
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Lol your post is too accurate. There’s so many places around the world to discover and explore.
– Chai @ Like Chai Tea // My TTT
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What an interesting topic to follow last week’s. I try to avoid some settings because I read a lot of them but others I just look out for all the time.
My TTT.
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