Do you like reading books about places you've never been?

Ashington Waweru · Post by **Ashington Waweru** » 18 Jul 2017, 07:11

Yes, I currently on a quest to write a list of ten most spectacular places, sights like the Namib desert in Namibia and the vertiginous village in Manarola Italy. Does anyone know other places? Thanks

Ghada TG · Post by **Ghada TG** » 18 Jul 2017, 08:05

Books and travel have always been intertwined, thus going through the pages of the book is almost like going through the streets of a city as vivid as the description can be as alive is the experience. once set eyes on the pages one set eyes on the places, sometimes reading can even be a greater ride than the trip itself.

Ashington Waweru · Post by **Ashington Waweru** » 18 Jul 2017, 08:35

Yes, I am currently putting up a list of ten unique places like Namib desert in Namibia and Vertiginous village in Manarola Italy. Please tell me other places you know.

Diana Asante · Post by **Diana Asante** » 18 Jul 2017, 08:40

Yeah especially if planing to visit or plans to visit some day soon. would like to have a general idea about the people living there, their culture and and important info that will help me feel at ease when i visit.

seunsamson · Post by **seunsamson** » 18 Jul 2017, 10:11

yes definatelty ...i love reading about them so much cos m a kinda peson dat loves knowing places especially places av nt been to.. so to me its life giving

Manuela Herrera · Post by **Manuela Herrera** » 18 Jul 2017, 11:04

Absolutely, I often think of books as transporting machines that take me to places I have never seen, be it a real place or an imaginary one. I love how they show glimpses of different cultures, places and events.

MrsCatInTheHat · Post by **MrsCatInTheHat** » 18 Jul 2017, 11:39

DDunstock wrote:I do, for sure. But I also love to read books about places I have been. It just gives me a base with the book and an element of familiarity. However, as we all know, you can learn so much from books and thus, learn a lot about places that you haven't ever been to.

I would have to agree with you on this aspect of reading about places we know. Sometimes I'm surprised at what other's find in places that are familiar to me. I'll actually go look it up to see if it was something fictional the author added to a place OR if I'd been missing at on something interesting.

KMLiller · Post by **KMLiller** » 18 Jul 2017, 11:53

I enjoy reading books about places I have never been because it helps me learn more about the world, the cultures, the people and their traditions. I, too, have just finished reading, My Trip to Adele. I appreciated the italicized references to objects and other aspects of religion and culture. I could then find definitions and the story would become more relevant.

ValEtt · Post by **ValEtt** » 18 Jul 2017, 12:10

I enjoy reading about places I've never been, or as others have mentioned, even imaginary worlds I can never visit. I'm visiting Europe for the first time in the fall, and plan to read a few books set in each country I intend to explore. I've found that a passage about setting is often lovely to read without having experienced the real thing, but once I've actually visited the place in question, I experience a level of exhilaration--at the recognition and poetic rendering of something I've taken in with my own senses--upon rereading that is unparalleled.

Buchacha21 · Post by **Buchacha21** » 18 Jul 2017, 12:53

I prefer to read books about places I've been. It helps me to know how accurate they are. If I haven't been there, I usually assume the author is taking liberties with describing places so it never inspires me to travel there. Maybe I'm just jaded by too many inaccuracies with movies/tv shows...

Rick254 · Post by **Rick254** » 18 Jul 2017, 14:57

Definitely yes

raikyuu · Post by **raikyuu** » 18 Jul 2017, 23:13

Well, it is an interesting way to know more about that particular place (unless the place is made up).

MsDree · Post by **MsDree** » 19 Jul 2017, 01:03

Yes, I do love reading books about places that I've never been to. Especially when the writers wrote beautifully of such places, it does makes me imagine of the place and how living there would be? But more so, if the places are fictional from the writers' imagination.

Brenda Kiptim · Post by **Brenda Kiptim** » 19 Jul 2017, 05:13

Yes I do. However, If the story's context heavily relies on the location I find myself lost and irritated trying to make sense of a lot of things

Shylet Moyo · Post by **Shylet Moyo** » 19 Jul 2017, 06:14

l really enjoy reading novels about places that l've never been to because l get to know about those place and l get to explore such places with my mind. The novels clearly describe those place and through that l become aware about the culture, lifestyle and beauty of the area