Play Book Tag discussion

If you could insert yourself into the world of any book you’ve read—just as you are, not as a character—what role would you naturally end up playing, and why?

That's a tough question. I've often thought about how and who I would be in the various Outlander worlds (that being my favorite series) - and there are a lot to choose from... Scotland in the 1700s or 1900s. Boston in the 1940s or 1960s or Colonial America.

I think that I would like to be a servant in the Frasier household in colonial America. It would probably be hard work, but in that household it would never be dull!

This was something I did all the time as a child in my single and early double digits. I'd read more than one novel at a time and then combine them into one storyline when I was lying in bed trying to fall asleep. Imagination? Moi?

I can't think of one at the moment, though.

Great question. I would want to be one of Holdens teachers in the Catcher In The Rye

I would like to be one of the Hobbits, but just a stay-at-home one enjoying Second Breakfast.

My closest friend would do anything to spend time on Frasier’s Ridge. (Outlander). She talks about it all the time. That’s her fantasy. I’m not sure I have one. For some people it’s really clear.

I have never really put myself into the books I read - though they are vivdly in my mind - orally and visually. What I have always done, especially with romance or HEA, is imagine what happens next - extending the story. In fact one of the most successful aids I have found so I can fall asleep, to settle and clear my mind and get rid of the busy that is keeping me awake, is to start thinking about favorite reads, the characters, favorite scenes, and then continue from where it ends - what is next scene. Next day, next event. This works almost every time. I usually fall asleep before I get anywhere much in tbe future!

It is also not something I have thought of previously, but I would love to reside in St. Denis in the the Dordogne region of France where the Bruno, Chief of Police series is set. I would run a local bookstore, that sells cookbooks, regional books and fiction of course. I would occasionally have local cooks and bakers give demonstration, so I would need a back room with stove and table. Of course, I would have some bookstore cats who didn't mind an occasional Basset hound dropping by.

Oh! You took mine Fran - Looks like we can share a flat in St. Denis 🌞

I also would love to be Veronica Speedwell for a little while.

Joanne wrote: "Oh! You took mine Fran - Looks like we can share a flat in St. Denis 🌞

I also would love to be Veronica Speedwell for a little while."

Agreed, we could use two people to set up this bookstore. Perhaps we could even get to work on setting up a community garden.

Theresa wrote: "I have never really put myself into the books I read - though they are vivdly in my mind - orally and visually. What I have always done, especially with romance or HEA, is imagine what happens next..."

Yes, I am the same as an adult with imagining what comes next in certain books! I can't tell you how much time I spent when younger thinking about that with Pride and Prejudice, but it was a lot. Of course, I had a crush on David Rintoul who, it turns out, is my aunt's age so was far too old for me. As a thespian, didn't think for a minute he was like Mr. Darcy in person and I pictured him dressed in contemporary clothing. That was one advantage to having acted--I separated the actor from the role.

Why, yes, I did get crushes on celebrities when I was growing up.