Booking Through Thursday: Let’s visit!

Welcome to Booking Through Thursday, a weekly bookish meme about books and reading for everyone who loves both. Booking Through Thursday was first hosted by Deb. With permission, I’ve restarted it in 2026.

This week’s prompt:

Of all the fictional worlds out there, is there one you’d really like to visit? Jane Austen’s Regency era? Maybe Narnia (on a good day)? Perhaps solving a mystery with Nancy Drew or Trixie Belden?

Let’s know where you’d love to go!

What fictional world would you like to visit?

What fictional world would you like to visit?

How to play:

  • On your blog: Copy the question/image for your blog, answer it there, and post a quick comment here with a link or trackback to your post so we can read it.
  • On social media: Copy the image, answer the prompt, and post a quick comment here with a link.
  • Right here: Answer in the comments and start the discussion here. No need to have a blog to play.

Note: If it’s your first time here, your comment may end up in moderation. (My spam filter is aggressive.) I’ll be in after my writing sprints to set it free.

P.S. The prompt is always open, and you don’t have to play on Thursday. Comment whenever you like!

Discover more from Writing Wrongs

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

9 thoughts on “Booking Through Thursday: Let’s visit!”

  2. This one is tricky because most fictional worlds have at least some danger to them–otherwise, why are we reading about them?

    I mean, I would love to find a portal to another world in the back of a wardrobe. Sort of. Every time we watch Lord of the Rings, I think of how I’d like to live in the Shire, and Bag End in particular. However, there are events that make visiting somewhat fraught.

    I think a lot of fictional worlds are either: lovely place, wouldn’t want to live there OR absolutely not.

    Reply

  3. St. Crispian’s seems like an interesting place to visit for at least a little while. Interesting people, lots of interesting social dynamics to observe. I might like to be a florist in town, someone known as a bit of a matchmaker, someone known as a wise strategist in matters of romance (having learned the hard way). I might, on occasion, take bets on the beau most likely to win the heart of one Emma M. Lion. Could be fun, as long as I avoid the Ghost.

    I also wouldn’t mind spending time in Crooked Path, NY, the mythical hometown of the Duchess Goldblatt*. My ambition would be to become her apprentice, to acquire some small measure of her great heart and gift for just the right words. She wouldn’t take me on at first, naturally. I would have to prove myself through many arduous tasks, and sometimes I would despair. But then I’d make the call that brought the vet to her home on the night her beloved French Bulldog went charging through the dining room’s floor-to-ceiling window that overlooks her world-renown dahlia gardens, haring after an errant bunny… and, the rest is history.

    *For more about the Duchess Goldblatt: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social; Memoir: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0358569834/?bestFormat=true&k=becoming%20duchess%20goldblatt%20book&crid=ATARHRV0QQQ5&sprefix=becoming%20duch

    Reply

    1. I keep forgetting about St. Crispian’s in all my replies, but I would love to visit there as well (as long as nothing of mine goes missing, like a journal). Also? I just buy-now-with-one-clicked on Duchess Goldblatt. Thanks for the recommendation!

      Reply

      1. After all the recommendations I’ve enjoyed from you, I’m so happy to be able to pass one your way, as well.

        FWIW, I just finished it, and I’ve already started it again; I miss her voice that much. Also, on first reading, I felt like the book took awhile to find its footing, but on second reading, I’m wondering what my problem was…

        Enjoy!

        Reply

        1. I felt the same way about Emma, and while I don’t know if it was intentional, I think the first book does a lot of work for the series by filtering out readers who aren’t meant for the series. I don’t know if a writer could plan it that way. But it absolutely works.

          Reply

Leave a Reply