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Book Meme, Day 27
Jun. 29th, 2018 01:20 pm27. Want to be one of the characters.
I don’t think I ever had that particular urge, not with books, nor with tv shows or movies. Not least because I read a lot of historical novels, and goodness but no. Especially not as a woman. Nor as a privileged man. Thanks, but no thanks; precisely because history is my big passion.
But I haven’t wanted to be a character in contemporary or near contemporary fiction, either, nor in fantasy and sci fi books. Look, even being a Hobbit who doesn’t leave the Shire means you’ll have to deal with the Scouring at some point. Well, I suppose Bilbo had a pretty good life – decades of comfort and books followed by adventure followed by decades of comfort (now shared by young Frodo) and books and just the occasional disquieting sensation caused by the Ring, followed by retirement in Rivendell (gorgeous architecture, more comfort and yet more books and music), and then an ending in the West with Frodo and the Elves. But I wouldn’t have wanted to be Bilbo, either. No way I’d have wanted to wait for decades to follow my inner wanderlust. And I really dislike smoking. In conclusion: no book alter ego for me!
( The other days )
I don’t think I ever had that particular urge, not with books, nor with tv shows or movies. Not least because I read a lot of historical novels, and goodness but no. Especially not as a woman. Nor as a privileged man. Thanks, but no thanks; precisely because history is my big passion.
But I haven’t wanted to be a character in contemporary or near contemporary fiction, either, nor in fantasy and sci fi books. Look, even being a Hobbit who doesn’t leave the Shire means you’ll have to deal with the Scouring at some point. Well, I suppose Bilbo had a pretty good life – decades of comfort and books followed by adventure followed by decades of comfort (now shared by young Frodo) and books and just the occasional disquieting sensation caused by the Ring, followed by retirement in Rivendell (gorgeous architecture, more comfort and yet more books and music), and then an ending in the West with Frodo and the Elves. But I wouldn’t have wanted to be Bilbo, either. No way I’d have wanted to wait for decades to follow my inner wanderlust. And I really dislike smoking. In conclusion: no book alter ego for me!
( The other days )
