LOL Books? A Tourism Project

[alanajoli]

I had a brilliant thought last night (or, at least, an idea that amused me very much) about my travels in Greece and Turkey. In part, the credit goes to tezmilleroz, who takes pictures of her cat with urban fantasy novels. I've been thinking about what books I will be taking with me to read on the plane and in the down time on the tour (not that there's a lot of that, but I'm not taking the course for credit, and am just assisting in the teaching rather than lesson-planning, so there's more for me than for the students). So while I was pondering this, it occurred to me:

Urban Fantasy Tourism.

How fun would it be to take pictures of the books I take with me at prominent locations? The theater at Ephesus. Anywhere in Troy. The Acropolis. Delphi. The possibilities are, at the very least, amusing.

I have a number of mass markets that I haven't had a chance to read yet, and I'm thinking of holding off on until I leave. I have: Magic Burns by ilona_andrews, Dead to Me by antonstrout, and the first two "Squad" books by jenlyn_b on my shelf and will be getting Don't Hex with Texas (shanna_s) and One Foot in the Grave (frost_light) as soon as my pre-orders arrive (have you ordered yours yet? I've conveniently linked them to B&N!)--well before I have to leave. I'll also be getting the new Percy Jackson, but in hard cover, so it is disqualified from the trip (although I have to admit that taking Percy to Greece definitely appeals to my sense of humor; given the title of the new one The Battle of the Labyrinth, if we were going to Crete, I'd totally take it, hard cover and all).

So, gang, here's where you come in. What paperbacks should make the journey with me? Of the above list, which ones would you take? What books would you add? I'm thinking I need maybe two or three more (around eight total--one for each location), preferably mass markets (Shanna's is a trade, but I'm not going to want to wait 'til I get back to read it). Also, what creative ideas would you suggest for posing these world-traveling novels? Is there a location that screams out that it should belong to Dead to Me?

All photos will, of course, appear in this blog. I don't have any prizes to give out at this point, but if I decide to take a book you recommend (or, you know, wrote), you'll get mentioned in the blog space.

So... what do you think?

Comments

[tezmilleroz.livejournal.com]

See if you can photograph books with signs that could describe the book. Manny's facial expressions convey what he thinks of his books, for better or worse (he's a harsh critic) ;-)

Have a lovely day! :-)

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was thinking either signs or sites (though some of that might be more obscure)... but we'll see how it goes. ;)

[tezmilleroz.livejournal.com]

You're probably familiar with the term "root", which means "have sex with" in the Australian vernacular. Thus I find the Canadian clothing brand Roots hilarious. What you need to do is pose an erotica novel with a Roots sign - perfect :-)

Have a lovely day! :-)

P.S. That is, if wherever you're going has Roots. Not in Australia, unfortunately. No Tim Horton's here, either. Crikey, we're deprived in Oz...