Literary Tourism From the Safety of Home

2020 has meant no fun travel for everyone. As the months of staying close to home drag on, wanderlust is setting in; however, readers have some remedy-- arm chair travel through books.

I have posted about the allure of arm chair travel many times before, and you should check out those links [especially my posts about my love of reading travel guides even if I do not visit the location].

But today, I want to take arm chair travel a step further and point you to the "Literary Tourism" series on Book Riot.

This series is not a reading list of books for you to read about a place, but rather, it is a list of bookish places to visit for a specific location. Now, you might be thinking that this is evil of me to point you to these lists of places you cannot go, but I am thinking of using these lists differently.

People are stir crazy and reading books set in the places they are eager to visit is losing some of its enjoyment. In many ways, it is no longer enough. However, these lists, focused on a specific place, are filled with links of the places you could visit. Many of these locations have upped their virtual experience because of the pandemic, and now you can do some worthwhile, virtual, literary tourism. 

So pass on the Literary Tourism posts from Book Riot on to your patrons, pair it with a book set in said place, and remind them that they can explore new places in fiction and real life, safely, from home.