This week’s theme from The Broke and The Bookish is “top ten things books made me want to do or learn”. Now I’m sure if I thought about it I could come up with some serious answers (like the way The Grey King by Susan Cooper always makes me want to learn to play the harp — or the way books on archaeology really make me reconsider my childhood dream of working with Time Team), but it’s waaaay too warm here, so you get the silly version.
- Uprooted, by Naomi Novik. Magic! Obviously! I want to be able to dress myself or cook a meal with a word. That’d be really handy.
- Magic Breaks, by Ilona Andrews. I want to be able to sword fight like Kate. I mean, okay, I am a total wuss about pain in reality, but I’d be badass anyway.
- Hawkeye, from Marvel. Or countless other archers in my reading past, like Katniss. Because archery looks fun.
- Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples. I want to know when people are lying, like Lying Cat. Okay, that would probably actually really suck. Some lies really do smooth the way between people.
- Whose Body?, by Dorothy L. Sayers. I want to rock a monocle like Lord Peter. And say things like “I’ll make a noise like a hoop and roll away.”
- Tooth and Claw, by Jo Walton. I want to be a dragon. That counts for this list, right? And I want to wear really cute hats. As a dragon.
- The Sudden Appearance of Hope, by Claire North. Maybe not all the time, but I’d love Hope’s ability to be forgotten. Especially when I’ve just embarrassed myself.
- A Natural History of Dragons, by Marie Brennan. Studying dragons would be really super easy if I was a dragon (see #6).
- The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherynne M. Valente. The title says it all.
- Ancillary Mercy, by Ann Leckie. I want to know how to make tea. No, really, I suck at it. Nobody likes my tea.
Anyone else done a silly version…?
Flagon says, roar! A harp-playing archaeologist Dragon would be really cool!
Especially if they could do magic and rock a monocle.
Flagon says, roar! All Dragons are Magical! Plus, I’d look cool in a monocle, so I expect you would, too!
One more reason to become a dragon!
Flagon says, roar! Some Earthsea people could do it; maybe you can!
YES to the magic. I liked the magic system from Uprooted a lot.
I did take horseriding lessons because of Game of Thrones. 🙂 I remember watching mama Stark ride away from a quarrel like a lady boss that she was and I said: “I wanna do that.” I never got around to galloping, though (pregnancy + horses don’t mix well) but I fully intend to take more lessons once kids are older.
Oooh, now that would be awesome. I did used to want to learn to ride, too.
*raises hand* I WANT TO BE A DRAGON TOO. But I am adamant that ti’s going to happen and isn’t just wishful thinking. *nods*
I’m Welsh, so I’m halfway there already, right?
Flagon says, roaryes!
Haha, I love #4. I totally want that ability now! And of course I want magic. And every time I read about characters with awesome fighting skills I think about how I want to be like them, but then I remember that I would never actually have the patience or be willing to put in the effort required and would probably actually hate it lol.
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Haha, yeah. I did karate as a kid and I ran out of patience with that…