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Haunting Destinations & Spooky-Season Books

Haunting Destinations: Spooky Season Books to Inspire Your Next Travel Adventure

October 5, 2025 by Elizabeth Leave a Comment

October is the time for Spooky Season books, so check out this list of reads that may just inspire a trip to some haunting destination!

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Filed Under: France, Literary Travel, London, Massachusetts, New York, Storybook Places, Yorkshire Tagged With: Haunted, London, Paris, Salem, Spooky Season, York

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde StoryTourist Vlog

StoryTourist Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde London Tour Vlog

April 20, 2025 by Elizabeth Leave a Comment

Watch the vlog to find out how the Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde StoryTourist London tour compares to the novel & hear from the CEO of StoryTourist!

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Filed Under: England, Literary Travel, London, Storybook Places, United Kingdom, Where Readers Meet Tagged With: Robert Louis Stevenson, StoryTourist

Holding a Black Prince Boats coffee mug on back of narrowboat with field in background

A Narrowboat Holiday on England’s Canals

January 26, 2025 by Elizabeth 1 Comment

My husband and I took a narrowboat holiday on England’s canals for our honeymoon. Luckily I read Narrowboating Nomads ahead of time!

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Filed Under: Literary Travel, London, Storybook Places, United Kingdom, Warwickshire Tagged With: Canal Boat, Honeymoon, Narrowboat

Outside the real Skeldale House

Visit the Real Yorkshire of All Creatures Great And Small

January 7, 2024 by Elizabeth 12 Comments

Visit the real Yorkshire home and vet practice of author James Herriot and the filming location of All Creatures Great and Small’s Darroby!

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Filed Under: England, In the Foosteps of Authors, Literary Travel, Storybook Places, Travel Log, United Kingdom, Where Readers Meet, Yorkshire Tagged With: All Creatures Great and Small

The book Sixteen Souls held up in The Shambles with photoshopped images of people in costume in the street.

Haunted York and a Review of Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot

December 25, 2023 by Elizabeth Leave a Comment

During my visit to York I learned it’s the most haunted city in Europe and reading Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot made the visit 100% better.

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Filed Under: Literary Travel, Storybook Places, United Kingdom, Yorkshire Tagged With: Diverse Read, LGBTQIA, Ocult, York

Enchanted Book Club in Bath

I Joined The Enchanted Book Club’s Inaugural Tour of England

December 17, 2023 by Elizabeth 1 Comment

I joined the Enchanted Book Club’s inaugural tour of England. We visited the homes of Austen, Shakespeare, Lewis, and the Brontes.

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Filed Under: England, Literary Tours, Literary Travel, United Kingdom Tagged With: Enchanted Book Club Tour

Reading the Brontes in front of the Bronte Parsonage Museum

Exploring the Yorkshire of Brontes & Railway Children with the Enchanted Book Club

December 3, 2023 by Elizabeth Leave a Comment

On the last day of the Enchanted Book Club inaugural England trip, we explored the Yorkshire of the Bronte sisters and The Railway Children.

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Filed Under: England, In the Foosteps of Authors, Literary Travel, United Kingdom, Where Readers Meet, Yorkshire Tagged With: Bronte, E. Nesbit, Enchanted Book Club Tour, Haworth

Me trying to understand Shakespeare- frowning at a book outside his Birthplace

Making Shakespeare Understandable and Enjoyable in Stratford-Upon-Avon

November 26, 2023 by Elizabeth Leave a Comment

While visiting Stratford-Upon-Avon with the Enchanted Book Club, my goal was to make Shakespeare understandable and enjoyable.

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Filed Under: England, In the Foosteps of Authors, Literary Travel, United Kingdom, Warwickshire, Where Readers Meet Tagged With: Enchanted Book Club Tour, Shakespeare, SparkNotes, Stratford-Upon-Avon

Exploring C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Lewis Carroll locations in Oxford

The Enchanted Book Club Tours Oxford: In the Footsteps of the Masters of Fantasy

November 19, 2023 by Elizabeth 4 Comments

The Enchanted Book Club tours Oxford, following in the footsteps of Tolkien, Lewis, and Carrol, and visits The Kilns.

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Filed Under: Bookish Sanctuaries, England, In the Foosteps of Authors, Literary Travel, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Where Readers Meet Tagged With: Alice in Wonderland, C. S. Lewis, Enchanted Book Club Tour, Lewis Carroll, Oxford, Tolkien

Selfie with book in front of Bath's Royal Crescent

“To See, Be Seen, and Take the Waters” Modernly in Jane Austen’s Bath

October 29, 2023 by Elizabeth 5 Comments

This visit to Bath with the EBC tour, I attempted to modernly see, be seen, and take the waters, just as Jane Austen might’ve done.

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Filed Under: England, Literary Travel, Somerset, Storybook Places, Travel Log, United Kingdom, Where Readers Meet Tagged With: Bath, Enchanted Book Club Tour, Jane Austen

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Have you ever wanted to just step into the setting of your book? Or wondered if what you’re reading has any real world relevance? And are you the kind that gravitates towards indie bookstores and libraries on vacation? Then you’re in the right place!
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If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska
by Heather Lende
Tales of the Peculiar
Tales of the Peculiar
by Ransom Riggs
The Once and Future King
The Once and Future King
by T.H. White
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