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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

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Pages & Places: The Ultimate Guide to Literary Paris for Booklovers

November 10, 2024 by Elizabeth 1 Comment

Come with me to explore books set in Paris and where to celebrate them! We’ll visit settings of books and author homes, haunts, and graves.

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Filed Under: Bookish Sanctuaries, France, In the Foosteps of Authors, Literary Travel, Storybook Places, Videos Tagged With: Paris

Find Antoine de Saint Exupery in Paris

January 26, 2016 by Elizabeth Leave a Comment

Location: Paris, France Literary Inspiration: Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupery About the Book The seemingly autobiographical tale of Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) has remained one of my most cherished books since the first time studying it in high school French class. This little French story of a stranded…

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Filed Under: France, Storybook Places Tagged With: Author Statue, Paris

Book Review: French Milk by Lucy Knisley

January 16, 2016 by Elizabeth Leave a Comment

After reading Lucy Knisley’s graphic novel travel log Here at Hogwarts (read my review of it here), I couldn’t wait to get my hands on another. I was so fascinated by the idea of a travel log in comic form! As Paris has been high up on my re-visit list since the first time I visited (I mean, can you really EVER spend enough time in Paris?) I picked up Knisley’s French Milk.

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Filed Under: Beyond the Page, France, Literary Travel Tagged With: Graphic Novel, Paris, Travelogues

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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!
I’m Elizabeth, a librarian & travel blogging bookworm. Join me as I explore the real places behind our favorite reads, introduce you to your next favorite book, and discover all the literary sights this world has to offer!

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MacAusland’s Woolen Mill blankets are made in and sold all over PEI and are mentioned in The Summer Will Be Different by Carly Fortune. The film adaptation of the book will have these blankets in it.
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I followed in the characters footsteps of Carly Fortune’s This Summer Will Be Different and took a walk at Thunder Cove Beach, Prince Edward Island to the place where Teacup Rock used to be before Hurricane Fiona destroyed it.
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Visiting these real Prince Edward Island locations used in filming the adaptation of L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables and The Road to Avonlea (based on The Story Girl) feels just like stepping into these stories.
📍 Dalvay by the Sea (The White Sands Hotel)
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If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska
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
Booked: A Traveler's Guide to Literary Locations Around the World
Booked: A Traveler's Guide to Literary Locations Around the World
by Richard Kreitner
Strange Weather in Tokyo
Strange Weather in Tokyo
by Hiromi Kawakami

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