Bout of Books Read-a-Thon Virtual Travel Challenge!
08.18.2012
By Zara D. Garcia-Alvarez / @ZaraAlexis
Thanks to Stella at Ex Libris for hosting this travel challenge! She’s asked participants to:
Choose a book and find a picture to match the setting you envision for the novel.
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I envision The Red House by Mark Haddon…
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…taking place in this type of setting:
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All these photos are taken in Hay-on-Wye, the place where the book takes place! From the “red house” in which the families stay (though it isn’t winter), to the vast foliage, hills, and water that surround them, to the quaint houses and touristic town that brags intimate cobblestone shops!
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For more posts on The Bout of Books Read-a-Thon, you can visit here.
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When you read a book, is the real setting the same as what you imagined it would be?
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Zara Alexis
The Sensible Book Shop! Love it!!
Thanks for sharing these fantastic photos!