Top Ten Things On My Bookish Bucket List

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This was a tough one, since there are SO many bookish things I want to do, but here are a few of the ones I could think of!

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter: I MUST GO HERE ONE DAY. They're building a smaller version here at Universal (YAY!) but I still want to visit the original.

Will and Lyra's Bench in the Botanical Gardens at Oxford: If you've read His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman, you know why my heart aches just thinking about this bench.

Leavesden Studios: AKA the Warner Brothers studios where they still have all the Harry Potter sets and a museum full of props and this is what my dreams are made of.

Jane Austen themed trip: I want to go to Bath, to the Jane Austen House, to Jane Austen's real house, to the manors that stood for Pemberley in the movie and the miniseries. I want to go everywhere remotely connected to Jane.

Throw a book-themed party: Most likely a Harry Potter themed one, let's be honest. But one day. ONE DAY. I will make crafts and decorate cakes and it shall be magnificent.

Own a library: I don't mean a public library. I want to build my own personal book heaven Belle library with cozy corners and lots of light and stacks and stacks and STACKS of books in my theoretical dream mansion.

Read all the books I own: YES, ALL. Read all the books. Finish all the series. Leave no page unturned.

Write: I love to write, and I'd love to make a career out of it. I'd love to be published, but mostly I just want to keep making stories for myself, and I hope I never lose that drive.

Keep expressing myself: I want to continue to express myself creatively, through blog posts, creative writing, art, baking, and anything remotely book-related.

J.K. Rowling: She's probably the person I want to meet most in the world. But what would I even say? I'd lose my head completely and start sobbing or speaking in Parseltongue or something.

Tamora Pierce: Another awesome authorial woman who had an ENORMOUS impact on my life, both readerly and non-.
 
All the YA authors: ALL. I started listing specific ones and then I got to thirty so I stopped and said ALL. I just want to become biffles with all of you. I want to bask in your genius and soak up your sparkly glory like a TOTALLY non-creepy person.

All the bloggers: BOOK BLOGGERS OF THE WORLD! Ditto above. I want to soak up your awesome. I want us to fangirl together. I want the word to explode from all the awesomeness concentrated in one place. I want it to be like Twitter, but real life.