Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week we talk about our top ten with a different topic provided by Jana. This week’s topic is a list of ten characters whose job I wish I had.
The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon
I would love to work in radio. This book and others I’ve read that had the radio in it made it seem like so much fun.
Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich
I know that being a bounty hunter isn’t nearly as fun as this, but damn I want to be torn between Ranger and Morelli.
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
I love science but I do not have the memory or dedication that scientists need. But working with the freedom this crew had sounds so good.
The Final Six by Alexandra Monir
Yes please I would like to be an astronaut.
Well Met by Jen DeLuca
I know the faire isn’t their full time jobs, but I would love to work at a renaissance faire.
The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith
A librarian, also yes please. But specifically a librarian of a weirdass library like this one.
Hideaway by Nora Roberts
The main character narrates audiobooks and I would love to do that for a job.
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
An alternate reality astronaut.
Kiss my Cupcake by Helena Hunting
I would love to own my own bakery/bar. It would be so fun.
The Next Always by Nora Roberts
The main female character runs a bookstore, do I need to say anything else?
These are some books where I would love to have the jobs that some of the characters do. What did you pick this week?
Keep on reading lovelies, Amanda.
Great post!! I’d most likely be terrible at it, but I also like the idea of being a radio presenter and I’m interested by a book about a bounty Hunter. I like your take on the ttt – I was pretty stuck but in the end I went for a quiz on jobs from fantasy books. See how many you get! https://hundredsandthousandsofbooks.blog/2021/03/02/ttt-guess-the-fantasy-jobs-but-they-get-more-and-more-obscure/
Great list! I’d love to work at a Ren Faire, too.
It just sounds like so much fun!
I would LOVE to own a bookshop. Too bad it’s almost impossible these days with competition from things like Amazon.
Yep, it seems like there are some out there that do really well, but they’ve been around for so long which seems like a big reason they do really well.