***The Starry-Eyed Revue***: i do not want to go to there

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the awesome ladies at The Broke and the Bookish. Apparently, they are overly fond of list-making and love to share their bookish lists with the rest of us book nerds. =) We're game.

This week's list features the Top Ten Worlds I'd Never Want To Live In:

April's picks:

When I started making this list, I probably had about 4 zombie books in mind. Which is funny, because if I don't want to live in that world, why do I keep reading them? lol. So Hunger Games is obvious. I'm not into killing people. Red Rising, holy crap that government is so corrupt, I want none of that! Life as We Knew It takes place where I live and I could actually see it happening someday! Natural disasters are SCARY! Delirium, I imagine living in a world where love is not acceptable would suck. Angelfall, Stung and The Immortal rules have some very creepy shizz. No thank you!

And last of all, Fifty Shades. I would never want to live in that world, because I prefer to eat when I want, not when I'm told, and I am all about handling my lady business on my own. :)

Jen's picks:

Masque of the Red Death (Masque of the Red Death, #1)

Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)

Okay, I was only going to pick my top five, but apparently, there are a lot of worlds I'd rather not live in. For example, I do not want to live on an Earth that is being inundated with aliens hell-bent on destroying the human race and keeping the planet for themselves. I also don't want to live in a world where disease has decimated the population and the only way to survive is by wearing a mask that only the very wealthiest can afford. A world where humans can reanimate after death -- and where the longer you were out before awakening makes you more impressive -- is not a place for me. And don't even get me started on evil angels who create "locusts" from human beings, seeking to bring about the Apocalypse. Then there's that age-old custom of whipping boys...wouldn't want to be one, couldn't bring myself to have one.

In Not a Drop to Drink, clean, drinkable water is hard to come by, and it's kill or be killed to get it. Having my memory erased so that I'm not a suicide risk is not an option, nor is being told that I will most certainly die at age 20 and that I must help repopulate the Earth by being one of several sister wives to the guy whose father is searching for a cure. Zombies, those created after death or by an EMP, will not be tolerated. And I just can't see living in a world where my life is constantly threatened by the existence of vampires...or werewolves or werebears or anything resembling those abominations. Unless I was one. :P