I love your topic choice, super unique! I work in finance (kinda boring, I know). I would love to be a bookshop owner or a demon hunter. I read Sweet Thing and it made me want to own a coffee shop. :-)
Chelsea @ Starbucks & Books Obsession

Great list! This is a fun topic. Being a Hogwarts professor is definitely topping my list, but Ally Carter's books always make me want to be a spy and I've always dreamed of owning a bookshop or becoming a writer (although not one that gets captured and held hostage)! Thanks for stopping by my blog!
-Natalie @Natflix&Books

This is a great topic!! Very original. I would have to say any book about girls kicking ass and slaying bad things would be my "fictional" dream job. Thanks so much for stopping by Books, Bones & Buffy!

Wow, this is such a cool list! =) I haven't read Out of the Easy yet but How to Save a Life made me want to work at a bookshop. Harry Potter had me drooling over the career of an Auror (even though in real life I am too much of a coward for that) but I wouldn't mind being a professional Quidditch player either, preferably a Chaser. Wolf Brother (Michelle Paver) made me dream of working to protect wildlife and especially wolves, though the book has nothing to do with that kind of job.
- Eve @ Every Flavour Books

Ooh, I like this topic! How could I have missed this one? :)

Such a fun topic!!! My favorites are a spy, a novelist, & a bookshop owner! :) My TTT is Fictional Places I’d Love to Vacation: http://aliceinreaderland.com/2013/05/27/vacation/

Alice @ Alice in Readerland

Cool list! How about the Donald Duck-comics. I'm not sure what the profession of McScrooge is, but it obviously makes a lot of money. Being a rich adventurer like him sounds very tempting to me!

This is such a fun topic! Great choice! There are some professions fictional characters have that I want. The possibilities...Thanks for sharing!

Rachel @ Beauty and the Bookshelf

Wow, what a unique topic! There are many times I read a book and think "man, I want to do that!" I could definitely see myself being some of the things some of my favorite characters are! (wow that was a weird sentence!)

Cool topic choice! I just graduated college, but I am thinking I majored in the wrong thing... where was the Department for Witchcraft and Wizardry Education?? Or the Spy School Division?? I would totally be down for those!!!

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I love your choice of topic! I would love to be a spy too...the Ally Carter books make it seem so fun! I'd love to be a Hogwarts Professor too...why do books have such cool professions in them?!

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Haha, I love this list! I agree about being a spy - that would be awesome, although I'd be terrible at it. And Egyptologist, though? AWESOME!

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~Merin @ Read and Reviewed~

Awesome awesome top ten topic.. I have to say thanks to buffy, I always wanted to be a kick butt vampire/demon slayer! And the whole detective thing would be fun.. I was way into nancy drew when i was little.. I worked in a book store.. and hands down my favorite job so far.. Although it was highly underpaid.. I loved loved loved it..

Awesome choice of topic! I've definitely wondered about this while reading. I completely agree with Out of the Easy. It made me want to live in a bookshop.

Great list! I have Out of the Easy on reserve from the library-- so excited >:D The Gallagher girls definitely make espionage seem like fun. And who could help being enchanted with the idea of running a bakery?

What an awesome list! Love it! I still need to read several of these.. like The Mortal Instruments books! The Harry Potter books def made me want to do ANYTHING to be able to hang out at Hogwarts.. heck I'd take Filch's job if I had to! Although, I'd love to be a Professor more! :D

Totally putting Out of the Easy on my to-read list! It sounds fantastic! I love books about books or related to bookstores, etc.. even in any small way. :D

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April @ My Shelf Confessions

Hahaha this has probably been the funnest (I'll count that as a word for this sentence) TTT this week! I was laughing every time I read your bold lettered profession because some are just silly, but so true! :) Thanks for checking out my TTT this week!

Holly @ http://hollysreadinghollow.blogspot.com/2013/05/top-ten-tuesday-3.html

Great topic! I've never thought of this before and I can't think of any books that have made me want to change my profession off-hand... HOWEVER, I did go to the aquarium a few days ago and it made me want to change my career to that of dolphin trainer!

I own Out of the Easy, but for some reason I'm really hesitant to start it. I should read it soon!!!

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Great idea for a list. I want to be a spy, too, because of the Mrs. Pollifax books -- they make it seem so fun and attainable!

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Great list idea! To be a bookstore owner is my dream job! A similar profession was depicted in Audrey Niffenegger's Her Fearful Symmetry - the protagonist's father is a rare book dealer - so cool.

Fantastic topic choice! Creative and fun! I haven't read all of these, but even if I haven't, I've read or seen things that are similar enough to relate to all these occupational choices. Hogwarts professor? I'd love it, though I think I'll pass on the Defense against the Dark Arts position. No one seems to last more than a year in that one. Actually, I'd settle for being a witch, wizarding-world style.

Spy is another profession I'd love to try -- well, as long as I could do it, you know, safely.

As for the more reality-based ones, I've been both a bookstore manager and a teacher (in a private school as well as homeschooling.) Both were very rewarding. But you missed one profession I've always wanted to try: librarian. I would LOVE to be a librarian. (The Library Lovers mystery series comes to mind.)

Awesome list! I totes wish I could be a Hogwarts professor or a demon hunter, that would be badass!

Teresa @ Readers Live A Thousand Lives

Susan, this is such a fun topic! I'll have to keep it in mind for the next time a freebie week rolls around ;-) (If you wouldn't mind, of course.)

I can TOTALLY see wanting to be a pirate. Or a cookie maker. Or a bookshop owner! All sound awesome.

I love the list idea! And yes, I am also a huge wimp but I totally want to be a Shadowhunter! :)

I really love your topic! I feel that way when I read many books! Every time I read an FBI or Gallagher Girl book, I immediately say that I want to be a spy. How cool would that be? I felt the same way with That Time I Joined the Circus as well, although I've been to many fair/circus-y things and would never do it :) Great list!

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I totally want to be a demon hunter too. :)

Great list! I'd love to be a wizard or a cookie baker, but truth be told, bookshop owner is the top of my list. Years ago I worked at a large chain bookstore, and it is the only minimum wage job I look back at with fondness. I'd totally do it again just for the discounts!

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