C.S. Lewis
Royalty Moonlighting as Commoners in Fiction
24 Festive Tasks: Door 10 – Russian Mothers’ Day, Task 2: Towards the end of the 17th century, there was a Russian apprentice carpenter and shipwright going by the name Peter Mikhailov in the Dutch town of Zaandam (and later in Amsterdam), who eventually turned out to be none other than Tsar Peter the Great, […]
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Halloween Bingo 2019 PreParty — Question for 08/05 (Day 5): Favorite Series with Supernatural Elements
Hmmm, are we talking “series” as in “including trilogies and quartets” here, or does it have to be more than that number? Also, what about works that were intended as one (very long) book but are traditionally broken up into several parts that are published separately (like Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings) and books originally […]
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BookRiot: Cool Maps of Fictional Literary Places
The Land of Oz (Disney: Oz the Great and Powerful storybook, 2013) Narnia (Disney 2011) Middle Earth: The setting of The Hobbit — Thror’s Map of the Lonely Mountain (Christopher Tolkien, 1954) Source: Cool Maps of Fictional Literary Places
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REBLOG: 15 authors to read based on your favorite drinks
Reblogged from: BookLikes No matter if it’s a cup of tea or coffee, lemonade or a glass of wine, books and drinks go well together. This universal truth has been discovered not only by avid readers but also writers, some of whom became as well known for their drinking habits as for their literary achievements. Taking advantage of the summer time […]
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