Top 10 Book To Film Adaptations

Since I posted the top worst film adaptations I figured I’d find the top best ones, too. While I prefer the book 99% of the time, I do agree that all of these adaptations were very good. Advertisements Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Google Pinterest Tumblr Like this: Like Loading… Related

Top Posts of 2014

I always find it interesting which posts have the most hits and which don’t. It’s impossible to guess what others will like, so I just post what I like and sometimes it gets a lot of hits and sometimes it doesn’t. Just for fun, I’m posting the top 3 posts on my site from 2014.   […]

Books for Sammies

Artist: Dan Smith, 1865-1934. The ALA produced this poster in 1918 as a part of its “Books for Sammies” campaign to send books to soldiers. In WW I, the English called American soldiers “Yanks” or “Sammies” for Uncle Sam. Thousands of these posters were displayed in libraries and expanded the libraries’ visibility and their role […]

Bookworm Gardens

What a great place to take children! Fun and literature all in one. Map of Bookworm Gardens Hansel and Gretel cottage From the Bookworm Gardens website: The garden is based completely on children’s literature—over 60 different books are represented, selected by reading specialists, librarians, teachers, and kids. Entrance to the garden is FREE. We hope […]

Hay-on-Wye

“…did you know there’s a town known as the ‘town of books’? In fact, the town is so crazy about literature that it holds an annual literature festival each May… Hay-on-Wye, the National Book Town of Wales which is located on the Welsh/English border in the United Kingdom and lies on the banks of the River Wye. […]

101 Whiskies to Try Before You Die

When I drink I prefer whiskey so this caught my eye. Then when I went to link they said it was out of stock. So I did a little digging and found this book on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Pinterest Tumblr Reddit Like this: Like Loading… Related

The Seven Lady Godivas by Dr. Seuss

In 1939, when Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) left Vanguard for Random House, he had one condition for his new publisher, Bennett Cerf — that he would let Geisel do an “adult” book first. The result was The Seven Lady Godivas: The True Facts Concerning History’s Barest Family, which tells the story of nudist sisters who, […]