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Mental Floss: The Curious Reader
Mental Floss: The Curious Reader: | Facts About Famous Authors and Novels | Book Lovers and Literary Interest | A Literary Miscellany of Novels & Novelists | Erin McCarthy & the team at Mental Floss
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Readers rejoice! Learn amazing facts about authors and their books, from Jane Austen to JRR Tolkien. "With sumptuous, visually stimulating spreads, this book delivers on its promise to unearth strange stories, bizarre facts, or unexpected details about the books on our shelves. Good for curious readers, whether they want to delve into authors and books they love, feel competent faking knowledge about books everyone else seems to have read, or just dip into and out of literary worlds" Library Journal Readers rejoice! From Mental Floss, an online destination for more than a billion curious minds since its founding in 2001, comes the ultimate book for lovers of literature. From Americanah to War and Peace, from Chinua Achebe and Jane Austen to Jesmyn Ward and George R.R. Martin, learn surprising facts about the worlds most famous novels and novelists. The Curious Reader will delight bookworms everywhere. This literary compendium from Mental Floss reveals fascinating facts about the worlds most famous authors and their literary works. Readers will learn about George Orwells near-death experience during the writing of 1984; meet the real man who may have inspired Pride and Prejudices Mr. Darcy; discover which famous author kept her husbands heart after he passed away; and learn about the influence of psychedelics on Dune. The Curious Reader also contains the most-loved book-related articles from 20 years of Mental Floss, including Cat-Loving Writers, Famous Authors Unfinished Manuscripts, Literary Characters Based on Real People, and Books You Didnt Know Were Self-Published. This literary miscellany is certain to inspire book lovers, aspiring writers, students, and teachers alike to discover a diverse selection of curated literary worksleading to an expansion of their library!
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This book looks closely at a wide variety of novels and their authors from across the years and intersperses fun facts about books and writers. I read this very slowly, dipping in and out of it for a long time. I absolutely loved it, savoring every page.

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Interesting facts about the authors and books that we all know. A good book to read between books.

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RaeLovesToRead
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@OriginalCyn620 Thanks for the tag ❤

1. I would have to say "Derry" seeing as that is where I spent most of October being terrorised by a creepy clownmonster.

2. The tagged book just arrived and I LOVE IT... can't wait to dig in... also looking forward to purchasing Bimini: release the beast because they were my fave from Ru Paul UK last year ? Razorblade Tears was a recent release too - I'm always late reading new releases though ?

Yuki_Onna Thanks for tagging me! I'll need to think about the answers first... 2y
rockpools Thanks for the tag 😊. I‘ll have a think - I‘m not sure I ‘do‘ new releases, so that may be something released in the last 3 years! 2y
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Ruthiella Thanks for the tag! 😀 2y
RaeLovesToRead @Yuki_Onna @rockpools @Ruthiella You're all welcome 😊❤ and yes, I'm the same with new releases @rockpools ... even if I buy them, they don't tend to be new when I get round to them. 2y
squirrelbrain Thanks for the tag! 😁 2y
DaveGreen7777 Thank you for the tag, Rae! 😀 2y
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vivastory
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Just returned from browsing at B&N. I have had my eye on the tagged book since @hooked_on_books posts. It looks wonderful & I think it would appeal to many Littens. Would make a great Holiday gift, too. They had it shelved in Fiction though, which was strange. Also picked up the recent issue of Bookmarks. The author profile is Shirley Jackson. Perfect!

RaeLovesToRead Oh no! Another literary miscellany that I simply need to have in my life... 😍 2y
vivastory @RaeLovesToRead We all need more literary coffee table books in our lives! It's just a fact! 2y
RaeLovesToRead Ordered... ☺ And a copy of Salem's Lot while I was there 🤭🤭 2y
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vivastory @RaeLovesToRead Nice! I'll be interested to see what you think of Salem's Lot. It has such great atmosphere in it. 2y
RaeLovesToRead Will tag you when I review it! (Unless I hate it, haha 😄😅) 2y
vivastory @RaeLovesToRead Now if you read it & don't review it, I'll know why 😂 2y
RaeLovesToRead 😶.... 😂 2y
Hooked_on_books I‘m so excited you got it! I‘m going through it very slowly and thoroughly enjoying it. 2y
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I would be honored to be called tsundoku sensei! 😆

This book is full of so many fun tidbits!

wanderinglynn Sounds like a fun book! I like reading Mental Floss. 3y
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I love a book about books and I‘m really loving this one. The illustrations are fun and all the bookish tidbits are fabulous! I‘m working my way through it slowly, to savor it as much as I can.

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