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DID YOU KNOW: Neil Gaiman's first published book was a biography of the band Duran Duran? Published in 1984, he calls it "the worst thing" he's ever written, and has never allowed it to be reprinted. (Source: The Telegraph) #LitsyTriviature

Theresa OMG, that's awesome! 8y
Jerdencon No way!!! They are my favorite band! I wonder if I had this as a kid? 8y
JenniferSpiegel I may have read this. I'm going to check my shelves. 8y
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TheLibrarian That's amazing!! Haha 8y
DebinHawaii That is way too funny! 😆 8y
Yournewfriendsams This is amazing. Love that it covered just the first four years 😂 Thanks for sharing, @Litsy! 8y
Autumn Thanks for that interesting fact! 8y
Sweettartlaura Ohhhh, I will be looking for this!📚❤️ 8y
kristina_with_a_k Ok, well now I must have it! I'm almost finished reading JT's memoir, so this would be the perfect follow up. 8y
aeeklund YESSSSS 8y
DreesReads OMG there's a chance this is in a box in my garage. I wonder if I could find that box? 8y
Tav Love this fun fact! THANK YOU! 8y
reneelyons This. Is. Amazing. 8y
MichelleM That's hilarious and awful. Saw them in concert this summer. Still awesome! 8y
quirkyreader I actually read this. At one point in my life a was a Duranie. 8y
Godmotherx5 Cool fact! 8y
Zelma @quirkyreader that is great! I remember being into these types of books about my favorite bands. I am ashamed at the number of New Kids on the Block books I had as a pre-teen. 😳 they did not have staying power but I still love Duran Duran! 8y
Readingrobin As luck would have it, I'm currently enjoying Neil's voice listening to him read non-fiction! Love that voice! 8y
Victoria_C That is definitely something I didn't know! 8y
writersbone 😂 8y
JenniferShepard What a gem! I would love to find a copy. 8y
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One Hundred Years of Solitude | Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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DID YOU KNOW: In 1976, Mario Vargas Llosa slugged Gabriel García Márquez!!! "Some had surmised that the fight may have been over politics, since Mr. García Márquez has always been on the left and Mr. Vargas Llosa at the time had begun to migrate to the right... But, as Mr. Moya explains, the cause was a woman, specifically, Mr. Vargas Llosa‘s wife, whom Mr. García Márquez consoled during a difficult period in the marriage." #LitsyTriviature

Litsy (Quote: NYT. Photo: Rodrigo Moya) 8y
Anabnieto I forgive Vargas Llosa because of El Chivo.... Otherwise ..... 8y
Carol 🙀 8y
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LeahBergen I love these fun facts. Keep 'em coming! 8y
marixa "Consoled" lol 8y
OffTheBeatenShelf.com Not surprised his father took him to discover ice because that's COLD. 😂🤓 8y
Aleida Love this pic! 8y
aloslibrary @OffTheBeatenShelf.com bahaha good one 7y
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Complete Stories | Flannery O'Connor
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DID YOU KNOW: Flannery O'Connor taught a chicken to walk backwards? "When I was five, I had an experience that marked me for life. Pathé News sent a photographer from New York to Savannah to take a picture of a chicken of mine." (Read the rest of Flannery's remarks on the experience in the comments below!) #LitsyTriviature

Litsy "This chicken, a buff Cochin Bantam, had the distinction of being able to walk either forward or backward. Her fame has spread through the press and by the time she reached the at­tention of Pathé News, I suppose there was nowhere left for her to go—forward or backward. Shortly after that she died, as now seems fitting." - from "Living with a Peacock" 8y
Megabooks Quick video of a kid taking a chicken on an agility course! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ReC85qqSpHA 8y
Bette ↔️🐤 who knew? 8y
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UnabridgedTomes Some teacher friends and I were just talking about Flannery O'Connor, and how perfect her short stories are for reading aloud in a high school classroom. "Where are you going, where have you been?" And "a good man is hard to find" in particular, are excellent. 8y
LeahBergen I love Flannery. I think it's time for a revisit soon. 8y
quirkyreader I enjoyed Wise Blood. 8y
debcaletti "Collected Stories" has always sat on my desk for inspiration. Love Flannery. ❤️ 8y
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Liberty
An Autobiography | Agatha Christie
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Hey, Littens! We are going to be adding more content to the @Litsy account, including staff picks, book recommendations, #FunFridayPhoto, #Recommendsday, and #LitsyTriviature! Today's first triviature post is about Dame Christie. SWOON. I think you can never go wrong with more book talk, so follow along for more bookish fun! 😘🤘🏻📚

Nuwanda That sounds AWESOME! I love this app sooooo much! 8y
Bookzombie Yay! I love Litsy! 8y
Bookworm83 Sounds like fun! @Litsy is the best app EVER! 8y
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pppooraikul Cool! 🤓 8y
TheLadyHyatt Looking forward to it! 8y
intothehallofbooks YAY!! 👏🏻 8y
LauraBrook Excellent! Can't wait, this is the best app ever!!! 8y
Emily92Bibliophile Best. App. EVER! Bookish communities are the best. Looking forward to it! 8y
PurpleyPumpkin Sounds like fun!😊 8y
Godmotherx5 How fun. @Litsy is my favorite app! 8y
Dragon Agatha Christie rules as does LITSY 8y
SusanInTiburon @Mquatlanta Your timing is impeccable. Gotta follow Liberty, she's the social coordinator. 💛 8y
KimHM ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 8y
[DELETED] 2232195534 I am totally addicted to @Litsy Will look forward to what you guys come up with!!! 😀 8y
angrylilasian Yay!! 8y
LeahBergen Yay for #LitsyTriviature! 🎉🎉 8y
Rebeccak Yeyeyey!! 8y
BillKathyWms Love Litsy! Best app ever!! ❤️📚❤️📚❤️📚🎉 8y
StaceGhost I just ordered this book last week! I'm very excited about it. Also, I've been designing watercolor tattoos of Agatha Christie surfing since I read her world tour letters. Totally love a dame that can surf and spine tingle! 8y
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An Autobiography | Agatha Christie
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DID YOU KNOW: Agatha Christie is the queen of crime, but she was also a huge fan of surfing, and is widely considered one of Britain's first "stand-up" surfers. "I learned to become expert – or at any rate expert from the European point of view – the moment of complete triumph on the day that I kept my balance and came right into shore standing upright on my board!" ? ? ? (Photo: Museum of British Surfing) #LitsyTriviature

MrBook Wow! Thanks for sharing 😁👍🏻! 8y
DivineDiana Love this photo! 8y
PurpleyPumpkin Excellent writer & a surfer... she was one awesome woman. ✍🏼📚💜 8y
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Hooked_on_books That's awesome! I had no idea. 8y
Dragon Go Agatha 8y
grumpygirlbooks That's so cool! I had no idea, ha 8y
[DELETED] 2232195534 I know a lot about Agatha, but I didn't know this!!! 😀 8y
DebinHawaii That is awesome! 🏄🏻 8y
quirkyreader She learned whilst going on a world tour with Archie during the beginning of her marriage. 8y
StaceGhost "Surfing is like that. You are either vigorously cursing or else you are idiotically pleased with yourself." ❤️Agatha Christie x infinity 8y
MrsMarks88 What a woman! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 8y
MotherOfDragons Wow so awesome!👏😯 never knew this! 8y
tpixie Fun Fact!!! 💡💡💡 8y
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