Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is textbook whimsy. As far as whimsy goes, you can’t do much better. Lewis Carroll’s the king of whimsy. When he began a sentence, I bet, he didn’t have a plan for how it would end. Following that, when he began a book, such as the Wonderland books, he probably didn’t know what they would be about. Here are ten quotes of Carroll’s that begin to uncover his completely askew worldview. 1. “‘Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?’ ‘That depends a good deal on where you want …
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Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies may not have a sequel, but that hasn’t stopped HBO from going forward with a second season of their widely-lauded adaptation of the novel. HBO has just confirmed more actors returning for the second season, including Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley, and Zoë Kravitz. This new batch of returning cast members join the previously announced Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, and, new to the cast, Meryl Streep. The second season will pick up where the first left off, meaning—spoilers—Perry’s death will presumably cast a pretty huge shadow. As all of the conspirators do their best to …
Laini Taylor’s Strange the Dreamer will almost certainly become the next big thing. It quickly became a New York Times bestseller and has a whopping 4.38 stars on Goodreads out of almost 25,000 reviews. Those are both big numbers. Though it only came out last year, fans of Taylor’s instant success don’t have to wait much longer for the follow-up. Muse of Nightmares will hit shelves on October 2nd. Image Via Amazon Strange the Dreamer follows orphaned librarian Lazlo Strange as he journeys to the mysterious city of Weep, which he’s dreamed of visiting ever since the name …
To follow up our coverage of President Barack Obama’s quotes about reading from last year, we wanted to gather some of President Donald Trump’s best quotes about reading, writing, writers, and just general book stuff. Tony Schwartz and Trump’s book The Art of the Deal has a solid 4.6 out of 5 star rating on Amazon, so that’s saying something. Without further ado, here are President Donald J. Trump’s most memorable quotes regarding the literary world. 1. “Well, you know, I love to read. Actually, I’m looking at a book, I’m reading a book, I’m trying to get …
