Purchasing gifts for your friends and family can often cause stress if you don’t always know what they like. If you’re buying for a bookworm, we’ve got some go-to options to make your shopping easier! These exciting gifts are things any reader would be happy to own. 1. Book attire Why wear a Nike or American Eagle logo on your clothes when you can wear Fitzgerald’s beautiful words from The Great Gatsby? 2. Audiobooks Audiobooks are convenient because we need to read even while we’re driving, running or cleaning! Basically, we need to be reading all the time even when we can’t …
It’s no secret that reading can improve your intellectual and mental health. This is evident as some of the wealthiest people in the world spend most of their time reading. In order to be successful, you must be knowledgeable about your goals and have the willpower to go forth and accomplish those objectives. A study of 1,200 successful people found that they had one common hobby: Reading. Of course, a lot goes into being successful, including a dosage of luck, but clearly, reading does loads to add to your likelihood of success. Image courtesy of https://read.bi/2pCHv7g Some millionaires never finished their formal education because they decided …
Six seasons in, it’s hard to imagine Game of Thrones with different actors. Even while reading the books, you can’t help imagining Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister or Kit Harrington as Jon Snow. Yet the casting almost went in different directions, which has come to life thanks to Digital Spy. X-Files star Gillian Anderson turned down a major role on Game of Thrones. She has since starred in another book-to-TV adaption- Neil Gaiman’s American Gods. Lena Headey obviously conquers the role of the bitter Cersei, but Anderson could have possibly played the role with equal tenacity. Daenerys Targaryen and Emilia Clarke go …
Best friends Harper Lee and Truman Capote were major literary figures during the 20th century. They were childhood friends and often looked to the other for inspiration and editing, but they had a rocky friendship. Lee played a major role in editing Capote’s hit, In Cold Blood, and felt both hurt and slighted that he didn’t give her any credit. A 2006 letter to Wayne Flynt from Ms. Lee examines the trouble in their famous relationship. Flynt and Lee became great friends during the last 25 years of Lee’s life. Flynt was even a keynote speaker at her funeral. Image courtesy of https://bit.ly/2qgpFGZ Lee disclosed that her …
Ever wonder what the hell the Khals in Game of Thrones are actually saying? Now you can study and learn the 3000 words that make up the language of the nomadic Dothrakis at UC Berkeley. This new summer class will be taught by the inventor of the language, David J Peterson. Image courtesy of https://bit.ly/2pu9UhL Peterson, who has a Masters in Linguistics from UC Berkeley, also created over 40 languages including the High Valyrian on Game of Thrones and ones used on the shows Penny Dreadful and The 100. Besides mastering the Dothraki language, the course “The Linguistics of Game of Thrones and the Art …
