Greetings, bookworms! If you’re new here at LND, thanks to this past week’s Book Blogger Appreciation Week, then welcome! On Saturdays, I write Book News – short little tidbits of bookish or literary news that I find interesting and/or important. It’s certainly not exhaustive, but I think it’s fun and informative. I try to balance [...]
Category Archive — roald dahl
Book News, Dec. 18th
Greetings, bookworms. We’re officially one week away from Christmas and I’m happy to report that I have not yet destroyed my kitchen while making cookies and other such goodies (I cannot, however, vouch for the condition of my oven). I’m off to a Celtic Christmas concert this afternoon, but first: book news! First, it was [...]
Terrifying Trivia Answers
Last week, I posted some Halloween-related literature questions to test your knowledge. Now that the happy holiday has arrived, so have the answers: 1. In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, what kind of animal/creature was Shelob? Giant spider (also acceptable: spider; evil in the form of a spider) 2. In Washington Irving’s The [...]
