For the Halloween Freebie at That Artsy Reader Girl, I thought I’d pay my respects to the Master of the Macabre. I last read Edgar Allan Poe as a teenager, but so many of his stories still haunt my brain to this day with their dark imagery and memorable quotes.
It’s a Fall Freebie at That Artsy Reader Girl this week, or a Spring Freebie for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere… so here are some spring-themed literary quotes. Read more
I always love a travel topic, and this week at That Artsy Reader Girl is all about cool bookish places.
If you were a nerdy bookish teen girl obsessed with Greek mythology, there’s a good chance Athena was your favourite goddess. She was certainly mine. Athena is the bright-eyed goddess of wisdom, handicrafts and war (strategic warfare rather than pure bloodlust). This quote comes from Aeschylus’ tragedy The Eumenides, where Athena represents the reason and modern rule of law as opposed to raw revenge.
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday from That Artsy Reader Girl is about picking your own topic relating to book covers. I thought I’d go back in history and look up the book covers from before the 20th century. I’d especially love to get my hands on those magnificent jewel-encrusted medieval creations!
This week’s theme from That Artsy Reader Girl is to pick a word and list book titles with it. My choice is the flaming ball of hydrogen and helium at the centre of our solar system, keeping us all warm and at times uncomfortably hot.
