If you’re into old stories, you can’t get much older than The Epic of Gilgamesh. It was written almost 1,000 years before The Bible, and is preserved on and translated from a series of 11 clay tablets. Although called an “epic,” its original writers had no word corresponding to “epic” or “myth,” so it was…
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Top 10 Tuesday: Underrated Books
(Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish. Want to make your own list? Clicking the image will take you to this week’s post. Happy listing!) This week’s list is all about underrated books. It’s been a tough one for me, mainly because I read a lot…
Top 10 Tuesday: Fictional Family Members
(Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish. Want to make your own list? Clicking the image will take you to this week’s post. Happy listing!) No matter how we might disagree over genres and authors, I think all bookworms will agree that quite often, our favorite…
Top 10 Tuesday: Dynamic Duos
(Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish. Want to make your own list? Clicking the image will take you to this week’s post. Happy listing!) Pizza and ranch dressing. Chocolate and peanut butter. Oreos and ice-cold milk. Some of life’s greatest pairings are food-related, but the…
Top 10 Tuesday: Best Movie Adaptations
(Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish. Want to make your own list? Clicking the image will take you to this week’s post. Happy listing!) Early in January I talked about how the book is always better than the movie — and now here I am,…