#bookfact

[iloveicecrexm]

The only reason why C.S. Lewis decided to include the lamppost in Narnia is because Tolkien told him that no fantasy story can have a lamppost in it.

[bombaytales]

Here are Three Books that people have read the most.  

[cazvincent]

#bookstagram #bookfact *bibliosmia*

[wearebookworms-blog]

Interesting fact about Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records has the distinction of being “The best-selling annual publication” in history, with “132,002,542 copies sold from 1955 until October 2013.”

[wearebookworms-blog]

Interesting fact about Gone with the Wind

Margaret Mitchell began work on her first (and only) novel after recovering from an auto accident. During her convalescence, she read so many books from the local library that her husband got tired of going back and forth—so he suggested she try writing a book of her own.

[wearebookworms-blog]

Interesting fact about Green Eggs & Ham

This Dr. Seuss classic was written on a bet. Publisher Bennett Cerf wagered $50 that Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss) couldn’t write a children’s book using fewer than 50 different words. Geisel won.

[writesperation]

Book Fact #1

[When a] book is open in front of you, the page on the right is called a recto (Latin for "on the right"), and the page on the left is called a verso (Latin for "turned").

Abrams, M. H., and Geoffrey Galt Harpham. "Book Format." A Glossary of Literary Terms. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2009. 32. Print.