by Lee Cross When I talk about books with strangers I tend to bring up Harry Potter a lot. My reasoning is simple; pretty much everyone is going to have heard of the bespectacled one. I read a quote once, “the world is split into two halves, those people who’ve read The Lord of the … Continue reading Leopold Broom Investigates: Harry Potter And The Missing WIFI Signal

The new sensation sweeping the nation: FaceApp. An app that allows you to transform a picture of yourself to see how you would look old, young and a different gender. We decided to try this with famous authors and the results are hilarious. Ernest Hemmingway T. S. Eliot John Steinbeck William Shakespeare  Steven King  Agatha … Continue reading We FaceApped Famous Authors And It’s Hilarious

17 great quotes about Hope from books and poems.[Collected by Regina Kenney] “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”― William Faulkner “HopeSmiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'...”― Alfred Tennyson “When we love, we always strive to become better … Continue reading 17 Great Literature Quotes About Hope

by Lee Cross (Read Part 1 and Part 2) Davy [the man who produces all the amazing comics here] raised a point about how he now visualizes the characters from The Lord of the Rings – while he had clear images of them in his own mind pre-Peter Jackson, he feels those images have effectively … Continue reading The Changing Faces of Literature: A Tale of Two Bumblebees (Part Three)

by Lee Cross (Guys I’m just going jump in right where l left off, so if you’re wondering where I’m at, just have quick look at part one) Well the skill of the writer makes an obvious difference of course; the great authors can take you places you’ve never been before. If you’ve read any … Continue reading The Changing Faces Of Literature: The Writing on the Wall (Part 2)

by Lee Cross So… I’m in this pub and a guy sitting down the counter says something like, “I’m telling you, that’s not what Jack Reacher looks like.” I didn’t bother looking up from my crossword, I merely smiled in silent agreement… [The Jack Reacher of the highly successful novel series is 6 ft 5 … Continue reading The Changing Face(s) Of Literature

by Lee Cross While I don’t drink anymore, I do still spend a lot of time hanging around in bars. I can’t help it, I’m the son of two alcoholics and while I wasn’t born on a barstool, the initial stages of my conception probably took place on one. Those same said stools dominated my … Continue reading Book Recommendation from a Man in a Pub

10 great literature quotes about the month of April. [Collected by Regina Kenney] “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” ― George Orwell, 1984 “April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.” ― T.S. … Continue reading 10 Great Literature Quotes about April

by Lee Cross Apparently negative blogs do better than positive ones (see also; whimsical, confusing and rambling in my case) and as I’ve nothing particularly interesting to say about books this week, here’s a list of some I hate: (1) Scarecrow (Mathew Riley) For a long time I thought this was going to be the … Continue reading Leopold Broom Investigates: 5 Books I Hate