The Hobbit
Happy 125th Birthday to J.R.R Tolkien!
Happy birthday to the wonderful J.R.R Tolkien! The man behind the popular high fantasies The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy would have been 125 years old today—almost as old as his beloved hobbit Bilbo Baggins. Tolkien was a private and quiet man in his life, and I imagine would have been abashed… Read More »
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5 even Stranger Things to read based on your favorite character
You’ve just returned from a throwback trip to 1983—when things were simpler, music always came accompanied with truly magnificent hair and the fabric of time between alternate realities was torn and supernatural beings roamed the earth. Wait, what? If you got sucked into the world of Stranger Things like the rest of us, you probably… Read More »
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A Literary Feast
Canadian Thanksgiving is happening this weekend, so delicious fall recipes have been on my mind for weeks. While the holidays are a great time to revisit our favorite traditional dishes, I’ve been wondering whether there might be a nice (and tasty) way to shake things up a bit. Then it hit me: why not… Read More »
Tags: Books, game of thrones, Harry Potter, Herman Melville, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Moby Dick, recipes, The Hobbit, The Hunger Games, The Vacationers