Versatile take on the Versatile Blogger Award

Hello friends!
 The sweet K. Barett, has sweetly awarded us the Versatile Blogger Award. Thanks so much, Maria and I really appreciate it! 

So, along with the award comes a list of seven unusual things. And, since this is a blog dedicated to books, how about we change things up just a little and have 7 unusual things about classic books?  
:)


1. L. M. Montgomery gave Anne red hair in Anne of Green Gables, as an apology to her red haired friends, for all the teasing she had done about their hair. 


2. Jules Verne's novel Paris in the Twentieth Century was not published until 1994, 131 years after he wrote it. In it he predicted things like internet, computers, and a world leaving books and turning to cyber space for entertainment. The reason it was never published? His publisher thought that it was unbelievable and too far-fetched. 


3. Charles Dickens modeled Ebeneezer Scrooge after a real person - Ebeneezer Scroogie, a counselor at Edinburgh. 


4. Dr. Suess used only 50 words to write Green Eggs and Ham, thus winning a $50 bet with a friend who said he couldn't accomplish it. 


5. Jules Verne didn't just write Science Fiction, his book Michael Strogoff is a Historical Fiction novel, considered by many critics to be the best book he wrote.


6. You know the famous Betty Crocker of Betty Crocker Cookbook fame? She never existed, her name and an actresses face were paired together to give the cookbook a more personal feel. 


7. Horatio Alger was the modern creator of the "Rags to Riches" trope, a trope that would become one of the most used tropes in the 19th century, included in everything from books,comics, radio shows, and tv shows. For many children during the depression, the "Rags to Riches" trope was a glimmer of hope, and a dream they longed to reach. 


So there you are 7 unusual things about books. I'm bad about following rules, and I think this blog award could handle some changing, becoming more..versatile. :)


So whoever would like the versatile blogger award here is what you can do. 
1.Write up a post of 7 unusual things about your favorite topic... (Of course unusual book trivia would be great!)
2. Send me a link via email (see our contact me page)
3. Or stick a link in a comment. 


Have fun! :) 


P.S. Don't forget to sign up for the giveaway!!!! I'm extending the sign up time until June 23 at midnight!!! Hurry hurry!

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