Imagining books and music in quirky and creative ways
Yet more proof that Quirk Books and I are soulmates: yesterday on Twitter they asked people to add ghosts to classic literary titles in honor of the new Ghostbusters movie.
Here’s what I came up with:
Alice in Specterland (Lewis Carroll) Continue reading “Classic Literature: Ghost Style”
What if your favorite Pride and Prejudice characters lived in the world of Harry Potter? What houses would they be sorted into and what can that tell us about the similarities between (and functions of) various characters?
Jane Bennett = Hufflepuff
She is incredibly kind. She can’t think ill of anyone! The reader also has a sense of her loyalty to Bingley.
Mr. Bingley = Hufflepuff Continue reading “Pride and Prejudice Characters Sorted Into Hogwarts Houses”
In the spirit of the Fourth of July, here are four of the most upstanding and independent literary characters of all time:
Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird: Despite Continue reading “Top 4 Independent and Inspirational Book Characters”
I was jamming to some music this morning but when this song came on it transported me straight into Macbeth:
About Lady Macbeth:
“I was a loner
I was just waiting by myself
When you, warped temptress
Rose to bring me happiness and wealth”
About Macbeth:
“You convince yourself that you want it, but you don’t know
You keep trying to wash the blood from your hands, but it won’t go”
If you liked this post, you might also enjoy Songs for Every Book: Romeo and Juliet, Funniest Macbeth Quote Ever, and Songs For Every Book: Ophelia From Hamlet.
It’s a tough call.
On the one hand, Gandalf has magic. On the other hand, Sherlock Holmes is a mastermind who understands situations and people better than anyone else. He might be able to outsmart Gandalf.
On yet another hand, Gandalf was able to see the big picture and notice the threat Saruman posed as well as Bilbo Baggins’s potential in the dwarves’ party, so perhaps he is Sherlock’s equal or better.
What do you think? Vote and share!
They had me at “Reader, I murdered him…”
I saw two posts mentioning this quirky book, “Jane Steele,” this afternoon while Continue reading “If Jane Eyre Were a Murderer…”
“Classical Music Stories” is a series where classical music is listened to as though it were a movie score to one of your favorite books.
Alfred Schnittke’s Piano Quartet
Jefferson Hope comes back to the camp after hunting only to Continue reading “Classical Music Stories: A Study In Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes)”
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“Every world in fiction is a mentality – a way of understanding, a means of making judgements, a catalogue of right and wrong. To build a world, we must build our characters.” —Neil MacDonald
I read this on author Neil MacDonald’s blog the other day and was struck by it. Between the two of us, we wondered what would happen if you put a literary character in another book’s setting. How would the setting itself be changed?
What if, for example, someone other than Rapunzel was trapped in that tower?
Here’s how I think the story and setting would change for five characters:
Continue reading “Bilbo Baggins in Rapunzel’s Tower (And Other Rapunzel Character Swaps)”
In the first part of this post, I revealed a way to imagine your favorite literary characters and stories in classical music. (Read about the idea here.)
As promised, here’s the story I imagined when I listened to the brief, one-minute long piece at the end of that post. (I put it in this post, too.)
Based on The Picture of Dorian Gray
Continue reading “How To Actually Enjoy Classical Music (For Book Lovers): The Story I Imagined”
If Mermaids Wore Suspenders 