Welcome to Interesting Literature, an online library of all that is most interesting and captivating about literature. Here you’ll find fun facts, interesting research into writers and their work, and blog posts which seek to capture the most fascinating facets of the literary world. So pull up a chair at this virtual library of literary wonder, and begin browsing!
About Interesting Literature
Interesting Literature was set up in 2012 by Dr Oliver Tearle, Lecturer in English at Loughborough University and freelance writer. It takes its cue from the likes of the classical author Plutarch, the seventeenth-century antiquarian John Aubrey, and the TV programme QI, among others.
The aim is simple: to uncover the little-known interesting facts about the world of books, and to shine a light on some of the more curious aspects of literature. Looked at in the right way, every novel, play, poem, short story, and author is interesting. We seek to make the study and discovery of literature a little more interesting by bringing only the most curious aspects of a writer and their work to readers, if only as a ‘way in’ to discovering that work.
In 2016, Interesting Literature also became a book, The Secret Library: A Book-Lovers’ Journey Through Curiosities of History
Unless otherwise stated, all posts are written by Dr Oliver Tearle.
The Impact of Interesting Literature
Since it was founded in 2012, this blog has attracted readers from all over the world. It has been featured or cited in, among others, The Guardian, the Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, Mental Floss, Psychology Today, and QI, and has been used by various schools and universities around the world. If you’ve found our articles useful at all, please do let us know by contacting us (either at the email address below or on Twitter).
We have over 25,000 subscribers and over 15 million visitors every year – five times as many as the Tower of London, albeit with less impressive buttresses.
Contacting Us
Please note we are not currently accepting offers of guest posts, so do not email us with a pitch; we don’t have time to respond at the moment, alas, but wish you luck with your writing and blogging endeavours.
If you have a query or would like to let us know that you’ve found this blog useful, you can get in touch via the contact page.
All articles © Oliver Tearle 2023 unless otherwise stated.
Thanks for the follow and like.
I like what you’re doing here so far and have followed (and will read your back posts shortly).
I have a feeling that I might use some of your posts as jumping off points on my own blog at some point (…and you might find a few things of interest in my archives).
All the best.
– Chris
Thanks – will certainly be following your blog with interest, thebettereditor!
Thanks for the follow and the like.
Looking forward to spending some time here perusing your posts; definitely a blog after my own heart.
Thanks
Ettie
Thanks Ettie :)
Thanks for the follow – loving the sound of a virtual library of literary wonder, especially one where I can pull up a chair, so I’ll definitely be sticking around to see more of your posts :)
Thanks! Please do pull up a chair, take the weight off your feet, and browse our literary shelves whenever you have a moment and the fancy takes you. You’re more than welcome!
Hey, I freaking love your blog, so I nominated you for the Super Sweet Blog Award! http://refutingtheintolerablystupid.wordpress.com/2012/12/22/the-super-sweet-blog-award/
Bless you and thank you! IL
You’re welcome!
What an excellent, intelligent site. Thank you for finding my writer site, which opens up this new reading experience at yours. :)
Thanks Joel. Loving your writing, especially the post about unfinished stories…
Thank *you*. I’ve linked your site on my blogroll because others should come here too.
Looks interesting. Good luck.
Thanks so much for the like and the follow of Bookshelf: for the intellectually curious. You have an absolutely brilliant blog — dispensing fascinating pearls about literature in well-written, informative short posts. Reading your blog is like browsing the stacks at a great library, like the Bodleian or the NYPL. Similar to my blog, Interesting Literature is all about making great literature accessible, highlighting its importance and value to culture, and how it is woven into the fabric of the world. Great literature is the DNA of humanity, defining who we were and who we are and what has shaped us. This is such a noble effort and look forward to reading future posts.
Thanks so much for such an eloquent endorsement of my blog, and such a passionate defence of literature itself. I’ve added you to my ‘Café’ page above as a recommended blog for my readers to visit. Look forward to reading more of yours!
Hey there. Thanks for the like and follow. When I have some time, I’ll do a bit of browsing.
Happy New Year!
Excellent, thanks! Loving your blog. I look forward to your future posts. Happy Twelfth Night! IL
Interesting Blog.
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Thank you! IL
:)
Thank you for following! Your blog is highly engaging!
Much appreciated! I’m enjoying your posts. Woolf is a frustrating writer at times, but a true original. Mrs Dalloway is one of my favourites.
Thank you! I hope I can explore more of her works in the future.
Hi! Thanks for the likes and the follow! Awesome blog!
Thank you! No problem, I’m loving your blog. I look forward to reading more of your blog shortly…
I, too, find your blog a wonderful idea and highly engaging. But I’d like to ask: what are your sources for all these interesting literary facts? Have you thought about ways to (probably unobtrusively) cite your sources? Best of luck to you!
That’s a fair point – coming from an academic background, I always try to ensure that information I repeat/disseminate on this website is supported in several publications such as books, articles, etc. rather than merely being drawn from websites which may not be factually accurate. It’d also help our readers to locate the information if they wish to learn more about anything we mention here. I’ll have to review this, and see if there is a way of making such information, as you say, available but unobtrusive. Thanks for your comment, which has got me thinking! IL
Great! I look forward to your ideas.
Hey there! Thanks for the like and the follow. I’m enjoying reading through some of your posts – you’ve got a really interesting blog here!
Thank you Suzanne! Much appreciated.Loving your blog – the title alone is worth some sort of blogger’s award!
Most excellant!
Thakyou for following my blog!! :)
Our pleasure! Although we’re a literary blog, we enjoyed your post on maths… IL
Thakyou once again! :)
Hi, thanks for the like and follow. You’ve created an excellet blog here and one that I’m sure I’ll be keeping an eye on in the future – the current post about unusual deaths is fascinating. Keep up the good work!!
Thanks, much appreciated! Am enjoying your blog a great deal. I too was inspired by Matthew Davis’s 2012 year of reading Dickens, and have made a reading resolution this year to read and record as many interesting details about literature as I can. So yes, do watch this space – more posts will be appearing soon! IL
Thanks for the follow and I’m happy to have found your blog. I’m looking forward to reading more and visiting when I can. Cheers!
My pleasure, Angela – when I found your blog I couldn’t stop reading it! Fantastic stuff. And thanks!
Thanks a lot for the follow and the like. By they way, I’ve been peeking at your titles and some of them look very interesting. I’ll be back later!
Thanks, and you’re quite welcome. Hope you enjoy our posts!
Thank you for following my blog, I’m finding yours quite captivating and look forward to reading more. Keep up the great work… john
Cheers John, much appreciated! And you’re welcome!
Thanks for the like and follow. This site seems really interesting. I look forward to seeing other posts, plan on reading the older ones soon. I will be back!
Thanks Bethanie, and we’re loving your blog! And we hope you enjoy what you find when you revisit our virtual library of literary fun…
Ahoy there
Thank you for having a look at my blog and deeming it interesting enough to follow :)
This looks like a grand spot for bookworms and word nerds so congregate – enjoying the posts so far!
Hope to see more soon and to be able to contribute to the inevitable and engaging discussions that follow.
Fair winds!
M
No problem, I love your blog. And I look forward to any comments/contributions you make here! Thanks!
Sounds like a great resource! I look forward to reading your posts :)
Thanks, Julie – much appreciated! IL
Hello. Thanks for following my blog and for the trail back to this site. It’s brilliant. I’m only sorry I didn’t find it in time to spread the little Christmas literary nuggets you have listed. I’ll stow them away for next year. Looking forward to see what else you come up with.
Thanks Nicole! I hope we can be of interesting literary service in future! Loving your blog by the way: I didn’t know about the Progress Theatre production of The Fifth Elephant. Superb!
I can almost guarantee you will be, the last entry was brilliant. Thank you. I’m glad you’re a fan. I hope to use it as a platform to announce some of these little nuggets of gold that some smaller theatres have programmed.
Thanks for the follow your love is much appreciated!
Thank you for following my blog, and I hope you find it of interest. I think I’ll be dropping by here when I’m on the hunt for texts for my work…
Howdy, thanks for the like and the follow. This looks like a great site shaping up, consider yourself followed… um.. back.
Hi there! I think your blog is super interesting, especially for English Literature student as myself. I’ll definitely be coming back soon! :)
Glad we can be of service! Thanks for the comment, much appreciated :)
Thanks for the like. This blog looks very interesting, will surely be back to check it out.
Thanks for being the first follower of musings of a redhead
Hey Interesting Literature,
Thanks for dropping by my book blog: it’s a pleasure to exchange books, views and ideas with fellow book-lovers!
I will do my best to continue reviewing interesting and diverse books, (as well as hunting down my favourite authors to meet and interview!)
http://www.doronklemer.wordpress.com
Excellent! Yes, keep up the sterling work! IL
Hi there, thanks for the like and follow! I’m looking forward to exploring your site further and getting inspired to choose upcoming novels for my “13 in ’13” Reading Challenge! Cheers,
You really live up to your name! I love literary trivia of all sorts! There’s something about literature that humbles you after you’ve read some: there’s so many more stories waiting to be explored and loved. Thanks for following my blog!
Thanks for the follow! :) So happy to see your blog too! It’s dripping with book-love that’s keeping me away from work! Hooray!
Thanks for the visit and the follow! Hope you enjoy La Maison!
Thanks for following my blog. Love this! Very interesting and distracting.
wow..thank you for following our blog..we are humbled to attract the attention of such a high brow sounding blog..or did you just google deep throat and find us..anyway thanks..we are honored.
Hello and thanks very much for finding the time to visit (and follow) my “beeseeker” blog. I am intrigued by your “space” here and will “mooch” around for a while.
Thanks for the follow and like!
Will definitely have to see what else you come up with! This looks rather interesting.
Thank you so much for the follow and liking my story. Your blog sounds really interesting and i can’t wait to read more posts.
Thanks for the follow! Looks like Interesting Literature is going to quickly be one of my favorites. Will definitely try to submit a guest blog in the near future!
Thanks for the like and the following. Your blog looks so interesting, and I will definitely read more posts when I am more awake!
Thanks for dropping by. Seeing your focus here, you may enjoy this. – tim d.
http://1606origins.wordpress.com
I’ve read or skimmed through most of your posts this morning…they’re all very interesting…I will be sure to pop by in the future. Also, thanks for stopping by WP and liking/following my most recent post.
Thank you for you’re like and for following my blog! I just started browsing yours, you’ve got some great stuff here. I especially liked the “fun facts” about well known books and the list of unusual author death.
Thank you for your like and i liked that quote from Wood Allen. I just finished reading The Idiot, and I think its about some Russians as well. Cheers mate!
Thanks for checking out my Blog I hope you have enjoyed it.
This is a great idea and I look forward to some inspirational reading about literature :)
Thanks for the like and follow. Keep those interesting literature facts coming!
Thanks for your like – I will follow your blog with interest. I often review books. If you ever want use a review as a guest blog, just ask. Steve
Thx for the like & follow. Your blog is full of interesting, revealing & inspiring literary facts. I have to admit though, it will take some patience on my part to read the posts, given the length & ‘intelligent’ info! Should be worth the attempt.
Thanks for the follow. I must say that your blog is also very interesting and right up my alley.
Hi,
Thank you for following Indifferent Ignorance!
-Francesca
Thank You for the follow and like.
Now this is a blog that requires (And is obviously getting) devotion and attention. Maybe I should learn a lesson.
Anyway, I’ll be coming back so keep posting!
Thanks, will do! Much appreciated…
Nice blog. Interesting literature indeed. Thank you for stopping by my entries on the world of Joshua Kirby.
Thank you for following penpublishpromote. (: If you need a manuscript edited, I am your girl! You have some interesting literature here. I plan to return often. (;
Thanks for following Wines and Wetlands! Your site looks interesting….will check it out.
Hi there. I love your work and just wanted to let you know, I’ve nominated your blog for The Very Inspiring Blogger Award. Your posts really interesting (if you’ll excuse the terrible pun), so keep ’em coming! I hope you’ll join in on the fun (: You can find the information here; http://wp.me/p34Y8r-3c
Hi! I was wondering, would you consider posting fiction? Or is it purely academic writing you’re looking for? Either way, i’d love to contribute!
Hey there–thanks for following That’s a Jenn Story. I’m honoured.
Hi. Tanks for visiting and following my blog! You have a very interesting site!
Hello! What a lovely amalgamation of lit related things all in one place. Thanks so much for checking out my blog and deciding to follow along!
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I like this site and will be back!
Hi. I have nominated you for the Sunshine Award. I hope that this is ok with you as I enjoy reading your blog and would like to show my appreciation. However, please do not feel obliged to accept it.
More details are here http://julianfroment.wordpress.com/2013/02/26/the-sunshine-award/
Thanks for liking and following my blog dianeprokop.com where it’s all about bookish pursuits!
Hey, thanks very much for the follow on Incommunication! I’ll be checking out your blog as well; looks great!
Thans for the visit and follow. I will be stalking you as well.- John
Thank you for liking my blog, and what a great find you are! I love literature, have a Masters in English from Florida State University (B.A. from San Francisco State U), and have tossed about the idea of going for a doctorate simply because I love to read and write :). If only your blog had been around when I was studying for my comps ;)
Thanks for stopping by and checking out my blog. And thank you for the follow! Looking forward to reading your blogs as well.
I have a topic suggestion; Works with many allusions or references.
Silverlock, by John Myers Myers, is one such novel. I committed literary suicide by writing a Florida version of Finnegans Wake. I kept the reading level low and made it more trivial, but this type book still has challenges. if Joyce had hyperlinks he may have gotten a following for Wake, but the modern reader is less patient. Pynchon may be the best model for success. I love your site and making a blog this professorial may help.
Oh, crap! Another unmissable blog for writers! Wouldn’t have found it if you hadn’t followed my own blog (“Belly-up!”), so thanks for the hours of procrastination. I’m supposed to be writing the sequel to my novel, but this blog is too interesting. And informative. And… and… vampires? Crap. I’ll be here all day.
Thank you for following my 19th century blog! I’m an early American specialist with interests in theater, so if you have any need for guest posts on either of those topics, I’d love to contribute.
thanks for visiting my blog and for following. I hope you continue to join me and enjoy the posts.
I’m not sure if you accept awards, but I nominated this site for the Illuminating Blogger award simply to share who I’m following. However, think of the Illuminated manuscript tie-in you could do…. Thanks for your work!
Thanks, very much appreciated!
I’m glad you stopped by my blog because that way I found yours, and I’m a huge fan of anything to do with literature. Looking forward to reading more.
I don’t know how you found my writings, but thank you very much for reading! I was just looking at your home page, and I was completely surprised that A Tale of Two Cities is the best-selling book in English. In fact, there were plenty of facts on your home page that I had no idea about. Thanks for providing such gems; I am a sucker for trivia!
Hi, I’ve nominated you for the Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award –
http://gabriellaswerling.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/my-nomination-for-sisterhood-of-the-world-bloggers-award/
Saying Thanks – http://meanderingwpurpose.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/affirmed
Hi!
Thank you for following my blog. :D I’m really happy you found me so that I can enjoy the various posts about books and writers you have here. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for following icareinmerida.wordpress.com. I will be sure to be keeping up with yours given the content and style I see here.
Hello! Thank you for following me. I love finding other blogs that talk about literature, so I’m super excited to read your posts!
Hey! Thanks for the follow. I’ve been trying to get into reading great literary works whenever I have the time, and it’s great that I have something to guide me and help me pick out things I’ll be interested in.
I just wanted to point out that you guys don’t have a search engine on your site, and I think it’ll come in handy if you had one because I wanted to see if you wrote an article on a writer/scientist named David Eagleman (I’d love to know what you think of him, I recommend his short story Descent of Species) but I didn’t know where to start.
Looking forward to your next update!
Thank you for following my blog, Brainstorms: How Epilepsy and Writing Connect (maggiemendus.wordpress.com). Your blog is fascinating and I’ll be back to read more….and more.
Thank you for following my blog. Not a lot of content yet, I’m still fine tuning the theme. But after that… lots of content.
Thanks for stopping by my blog :)
Hi! Thank you for visiting and following my blog. I look forward to reading more of yours.
Thanks for the follow! I’ll be checking in with you!
Thanks for following my blog. I’ve only just started but lots to add over the next few weeks. My daughter keeps asking me to look after her daughter (2yo) and I can’t take my eyes of her. Not just because she’s beautiful, either.
Well, thank you for liking and following simonsometimessays! I’m off to look round your blog now – I already like what I’ve seen so far! All the best.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog and being interested enough to follow me. I’m grateful you found me, because, in turn, I found you.
Thank you for reading my blog and following. I hope you keep reading my blog and I’m sure to keep returning to yours. All the best!
Thank you so much for the follow! Thus I was able to find your blog as well, and this is exactly what I need. I feel from this moment on I will continually be pushing my glasses up my nose.
Thank you for reading my blog and following – glad you found it interesting. I’ve started following you on twitter. As an aside, I’m a member of the JB Priestley Society (http://www.jbpriestley.co.uk/JBP/Home.html) and will forward your details to members as some may want to contribute to this site.
Thanks Annie, much appreciated! Please do…
Thank you for following my blog.
Many thanks for finding and following dragonshades. I love a good read and you have lots of really interesting articles – I’ll be back!
Thanks for dropping by my blog theionexchange.wordpress.com :) I’ll be back to check out yours!
Hey! Thanks for stopping by and following my little blog! I’ve returned the favour because I like what you’re doing here! Cheers mate!! :-D
What a great model your blog is for newbies like me! Thanks for following Devoted Legions!
Great idea for a blog, I look forward to reading more!
Impressive site!
Lovely site, glad you liked one of my blogs, thats why I found you, will be following cos its great.
I like the idea behind this blog. Thanks also for like and follow on my blog :-)
Thank you for the follow and the like, you certainly have a fascinating blog.
What a superb blog! I’ll certainly follow this and check out your Facebook too!
Fun! I love your blog – will pop over to Facebook, too. Lots of great material to keep my up late clicking around!
Thanks for visiting and following my blog.
Hello, my friend, I love your blog!You have a nice blog up here. Well done! :-) Keep writing, all with love, and surely you will become another light in the heart of humanity. I am gladly following your blog because I am sure there will be many things I can learn from you about literature.
Here, I would like to kindly thank you for following my blog. That is very kind of you. It is my mission to serve humanity through the written word. It is my aim to illuminate the World with my Light of Love. To do so, I write inspirational poetry and short stories and post them every Thursday. Please feel free to visit if you feel like inspiration. Take care and may the Light of Love perpetually shine in your heart, my friend. ♥
Looks like a great site. Hope to see more.
Thanks for the follow on my blog site. Your site is most interesting. I’ll follow you on FB also.
I love anything to do with books, Your site is very interesting and informative therefore I have just nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award. Go here http://wolfangel43.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/the-very-inspiring-blogger-award-2/ to read the official rules of acceptance. It’s alright if you can’t!!
Why thank you Tracey, much appreciated!
You are very welcome!!!
Great blog!
Thank you for commenting on my blog and Happy World Book Day!
thanks for dropping by! Great work here! :D
Hello, thank you for following my blog. And I follow yours now. Such an enlightment. I’ve been searching for this kind of blog that offers rich information about literature, classic or modern. I love your blog. Look forward to see your posts. Thanks.
Thanks, and glad to be of service!
Thank you for dropping by and following Malcolm’s Corner.
What a wonderful blog! I am now following. I especially like the Quotes post.
Hi
I have nominated you for the sunshine award as I enjoy your blog on a regular basis. I do not know if you accept awards, but I very much hope that you will. I will not be offended if you do not though.
For the rules see my post http://julianfroment.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/another-sunshine-award/
Congratulations.
Julian
Thanks, Julian!
It’s a pleasure. I enjoy visiting your blog.
Many thanks for following my blog and liking the posts so far. It is great to see your wonderful blog and the purpose behind it is refreshing and much needed. All the best.
Ooh, I recognised your format being used here by Tom Chatfield in The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/17/tom-chatfield-top-10-internet-neologisms
As interesting as yours always are!
Your LIKE and follow of my blog http://www.judythewriter.wordpress.com led me to your blog and I’m delighted to find you. Thanks.
Guess what.. I’ve nominated you for a Liebster award! Yay!
Follow my link to get all the instructions and what not.
And keep up the good work! :) All the best.
http://helenarollason.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/for-the-love-of-liebster/
Thanks for following my book blog. I think Interesting Literature is a great site and will look forward to reading more posts here in the future!
Thanks for the follow.
Thanks for liking & following my blog, really appreciate! ;-)
Hello! I nominated you for the Super Sweet Blog Award here: http://spilledxink.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/super-sweet-blog-award/ :)
I love it! You have such a great site (:
Thanks for following my blog! I’m looking forward to reading more from you, and hope you will find some useful articles and book reviews from me as well!
Thanks for the visit. Your blog will help me in my search for good books. Thanks again.
Awesome site! I’m always looking for new books and book reviews! Thanks for following my blog! :)
Love this! What a great idea for a blog.
This is indeed an amazing site; I’ve forwarded your url to colleagues still teaching undergraduates. Thank you for the “like” and the “follow.” I am returning the compliment.
I’ve been looking for something like this, thanks! I recently wrote a post about how much I love books; I have a feeling you understand! :)
Thanks for following my blog. I hadn’t heard of you before, so it’s great to find something new.
Thanks so much for the “like” on our emmebooks blog! We came over to see what you were up to and love your blog! Following now.
Thanks for following my blog. Looking forward to following yours as well–so many interesting posts to read here.
Thank you for visiting and following WoollyMuses blog
Thank you for the like and follow on Emma’s English Kitchen. Will follow your blog here as well.
Hey, I’d love to contribute a guest blog post sometime. Do I have to do it regularly, or is it just a one-time thing?
Thanks for the follow, by the way! Awesome blog!
Hi! Thank you for visiting and following my blog, I very much appreciate it.
I love this site, its very interesting. Good luck with everything!
Lorna xx
Thanks for the follow
All the best
JD
Thank you so much for liking my ‘Wondrous Strange’ post and for deciding to follow along. Your blog is terrific; I clicked the ‘Follow’ button with pleasure! JDB
Thanks for the follow. I love your blog and am looking forward to following it!
Thank you for the like and follow on MARCO-DAVID | FOOD . will keep popping in to see your interesting facts! MD
Your blog is definitely full of interestingness. And so pretty! If you ever do a guest poetry post, I would love to participate.
Thank you for visiting and following my blog.
Best,
Ana
http://www.thedrugstorenotebook.com
Thanks for your like of Titus Andronicus and for following my blog. This is a really interesting blog which I’ll be coming back to again. I love your style and the information you put together – gives me new insights, which is the thing I love the most. Happy blogging!
Thanks for the like and follow… I would like to look into following through for your guest blogging. Again thank you and I appreciate your literary blog, done so nicely.
Thanks for liking my posts and following my blog. I love the information that you’re sharing here! I’m a dedicated new follower! :)
What a lovely virtual library you have here to wander through and collect all manner of interestingness along the way. I suspect Holmes himself would appreciate such considered sleuthing.
This makes a refreshing change from some of the sites I have visited lately.
Less whimsical by far.
I am glad to see a good literary blog that offers such interesting information in such a neat organization as yours. Thanks for wandering through my blog and finding something to appreciate. :)
You have an interesting blog. I shall have to explore it more.
Thank you for choosing to follow one of my blogs. I hope you continue to enjoy the posts.
Thanks for the follow and the likes. Following back as your blog looks intriguing!
Thank you for liking Imogen and the Jellicle Cats on Cadmium Diamond Dreams You have a great blog!
Thanks for following my blog!
Thank you for following my blog, OneQualitytheFinest.com. I hope you’ll find plenty to interest you.
Thank you for following my blog, you would enjoy the book I am sure.
Fantastic blog! I wouldn’t have ‘seen’ you unless you had liked my post, so thank you for reading it. Thank you for the ‘follow’ too – you are my 100th follower!! ;) Looking forward to reading your archive and future posts.
Hi. Great blog! Thanks for visiting my blog and liking my post and following!
Thank you for attending the semicircadian wonder-circus that is syntaxsinner. There will be six golden tickets sent out in Wonka bars, and, should you obtain one, you will win a tour of the illustrious brain of- nah, I’m just kidding. But I’ve noticed you have been reading and its appreciated, InterestingLiterature! :-D
Hi! Thank you for following my blog. I’ll be sure to look around. :)
Hello, thank you for following my blog. :) Yours is wonderful!
Recently I posted about setting goals and one of these goals I would like to try is to read other genres besides the easy reads like paranomal, romance, mysteries, self help you get the point. So now that I have found your delightful blog I am pretty sure that I could dive into more meaningful and challenging literature. I am looking forward to your suggestions and reviews. My gratitude is yours, Allie.
Thank you for following my blog and liking my book reviews. Funny your blog mentioned Richard III because I just started re-reading it. Not actually discontented as I have a number of other books I have just started reading that may end up being reviewed.
Non-fiction: Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs and Steel
Palle Yourgrau’s The Forgotten Legacy of Godel and Einstein
Fiction:
Comment was inadvertently sent before I finished the fiction books that I am reading and that will likely be reviewed on my blog.
Fiction: Caleb Carr’s The Alienist
Regina O’Melveney’s The Book of Madness and Cures
Thank you for following my blog. I hope to learn/come across interesting trivia on yours. I love trivia!
your blog is very cool! and thanks for following mine:)
Thanks for following before the second sleep. :-) I hope we both will find much more in future to enjoy. :-)
Hullo, thanks for following my blog, Novels Now. I set it up when I sold Mariah’s Marriage as it’s a novel and I had been writing drama and short stories. Although I write to entertain, I do have an Eng Lit and Lang degree and I see your blog is going to provide me with a lot of interesting Eng Lit type stuff. Looks like fun. Anne Stenhouse
I have nominated you for the “Very Inspiring Blog Award”. See the nominations post and the rules, to decide whether you would like to accept and pass on the award: http://zeesouthcombe.com/2013/07/06/inspiring-blog-award/
Hey Interesting Literature, thanks for following Do Not Mess The Monkey!
Thank U for visiting my blog. I hope you will review my book. :)
Congratulations!
I have nominated your blog for the Most Influential Blogger Award.
More on this nomination is at
http://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/most-influential-blogger-award-thank-you-tazein/
Hello Interesting Literature folks! I’ve given you the Very Inspiring Blogger Award because you have lifted my spirits and given me awareness of things that I wouldn’t have found otherwise. It is wonderful to find intelligent and well researched commentary online. I hope you will consider this a big thank you and pay it forward to a blog that has been an inspiration to you. If you aren’t into this sort of thing, then just know that someone out here admires your work.
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Yours,
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Thanks for the follow of my blog BaxtersBookNook, Interesting Literature! Looking forward to learning some new facts!
Thanks for visiting my blog, All The Worlds A Stage Uncovered. I see that James Joyce is part of your repertoire and I do have extensive experience in adapting sections of the work into theatre. When I have collected my thoughts from this trip, I would like to contribute to your most interesting library. I really respect your effort and commitment.
Great blog! I’m looking forward to learning more interesting literature tidbits.
Thanks for following my blog! Yours is fascinating.
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Your blog is very interesting. I love getting into some good literature and looking forward to viewing more of your posts. Thanks for the follow on my blog.
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Hello there! Thank you very much for following my blog. It means a lot to me. Keep inspiring others through blogging! Kudos! :-)
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Interesting site you have here. Thank you for following my blog……..I have reciprocated! Will look forward to reading more of yours and hope you visit mine, too!
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Hi, thanks for introducing yourselves by following our site. As others have aptly stated, yours is quite unique and interesting, and we look forward to exploring it further! We definitely share your love of literature in general and writers in particular. http://raxacollective.wordpress.com/2012/07/21/113-hemingway/
We also invite you to visit the RAXA Collective facebook page to see what else we’re doing. See you there!
Thank you for helping me find your outstanding contribution to literature. I wrote my thesis about William Blake 40 years ago. The Internet and sites like yours would have been an outstanding help. I would love to contribute an article to your site; and I would like for you to contribute an article to mine–about William Blake, Childhood and the Impressionists, the Way, etc.
Thanks for following my blog – happy to reciprocate!
Thank you for following my blog! I will be keeping up with your latest posts on facebook and twitter.
Thanks for finding and following my blog; it’s much appreciated. This is a wonderful site featuring lots of my favorite authors and topics. Looking forward to reading more!
Great blog. Thanks for taking a look at art and ideas.
Thank you for reading my blog. You have a fantastic blog here. I’ll certainly keep up with it.
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Thanks for the like :)
Thanks for following allonymbooks.com. Really interesting site you have here. From a scholarly point of view, you might be interested in the discussions circulating through the Magical Realism Blog Hop this week about defining the genre and so on. Links from one of our contributions (http://wp.me/p2phbU-cz) or from the home of the blog hop (http://magic-realism-books.blogspot.cz/p/blog-page_11.html)
Thank you for following my blog. It’s a great stash of literariness you have here!
Thank you for following The Noah Project. Am a big fan of literature and am following you as well.
Thank You for following Pearl St. Gallery. I love Sherlock !!
Thanks for stopping by my blog – I’m glad to have discovered you! I’m an art historian in whose work literature plays a significant part, so if you’d ever like a ‘guest blog’ contribution (I’m a 19th-century specialist – French and English) I’d like to contribute.
Great site! Thank you for stopping by: http://www.oliviakiernan.wordpress.com
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Welcome to “Swords, Specters, & Stuff.” I hope you continue to enjoy it.
Thanks for visiting and following. I’ve never seen ‘Interesting Literature’ but it is right up my street! :D
This is a super interesting blog! Thanks for visiting Homeflair:)
Thank you for your interest in In the Garden of Fragrance by Euart Ramsay. And best of luck with this interesting InterestingLit site! Euart
Thanks for the “like” of my Farewell, My Lovely post and for following “What I Watched Last Night…” I must admit I’m a little surprised to have friends of literature reading my movie reviews, but I’m nonetheless flattered by the attention.
Thanks for visiting Cinemagus! I’m looking forward to perusing your blog. If you ever want someone to write about medieval lit, let me know.
Thank you for continuing to read Euart Ramsay!
Thanks for stopping by my blog John Greco Photography – Watching Shadows on the Walls! I am glad you found me because it led to my own discovery of your place.
I nominated you for a Liebster Award!
Thank you for taking time to follow my blog, and leading me back here. :) Fascinating stuff.
Thanks for following my blog. As an undergraduate classicist and lover of literature, I find your interestingness very interesting, and I am interested. I’ll be back.
Hello. What a great site. I would love to know if this is a custom layout or which template you chose. I just started an author blog, and this layout would work much better than what I’ve begun. Thank you for your time and thank you for following my blog.
They’re using the “Ideation and Intent Theme”. Sadly, I can’t find a way to post links here. Oh and hey, that theme’s free to use :)
Sorry for late reply. Yes, ‘Ideation and intent’ is the theme, and it’s free to use and should be among the list of available themes. I’d thoroughly recommend it – no customising is necessary as you can give your blog an individual feel without having to pay (as you do with others) :)
Thank you for visiting and following my blog “Musings of a Horse Mom.” Don’t know how literary it is, but glad you enjoy it enough to follow. … Looking forward to snooping around your domain too. :-)
Thank you for following my blog Tsundoku Reviews! I look forward to reading your blog as well!
As a lover of literature, and being a poet and writer, I’m glad to be here and go exploring. Thank your for visiting and following my blog Deep Souldiving.
Thanks for “liking” my blog on Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. I am enjoying browsing through your pages!
Thanks for liking my book review on Villette! Your blog is awesome!
your blog amazes me! i have an english lit BA and psychology MA and always hoped that one day i’d be able to combine the two, specifically mental health in literary characters/authors. anyway, LOVE LOVE your blog. will be following diligently.
Thank you for stopping by my blog as it led me to this interesting site. I’m in writing school with Jack Grapes Method Writing in Los Angeles and am having a great time exploring and experiencing writing so appreciate finding other writers.
Thank you kindly for the “like” of my blog post on Tales for Life! This blog appears fascinating and informative–I enjoyed the browse and will return as I hope you will mine, as well!
Hi there, just popping by to say hello, and to let you know that we have a new site – http://www.dagdapublishing.co.uk
If you want to receive future updates and poetry by new writers from us, please head to the new site, and click “Follow this blog” (You can do so by just liking a post in our blog (which is where the poetry is residing now), which then gives you the option to follow). We look forward to seeing you over there, and thank you for your support over the last year and a half. Here’s to the next chapter :)
– Dagda Publishing
Thank-you for being part of my blogging community; I just nominated you for the Liebster Award! Please visit http://savurbks.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/liebster-award/ to learn more.
Thank you for visiting & following my blog about London – Londonunveiled.com – i appreciate it, Ian.
Wow, the research on your blog is very singular. I’m not an English or a history major, though I really, really wish I could be, and this blog proves once again that the two are intertwined. Stories? Society? They are all one!
I look forward to reading more–and reading back–and I am grateful you stopped by to follow! (And just in case you are interested, I’ve got a book blog dedicated solely to a love of all things literary at Bookish Types.)
Superb! Just followed your Bookish Types blog, which looks fantastic. A ‘scrapbook’ is a great way to formulate a blog! It’s a great forum for throwing in odds and ends from reading and random thoughts about books :)
What a great site! I look forward to exploring it Thanks for following me at lostintheshelves.wordpress.com.
Thank you so much for joining us at wePoets, it’s much appreciated. :)
Glad you liked the North and South post enough to like it! Yours looks a thoroughly interesting site as well – going to poke around a bit! :)
Thanks for following my blog! I’m also glad that it allowed me to find yours. This looks like a fantastic literary blog and as a huge book nerd, I’m hoping to learn a lot from it :)
Awesome website. I look forward to learning these great little tidbits of facts. Good work to your whole team.
Thanks for following! As a book junkie I look forward to reading more from you.
Thanks for following. Great site here.
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Thank you for following my blog. I have returned the favor and look forward to reading more of your posts.
I just wanted to let you know I nominated you for the Shine On Award. You can find out more here: http://lovetoread8.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/shine-on-award/
Hey! You dropped by my blog today, so I thought I’d return the favor! Thanks for the follow!
Thank you for dropping by and following my blog. You have a great site here.
Thank you for reading my blog. Good to be in touch with readers the world over. Best wishes
Hi. What an interesting blog – I’ll be following! Thanks for the follow on ‘And a poem on the side’ and on Twitter. :-)
Hey thanks for following me :) I’ll be back…
Thank you very much for following me and stopping by my blog: http://juandavidpoetry.wordpress.com/
I find your site very interesting. I am not a PhD. professional, but rather a college student with a Literature degree, aspiring writer and journalist, who loves literature and grammar. If you’d ever like for me to contribute to your blog don’t hesitate to contact me or if you would like to post one of my posts in your blog or a link to my blog, feel free to contact me and I’d be more than happy to consent. Thank you! :) I shall include a link to your site on my blogroll.
Hello! I see you like my Ten Reasons Why I Blog. Someday I’ll put together Ten (or Five, I’m not sure how many yet) Reasons why I want to write a book. Or maybe X Reasons Why I Like to Read.
Thanks for following. I appreciate your interest and I hope I can sustain it over time.
Thank you for the follow! Lovely blog with lovely commentary that I am going to definitely read through! <3
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Thank you for following my blog, really kind of you!
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Thanks for following D’Artagnan! Since I’m having great fun messing around with literature and famous characters, this blog is a dream come true! My literary knowledge can only improve :)
Just wanted to add my thanks to a long list of followers for your recent decision to follow Learning from Dogs. Much appreciated.
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I thank you for a like of a post on my blog and I am glad to be following you!
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I really enjoyed my visit here. Thank you for following my blog! Best wishes, Zainab
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I have nominated this wonderful blog for the One Lovely Blog Award, please see my post here
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Greetings from Jamaica! Thanks so much for following my blog. I am going to do likewise… Did you see the book reviews on my blog, too?
Thank you so much for stopping by my blog. I am so happy that I discovered yours. I’m now happily following you.
Does my Alumni university library card count in terms of affiliation? Just kidding…I’m flattered by having you follow my blog, and glad that I’ve now found yours.
Thank you so much for being the first follower of my humble blog, Using Her Words! Yours looks great so far, and I can’t wait to explore all of this literary information!
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Wow! This blog looks very interesting! I’ll be visiting it often! :)
Thank you so much for helping me find this blog. You had me at “interestingness.” I will be following you as well. Can’t take the time to read back posts until NaNoWriMo is over, but I’ll be back!
Have you entered the UK Blog awards? There is an education category. Sue
I’m that guy who did that thing. One of your guys found that thing, then liked said thing, and so here we are.
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Hi there! I have nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award because I really like reading the posts on your blog! You can see more here: http://criticaldan4th.wordpress.com/2013/11/28/im-blogging-in-a-versatile-way/
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This blog is spectacular! Thanks for the follow, too!
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Hope you enjoy reading my poems.
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Thanks for liking one of my posts and for the follow : )
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I have nominated you for the Inner Peace and Sunshine Award. Please visit my site to get the details. I hope you will accept these awards and pass them on to others. Peace! http://talesalongtheway.com/2013/12/01/sunshine-award-and-inner-peace-award/
Great to find your blog (through you finding me! — Social networks WORK!) Looking forward to keeping an eye on your news! Thanks for the follow.
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Hello there and thanks for being a follower of The Cabra Senior Library Blog this year. We are proud to announce that we have been shortlisted as a finalist in the Best Library/Librarian category of the 2013 Edublog Awards.
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Thank you so much for the follow!!! Your blog looks amazing, and I look forward to perusing it. :)
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Thank you for following my blog. Such an honor, especially since I write for young readers. I look forward to reading your posts!
Thank you for following Stephanie Huesler. I love your quotes – and just about everything else on your site! Would you be interested / willing to write an interview with me, about my recently released novel, and the one released earlier this year? It would be great to network with you in that way! Just let me know what you think about it! Keep writing!
Thanks for the visit to my blog – and for connecting over “A Christmas Carol” at this auspicious and festive season of the year. Merry Christmas and joyous New Year to you and your lovely blog!
Thank you for following my blog! It was a nice Christmas present.
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Thank you for following me at Triggershorse. I love your blog, and shall enjoy returning again and again. – Fawn
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Thank you for following Petals Unfolding. May your life be enriched by the words and photos I post. My goal is to uplift, encourage, make one think, bring Love and Peace and JOY into this world, and to show that being different is not a “bad thing”.
Welcome aboard! And again, thank you!
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I have to say, this blog is appropriately named. Love it! :)
Hi Oliver, As a way of saying thanks for supporting me in 2013 by following and reading my writing blog, I’d like to nominate you for the Dragon’s Loyalty Award.
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Many thanks, and Happy 2014!
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Hi Oliver. Thank you for following my blog. Given that I write about animal activism I can only assume that you too care about animal welfare? There are many other topics that interest me so I look forward to reading your future posts. All the best.
Hi Oliver. Thanks so much for following my blog: Words and Wanderings. Your blog is fantastic — just the kind of blog I like to read! I look forward to reading more of it.
Thanks for the follow, and long live libraries!
Thanks for following my blog. Yours has piqued my interest as well!
Thank you for the follow. Your blog looks like an absolute mine of information!
Wow, a blog on one of my favorite things in the world: books!
Thanks for following my blog, btw.
Thank you for following my blog. Libraries are one of my most favourite places to be! :-)
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As a way of saying thanks for supporting me in 2013 by following and reading my writing blog, I’d like to nominate you for the Dragon’s Loyalty Award. Please click below to read more about the award:-
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Many thanks, and Happy 2014!
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Thanks for following my blog, I am currently researching the historical and literary background of people living on the edge of society in ‘alternative homes’ Any literary references would be welcome.
Oh wow thanks for following my blog :) Taking a look at your blog, it’s truly an honour.
I like to write the occasional literary discussion.
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Thank you for liking my post and following my blog! You have a fantastic site here that I can’t wait to explore. Thanks again!
This is just the sot of site that I love! So many great things to look through here.
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I appreciate you stopping by my blog and following – looking forward to digging around here and finding some of your treasures.
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Thank you so very much for following my blog and liking my post (Doubt). Please come again!
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Am I so thrilled! I love books! :-)
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Hey! Thanks very much for the follow & for liking my blog! I love your blog & will be stopping by regularly, I am sure!
I feel like I will be spending a lot of time on this blog (drunk or sober) :)! Oh goody :)!
Thank you so much for following my blog! I look forward to what comes next for your amazing blog! :-)
You have been nominated for the Liebster Award! :) Have a great day!! http://aprillwood.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/monday-musings-a-well-read-woman-has-been-nominated-for-yet-another-liebster-award/
Hey, thanks for the like. Also, what a superbly written blog you have. Great read. I would certainly be interested in discussing a ‘guest post’ with you? Can we talk? stevendaviscbs@hotmail.co.uk Look forward to speaking with you soon. Steve :-)
Thanks so much for the follow. As a new novelist, sometimes poet, and story-teller, I feel honored by it.
Peace,
Jan
Great information! So much I don’t know where to start ;=) I’m a part of a book club so I will be back soon… perhaps I can find something good to add to the club. Thanks for sharing.
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Lovely site you have here! Thank you for signing up to follow my blog! I hope that you will enjoy my posts! ^..^ B
Hi! Thanks a ton for following my “Randa Lane…” haiku blog. Your own blog is so jam-packed with, as you call it, “interestingness” that I am now following it with delight! Drop in to read and comment on my haiku any time you wish. I’ll leave a light on for you!
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First off, thank you for stopping by my blog, Localista, partly because it is always gratifying when new people show up and like something and mostly because…it led me to YOUR blog which I am going to love exploring. I’ve actually been reading Ethan Frome the last couple of weeks. I’ve been dipping into Wharton just a few pages at a time, savoring it, because I just love the pace and the observations and the characters and the irony. I will definitely read the current post about Wharton with pleasure.
Great blog, thank you for the like on my word game blog post =))
Hello ad welcome – thanks for deciding to follow my blog – I obviously will need to follow you as you have some really great things about literature… btw – I work opp Baker Street and get very annoyed by all the tourists who stop to photograph a. the tiles within the station and b. the statue outside of Sherlock Holmes as I am trying to commute… especially as the pavement is narrow there! That said, we are loving the Cumberbatch interpretation!
Love your blog, thanks for fallowing.
Your site is amazing! Thank you also for visiting and following my blog.
Great site. Thanks for the follow. :) Shirley
This is such a go-to blog for writers! I love it :-D
Have you done posts on C.S. Lewis? He’s my absolute favorite.
Thanks for the follow!
Thank you for visiting my blog. I really like yours – some very interesting stuff on here!
Thank you so much for visiting and following my blog. You have a very ‘interesting’ blog yourself that I feel I will enjoy reading a lot. I will check up on your posts soon. Have a great Sunday! :)
Very kind of you. Thank you for lowering your bar for me and my messy writing.
Thanks for the follow on my little blog. I’ll be back!
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Thanks for the follow. You’ve got a really cool blog here and I look forward to reading your posts.
I love the recent quotes that you’ve uploaded! They’re so thought-provoking and inspiring. Thank you for sharing with us these amazing good reads as well. I absolutely love a dose of literature, but my language in that is pretty limited. It’s a shame, really. Otherwise, I’d have taken up literature!! Oh well, I hope to learn more about literature from your blog. Thank you so much for the follow & I’m looking forward to see more of your recommendations and works!! :) x
Glad you liked my review of Lydia Millet’s novel “Magnificence”. I will soon finish Anne Enright’s short story collection “Yesterday’s Weather”. The pantheon of accomplished Irish writers seems infinite. I liked your post about St. Valentine’s Day. I will not show it to my wife, because I think I have finally convinced her that it is a Hallmark holiday.
Hi, I wanted to thank you for the follow! Please be aware that my blog is a bilingual one. So you may get links to some poems in English as well as to some in Italian… Pictures, on the other hand, have no language barriers ;-)
Keep up the good work, you’ve got a great interesting site here.
Anna
Thanks for following my blog Muse-ings! Your blog is interesting and I am looking forward to perusing it more closely…
I just wanted you to know that I nominated you for an award here – http://annarosemeeds.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/awards-galore-and-what-to-do-with-awards/
Happy International Women’s Day 2014
Thank you for following my blog and allowing me to come across your site. I really enjoy history and learning new things about the past, future and present so thank you, thank you for your posts with your insight, knowledge and offering to share it! :)
My goodness. Thank you for temporarily lowering your brow in order to Follow my blog The Last Half! I’m just going to stay quietly down here in its… (hang on…one can’t say “murky depths” if the blog is by nature shallow…) …quietly down here in its shallow slough, posting sporadically as I is my wont, and hope you don’t suddenly awaken and reverse your decision.
(and she silently crept away.)
Hi!
I’ve nominated you for the Liebster Blog Awards because I really enjoy reading your blog. To redeem your award check out my post :)
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Hello there, Doctor!
Thanks for visiting / following my blog as well. I’m brand new to this game, so any insights would be appreciated.
Very much enjoyed your “quickies.”
Steve
Hi there! thanks for the follow. your page is amazing! i really look forward to sifting through the gems! hope i can tear myself away today lol.
Thanks for dropping by and following.
Thank you for following my blog!
You had me at Literature, but then I read the articles and now I am obsessed. Thank you for writing. :)
Thanks for following my blog. I’m so pleased you liked it. As you will see, my storytelling covers a great variety of interests. I really like what I am seeing on your site.
It is very nice to meet you.
Great blog! Thanks for following mine!
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Thanks for following geokult-travel.com – much appreciated. Your blog looks really interesting and now following back :-)
Cheers
Tracey
Thank you so much for visiting my blog! :)
I feel so honoured, and really appreciate the support. ^-^
Thank you, again.
– Rain <3
Great site. Thanks for your support to Poemattic. Look forward to future posts. Peace, Melba
Sounds great! I’ll read more carefully when I get back to your blog. I may be able to critique some books if you are still open to guest posts?
You can see my reviews on goodreads on my blog. ;-)
Thanks for visiting my blog, and for the follow. I’ll certainly reciprocate – your blog looks fascinating.
Hey! Thanks for the like and follow. I cannot wait to explore your blog. It looks fantastic.
I love this blog so much, it inspires me to work hard on my own blog. I look forward to reading more.
Thank you for the Follow of my Blog. I just Followed you on Twitter. :)
Thanks for the follow :) Just to let you know, I’m happy to take requests for poetry/literature analysis if you’re interested. Love the blog, looking forward to looking around more. CC x
Thanks for the like and follow. You have such a good blog here – my only fear is I’ll spend more time on yours than I will on my
own!
Very interesting blog. I’m going to go explore now. Thank you for stopping by my blog and I hope to see you soon again.
Thank you for stopping by my blog! You have so many interesting posts; I can’t wait to read all of them!
This is a book-lover’s paradise. Thank you for ‘liking’ my post and following me, so I could find you. This will be a great source and resource. Thank you for the hard work you put into all your writing.
I want to say a belated “thank you” for following “A Way With Words.” I find great joy in writing that is only surpassed when someone reads what I’ve written. As you’ll see, I write primarily about faith and mental illness, but I’m known to cover other topics on occasion as well as share a few stories (fiction and non-fiction), so if you have any suggestions, just let me know.
I greatly appreciate your effort to highlight quality literature on your blog here. I look forward to reading more in the days ahead.
Gratefully,
Tony Roberts
Hi. I’m very interested in guest blogging and getting out there for other people.
Thanks for visiting and following my blog. It’s always interesting to know writers’ inspiration and motivation, and the story behind the story.
Nice blog!
This has been a long time coming, but: thanks so much for following my blog. Your own web site is amazing. I think I could spend forever here. Completely addictive stuff! I’m humbled.
Hi. I really like your blog and have nominated you for a Liebster Award. If you follow this link, you can find out more.
http://theplight2write.com/2014/11/30/the-liebster-award/
Hi Oliver, I think your site’s got beautiful design and such interesting pieces, so I’m following! :)
I really enjoy your posts and look forward to your next.
Feel free to check out my writing about publishing: publishinginsights.org
Sherry
This site is awesome, love the content! Please keep it up and drop by my blog if you have a chance. Would love to know what you think of my book reviews (not many yet), as I’d be very interested in contributing at some point in the near future. Might get an email from me soon. Cheers!
Firstly, thank you for your “Like” of my post on A Confederacy of Dunces, and your follow of “Crumpled Paper Cranes”. That was my first time particularly posting anything on an actual book. It has encouraged me to write more. I love your website, the informative and entertaining posts, as well as multiple opportunities you offer to get involved. I look forward to more posts from Interesting Literature!
Carson McCullers a possibility?
Your site is so engaging that I find I must force myself to leave it to get to my chores for the day. Thanks so much for such entertaining reading!
I’ve tried to email address given but it won’t go!!!
I have learned and remembered so much, thanks to your interesting posts! That is why I’ve nominated you for the Sunshine Blogger Award https://iwouldratherread.wordpress.com/2016/01/29/sunshine-blogger-award/ :)
Thank you! :)
Fascinating and clever.
Dr. Tearle: thank you for what you’re doing. Unlike criticism technicians whose principal aim it is to reduce literature to a manageable raw material, you clearly understand that the life of books has always thrived on gossip. Thank you again.
Congratulations!
I have nominated your blog for the Blogger Recognition Award.
More about this nomination is at
https://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/2016/07/04/blogger-recognition-award-thanks-sahana/
It’s refreshing to come across a site which champions, inter alia, ghostly and supernatural tales with an appreciation of the terrors lurking in the imagination, where gore and blunt force sit way back in the auditorium.
It’s quite interesting to know intriguing stories about your favourite author.Reades are always curious to know what prompted these writeres to write stories and novels.
Excellent article, i did read it two times so sorry for that, i’ve passed it on to my associates, so confidently they will get pleasure from it
as well.
I’ve followed Interesting Literature since I strated my blog two years ago and have read and loved so many of the posts. So much on here that’s little known or unusual, intriguing or just plain odd. I’m not surprised QI was part of your inspiration – your site is the literary equivalent.
Thanks so much for the follow – it’s a badge of honour as far as I’m concerned.
Thank you, Lynn – I’m only sorry it’s taken us so long to follow you back! We can’t think of a higher honour than being considered the literary equivalent of QI, so it’s very heartening to hear you say that. We’ll keep seeking out the obscure and the interesting (plenty more in the pipeline right now!), so thank you for your continued support :)
Always a pleasure to read Interesting Literature – a lovely beacon to those of us who love reading. Do keep on uncovering such wonderful works and stories :)
Hello out there! I hope this finds you doing well.
I see you have been a follower of “A Way With Words.” Great! Thank you.
We have now transformed into, “Delight in Disorder: Faith & Mental Illness” (delightindisorder.org). I hope you will join us there. On the left sidebar, there is a box (below “Get More Delight”) for subscriptions so you can get the most of our mission.
Take care & God bless,
Tony
It is very interesting! Thank you!
Wow! I’ve just spent a hour or so reading some of the posts from the past couple of years. I admire the variety of pieces and astounding number of posts you’ve generated over the years–and appreciate the concision. Unless it comes naturally to you, it takes longer to write a 500 word post than a 1500 word one, but the reader may be best served when the author takes that time.
Thank you! Yes, it certainly takes a while to achieve conciseness – I forget who it was who said, ‘Sorry this letter is so long, but I didn’t have time to make it shorter’, but blogging reminds me of that a lot of the time! It’s great fun to research these posts and share what we uncover/think about them though :)
A treasure trove for me. I am starting to delve into classics and classic mysteries. Fascinated by this blog.
Thanks
Shalet Jimmy
http://www.shaletrjimmy.blogspot.com
Oliver, I love this website and you are doing a wonderful job in leading people to interesting literature. You don’t know me, I’m sure, but I was voted “Inspirational Online Children’s Poet in 2007” by children in 133 countries. Encouraged by local children, I’ve written about 1,500 new poems not only for children but for people of all ages. I’d love people to see them as they are freely available: Google JOSIE’S POEMS. 400 were published in 2010 by an educational publisher.
A fascinating find (via Radio 3 this evening “Words and Music” which featured ‘Sailing to Byzantium’ and for which you wrote a salient and sensitive analysis.) Everything is connected! Sue Heywood
Fantastic! Thank you, and thanks for the heads-up re: Words and Music too. I’m off to the iPlayer shortly for a listen.
I appreciate the work you are doing. Bringing back some of our classics and some of the lesser known masterpieces. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, Tim! Much appreciated – it makes doing this all the more worthwhile, so thank you :)
Thanks for your recent article about the poems of William Blake. As I was reading, I went back in time to 1967 when I was lucky enough to study Blake at the Univ of London with a young professor named Michael Phillips. You saw London in a different way after you read Blake. Again, thanks.
Thanks, Tim, and I couldn’t agree more about your comment about London. Blake’s one of those poets who really does make you alter the way you view things. I can never see a tiger without recalling his powerful lines for the same reason!
I like the content you have published here. keep up the good work.
I was looking for the origin of using “friended” instead of “befriended” because I came across it in Wolfe’s “Look Homeward Angel” (sorry, I don’t know how to underline) and wanted to see if he startd the whole trend or if Facebook borrowed it from him. I also came across multiplex in this same book. I’m sure there’ll be more. I’m only on page 68.
Thanks for the “unfriend” info. It answers the question.