2019 Hugo Awards on Scintilla ‘Twas the year of the lady–Lady Astronaut, that is. Mary Robinette Kowal stole the show with her ethereal dress and her wonderful novel that is sweeping this year’s science fiction awards, adding to her Locus and Nebula wins by taking home the Hugo for best novel. We loved The Calculating […]
Category: Resources
Resources to Encourage & Inspire
In this category, Resources for Inspiration & Encouragement, you will find memes to make you laugh, words to rescue & use, quotes to share, and links to look-up additional information — maybe a few of our favorite bookish finds.
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Quote: Walter Dean Myers on Reading
Booklist: Reading Around the World
World Tour Booklist: Reading Around the World How is your summer going? Any travel? At Scintilla.info, we dream of travel but most of our road trips involve visiting our three grandchildren–not that we mind doing that at all! But we do travel in our reading, and we’ve reviewed some books that take us to real […]
Quote: Dr. Seuss on Reading
Quote: William Zinsser, “Writing is thinking on paper.”
Quote: George R. R. Martin on Books & Swords
Quote: Stephen King on Books
Quote: Books are a uniquely portable magic. Stephen King Quote: “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” – Stephen King For more on Stephen King, American author, see https://www.stephenking.com/ See our posts on: Booklist: 10 Books for a Reading Roadtrip Across America Book Review: European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman, Theodora Goss Book Review: A Natural History […]
Quote: Emily Dickinson “no frigate like a book”
Quote: There is no frigate like a book, to take us lands away – Emily Dickinson “There is no frigate like a book, to take us lands away” — Emily Dickinson, American Poet For more on Emily Dickinson, American Poet: https://poets.org/poet/emily-dickinson https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-dickinson See our posts on: Booklist: 10 Books for a Reading Roadtrip […]