The Monstrosity Gazette: A weekly smattering of all things literary...

Bookish Quote of the Day:

"Literature is news that stays news."

-Ezra Pound

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Today in Literary History...

On this day in 1882 Anthony Trollope died. The recent commemorative plaque placed in Poets' Corner is inscribed with the last sentence from Trollope's posthumously-published Autobiography: "Now I stretch out my hand, and from the further shore I bid adieu to all who have cared to read any among the many words that I have written." The "many words" amount to forty-seven novels, all still in print and most selling well.

For more literary history, visit Today in Literature.

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Literary Pic of the Day:

                                             Edward Gorey

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New Book on my Radar:

How to say goodbye in robot
by Natalie Standiford

Summary in a Sentence (or two): 

New to town, Beatrice is seated next to Jonah, aka Ghost Boy, a quiet loner who hasn't made a new friend since third grade. Something about him, though, gets to Bea, and soon they form an unexpected friendship.

Read the Reviews:

• Harmony Book Reviews
• Steph Su Reads 
• Today's Adventure

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 Interesting Links to Peruse:

• Dickens on Dickens.
• What really killed Jane Austen?
• A pretty penny for Anne of Green Gables.
• Great review from Book Nut: Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters.