Good morning everyone! A lot has been happening over the past few months. It’s been a time of great change and has caused a high level of stress for many groups and individuals. We’re just shy of 100 signatures left to reach 3,000, so I’d like to share with you some interesting facts about books as a fun way to start your day. 1. The longest sentence ever printed is found in Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables. It is 823 words long. 2. Books used to be chained to shelves in libraries, in order to prevent stealing. 3. People in Iceland read more books per capita than in any other country. 4. SF writer Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) is the only author to have published a book in nine out of the ten Dewey library categories. 5. Charles Dickens’ house had a secret door in the form of a fake bookcase. The fake books included titles such as ‘The Life of a Cat’ in 9 volumes. 6. The smallest book in the Welsh National Library is Old King Cole. It measures 1mm x 1mm and the pages can only be turned with a needle. 7. The word ‘shrine’ comes from the Latin scrinium meaning ‘chest for books’. 8. The earliest known written instance of the word ‘book’ is in a book by Alfred the Great. 9. ‘Bibliosmia‘ is the enjoyment of the smell of old books. 10. In 2007, Stephen King was mistaken for a vandal when he started signing books during an unannounced visit to a bookshop in Australia. These fun facts (and several more) were taken from: http://mediaworks.io/blog/15-interesting-facts-about-books & https://interestingliterature.com/2015/03/05/30-interesting-facts-about-books/ I hope some of these fun facts cheered you up today and stay hopeful! Upcoming at Booksellers Wednesday, January 25th, 2017: Susan Rivers and “The Second Mrs. Hockaday” 6:30pm-8:30pm Always remember #MemphisGetsLit, Emmett Miskell