Food For Thought

  • Does reading literature make us nicer people?

    With the appreciation of literature at an all time high right now with the Literary Giveaway Blog Hop currently in full swing, I thought it worth considering more deeply (1) what attracts me to literary works in the first instance, and…

  • Do diagrams and maps have a place in novels?

    Do you like diagrams and maps in fictional works?
    At the moment I am reading Matthew Reilly’s The Six Sacred Stones and he uses lots of maps and diagrams. I like pictorial reference points in novels but I know others absolutely detest it.