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Weird or Funny Things I've Googled Thanks to a Book

Oh wow, I love this week's Top Ten Tuesday topic from Astilbe @ Long and Short Reviews. This is probably a long list for me! I haven't exactly been keeping track though, so I had to check my search history to jog my memory. I also really appreciate that it's easy to look this up when you're reading an ebook--you don't even have to leave the book! I remember when my first grade teacher told me that her mother-in-law used to read with a dictionary and an atlas within convenient reach, and I always think of that when I highlight a phrase on my Kindle or reach over my paperback to grab my phone and type into Google.


Weird or Funny Things I've Googled Thanks to a Book 

  1. Fire Island--I was reading Bad Summer People which takes place on Fire Island. I thought it was in Maine, but based on events in the book, I looked up to discover is, in fact, in New York.
  2. Mulcted--Phrase Richard Burton used in one of his letters that was shared in River of the Gods...it means to be fined or extorted.
  3. Italian city states/end of Roman Empire--I looked this up because the setting for Megan Van Dyke's Captive of the Stolen Empire reminded me of this time period.
  4. Mountain lion shifters--I looked this up because The Fast and the Furies by Luna Joya is the only series where I've ever heard of this, but there's a whole list on Goodreads, specifically in romance?!
  5. Blue People of Kentucky--looked this up because I wanted to compare the real history with what I read in The Last Blue and The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek.
  6. Defalcations--a word I looked up from Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie--it means embezzlements.

Comments

Lydia said…
The blue people of Kentucky were so interesting!

Here is my Top Ten Tuesday.

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