Woohee! I’m excited for today’s post. As ya’ll know…books can affect you. It will and can shape how you think, what you do, and how you do it. Its amazing. A book can change a life!
This week my eye caught on something. Bill Gates reading list. I was like ooo-hoo-hoo whata we got here… 😉 This inspired today’s posts. Amazing book facts. 😀 So sit back and enjoy!
- One of Joseph Stalin’s book recommendations was the Holy Bible
- 600,000-1,000,000 books are published every year. *Now imagine how exciting it is to be one of the top 10 authors*
- A la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust holds the record for the longest book of 4,215 pages. Oh-la-la!
- President Roosevelt read so many books that it amounted to a book per day.
- The longest audiobook is a little under 120 hours long.
- Old book smell is used to historically date the book. Waaa?!?! How does this even work. Here’s a link with more info: Old Book Smell
- Harry Potter is the Most Banned Book of the 21st Century even though its one of the top 4 ever read.
- 68% of all books are sold to women.
- Bookworm is an actual worm that eats book binding. Who knew. Lol. Maybe I am really a bookworm 😉
- Fiction books increase your ability to empathize with others. Therefore most percentage of those who read mostly fiction are nicer than those who don’t.
- Shakespeare came up with the phrases: in a pickle, star-crossed lovers, all of a sudden and green-eyed monster
I hope you’ve enjoyed my crazy random book facts. If you have any weird book facts leave them in the comments below! I’m still rushing to my currently reading list. But stay tuned for more coming up REALLY SOON. I PROMISE! ♥
Bibliophile 
Wow so cool!
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