Returning soon, my friends. Have been missing you all! art by Timothy Adam Matthews

Greetings, dear Bibliophiles! Apologies for the recent absence. I’ve just committed to an adventurous project that will require a 3 month hiatus from #BookologyThursday. #BookChatWeekly resumes next week. Thank you for your understanding, and looking forward to seeing you here!

Custard the dragon had big sharp teeth, 
And spikes on top of him and scales underneath, 
Mouth like a fireplace, chimney for a nose, 
And realio, trulio, daggers on his toes. ~Nash Thank you for your flummadiddle posts, dear Bibliophiles!

Welcome to #BookologyThursday Join us today as we explore our theme: “Absurd Words, Nonsense Poems, and Nursery Rhymes” Odd slang, Silly Archaic Insults, Onomatopoeia, and Unusual Etymologies in literature, art, and lore.

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. Join us this #BookologyThursday our theme: “Absurd Words, Nonsense Poems, and Nursery Rhymes” in literature, art, and lore.

Join us at the blue place 🔵 (art by Arthur Rackham)

Hey! Diddle, diddle! #BookologyThursday is ‘over the moon’ as we celebrate the 271st anniversary of Dr Johnson’s famous dictionary with: "Absurd Words, Nonsense Poems, and Nursery Rhymes" (Join us at the blue place for a wynderful collaboration with #WyrdWednesday)

Good day, dear Bibliophiles art by Rien Poortvliet

...from the rafters overhead hung hams, bundles of dried herbs, nets of onions, and baskets of eggs. It seemed a place where heroes could fitly feast after victory. ~K. Grahame Thank you for your amazing posts! (Apologies for delays, internet now fixed.) See you next week…

Welcome to #BookologyThursday Join us today as we explore our theme: Memorable Places from mansions and huts to wardrobes and TARDISes… in literature, art, and lore. art by Michael Hague

Join us this #BookologyThursday as we explore our theme: Memorable Places from mansions and huts to wardrobes and TARDISes… in literature, art, and lore. 🎨Frank Moss Bennett (1923)

Good day, dear Bibliophiles 🎨Chris Dunn