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Since I recommended this topic to Jana, I thought I should be the one to write Long and Short Reviews’s response to it as well.
Here are ten funny or interesting things I’ve googled thanks to a book. Horror and mysteries are among the genres I read which is why some of these queries are about death and corpses.
1. How long does it take bones to decompose in a grave? Can you still tell something was once a grave if there are no bones left in it?
2. What do zombies think about when they’re not chasing people?
3. Why is the Chosen One so often a teenager instead of someone older and more experienced?
4. How did people figure out which mushrooms were safe to eat when a lot of wild mushrooms will kill you?
5. Why do so many romance novelists dislike big cities?
6. Why doesn’t character X have common sense?
(No, I didn’t actually expect an answer for this one. I was simply annoyed by a character who kept making terrible decisions for no reason).
7. How long can you live on a spaceship before getting radiation poisoning?
8. Why do so many aliens want to destroy humanity?
9. Books written from a cow’s perspective.
(Because I’d never heard of such a thing and wondered if it existed).
10. Can you write a book without any tropes at all?
I would definitely read a book from a cow (or any farm animal) perspective! Great list!
I don’t think it’s possible to write a book without tropes unless you write something really avante-garde that no one understands! Fun questions. I frequently try to fact-check books I’m reading through — not to be pedantic, but because the author has said something remarkable and I want to see if it’s true.
I suspect you’re right about that!
Thank you.
Now those are definitely cool googling topics. You picked a great topic this week!
Thank you. I appreciate that.
I read #2 and the first thing that popped into my head was do zombies think at all?
That’s a good point. Maybe they don’t?!
the 9. 😂😂 i need to know
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All great questions that I want to know the answers to 😂
Have a great week!
Thank you. 🙂
Oh, now I want to know the answers to all of these questions! Great prompt this week, btw, I loved playing and I’m excited for the next round! Not too soon I hope so I’ve got enough time to make a list of new googles, but this was fun!
Thank you very much! I hope to see you around again soon.
Hahaha I read a joke about the mushrooms somewhere. Something along the lines of “this one is safe, this one gives you hallucinations, this one killed John”. I guess they learned by trial and error lol I’m sure zombies don’t think when they’re not chasing humans because they have no brains (see what I did there?). Great list ❤️
Thank you, Chelia. And too funny.
You have the BEST questions!
I found a story from a bull’s point of view: Être the Cow by Sean Kenniff
goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/7685743
AND, I know a book from a recently-turned-zombie’s perspective: The Passenger by James Cook & Joshua Guess
goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18300634-the-passenger
Thank you!
I love what you found. Thank you so much for sharing.
Great questions! #2 made me laugh and #3 sounds like a great premise for a story!
Thank you! And agreed.
Oh these are all excellent questions! And “Why doesn’t character X have common sense?” definitely crosses my mind often, haha 🙂
Thank you. If only the Internet could actually answer that question. Haha.
We do love (some) tropes, but YES to that last one! Sometimes I wonder if there is a more unique romance story out there without the usual shenanigans. 😉 Thanks so much for the fun topic and for visiting my website this week!
You’re welcome. If you ever find such books, I’d sure like to hear about them.
Did you find any books from a cow’s perspective? I know of one from a sheep’s perspective… 🤔 Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann!
I couldn’t find anything, but Rebecca shared a link to this book earlier in the comments: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/7685743
So, yes, there is at least one.
Three Bags Full sounds good. Thanks for the recommendation.
Great list! I love the ideas that go through your mind, and have to ask – are there books written from the perspective of a cow?