Books
The Best YA Horror Books Ever, According To Goodreads Users
It's Horror Week on Goodreads, so while scaredy cat readers like me are cowering at every link, lovers of all the best and biggest scary, eerie, spooky reads are reveling in this decidedly horrific bu...
By Kerri Jarema
Lauren Graham Has A New Book Coming Out, And It's Going To Make The Perfect Gift
If you ever wished that Lorelai Gilmore could walk around with you and give you advice and make a joke whenever life gets just a little bit too hard, you're in luck: New York Times bestselling author ...
By Cristina Arreola
"Keeping Up With The Librarians" Is The Kardashians Spoof You Didn't Know You Needed
As some of you may know, Saturday marked 10 years since Keeping Up With the Kardashians premiered on E! Entertainment Television. Known and vilified as the show that introduced most of the world to th...
By Kristian Wilson
'To Kill A Mockingbird' Shouldn't Be Banned, But Students Do Deserve Better
By now, you've probably heard the news that Mississippi's Biloxi Public School District removed Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel from its curriculum, on the grounds that it "makes people unco...
By Kristian Wilson
These Harry Potter Pumpkins Are The Cutest DIY Halloween Accessories You'll See All Year
Break out your wands — erm, I mean, hot glue guns — because you're going to want to recreate these Harry Potter pumpkins as soon as you watch the video below. Trust me when I say these are the cutest ...
By Cristina Arreola
9 Richard Wilbur Quotes To Inspire Your Inner Poet To Get To Work
In case you missed it: Richard Wilbur, the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, translator and lyricist died at the age of 96. Wilbur is known as one of the most preeminent poets of the 20th century,...
By Kerri Jarema
Tom Felton's Reveals His Favorite Magical Creature, And It's Not What You'd Expect
In a new interview with Pottermore, Harry Potter stars Tom Felton (aka Draco Malfoy) and Warwick Davis (aka Professor Flitwick) were asked which magical pet they would most like to own, if they had th...
By Kristian Wilson
The Actual Hogwarts Express Saved A Stranded Family In Scotland — Yes, Really
Here's a little magic for your Monday morning: the steam train made famous as the Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter films was used to rescue a family stranded in the Scottish Highlands last week. Y...
By Cristina Arreola
10 Books That Sound Pretentious, But Are Actually Really Good
The word "pretentious" conjures a certain image. Specifically, the image of that one guy from your junior year creative writing class, who had the word "funeral" tattooed on his forearm and wrote abou...
By Charlotte Ahlin
This Book Puts Readers Inside The Minds Of Serial Killers
If you've ever wondered what it might be like to talk to a serial killer, look no further than the new Netflix show Mindhunter. The series follows two FBI agents, Holden Ford (Jonathon Groff) and Bill...
By Jordan Lauf
9 Nonfiction Books About Rape Culture That Should Be On Every Single Person's Reading List
If the recent outpouring of sexual-assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein have you feeling angry, anxious, or depressed, you should know that you are not alone. Whether or not you are a survivor...
By Kristian Wilson
11 Powerful New Essay Collections For Your Fireside Reading This Fall
The end of summer is always a hard time of year for me because I can't stand to say goodbye to my favorite season and all of the wonderful things it brings with it, including beach reading. The only t...
By Sadie Trombetta
Why This Illustrator Is Giving Mexican Lotería A Feminist Update
If you were unlucky enough to be awake and moderately sentient during the last year, you are likely acutely, brutally aware of the prevalence of toxic masculinity. It's easy enough to place the blame ...
By Cristina Arreola
John Green Is Redefining What It Means To Live "Happily Ever After" In His YA Books
To read a John Green novel is to know that you're not going to get a story that is wrapped up in a perfectly tied bow. In fact, from his first release 12 years ago, Looking for Alaska, to his most rec...
By Kerri Jarema
This First Edition Harry Potter Just Sold For More Than Most People Make In A Year
Since the first book hit stores in 1997, J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series has made a fine habit of breaking sales records. A Harry Potter first edition just sold at auction for a record-setting pric...
By Kristian Wilson
Staying In Tonight? Here Are 13 Spooky Books About Witches, Curses, And Dark Magic
No one is sure what exactly started the superstition of Friday the 13th. A quick Google search will pull up everything from stories about Jesus's death to the 1907 publication of Thomas W. Lawson's po...
By Kerri Jarema
John Green's Brilliant Writing Advice Is The One Thing Aspiring Authors Need To Read Today
Want to finish the novel you've been working on, but keep getting discouraged and dragged down by insecurities about your talent or ideas? John Green's writing advice will help any aspiring novelist g...
By Kristian Wilson
These Harry Potter Freakshakes Taste Like Butterbeer & It's Magical AF
Just when you thought the oversized-milkshake trend was dying out, Harry Potter Freakshakes have finally arrived to shake up — pun definitely intended — the dessert landscape. Bristol's Beehive Coffee...
By Kristian Wilson
How Gratitude Lists Help Poet Yrsa Daley-Ward Keep Negative Feelings At Bay
Poets, typically, are known for being a lot of things. Brooding. Contemplative. Deep. Perhaps a little tortured. I love poets — I love their minds and their words, their bravery and their willingness ...
By E. Ce Miller
This Chilling True Crime Book May Have An Answer To The Unsolved Black Dahlia Murder
"I'm particularly interested in cases where it's not just a murder or a crime, but there's a whole kind of mythological significance — you know, the murder or the crime suddenly became much bigger in...
By Erin Mayer
