I've had my fair share of compliments on my name, but for the most part it's a phonetic nightmare. 95 percent of the time people will hear Sarah/Tara/Kara/Vera. No matter how hard I try to over-pronounce the "F" sound or slowly repeat, "No, 'F' as…

In high school, the topic of many lunch conversations with my besties typically surrounded our latest Harry Potter theories or what we thought of the newest Sarah Dessen novel. There were always the occasions we'd spot each other in the hall first…

I’m originally from Dallas, but now live in Los Angeles, and one of the most asked questions I get from people back home is: OMG TRAFFIC DOES IT SUCK OR WHAT. I thought this was a universal understanding of L.A., but I think there’s something…

As you may or may not know, Twitter Queen Anna Kendrick is writing a book of funny essays for public consumption, and let me just tell you now my eyeballs will be ALL OVER that once it’s released. Anna Kendrick is my Internet spirit animal (and…

As we continue to see the heartbreaking aftereffects from the April 25 earthquake in Nepal, we're now also seeing how it's affecting culture, too, through damage to the Kaiser Library. Located in Kathmandu, Nepal, the Kaiser Library housed more than…

From my experience, people have one of two relationships with astrology. There are ones who seek understanding in the cosmetic influence, and then there are the Sheldon Coopers of the world that wholly believe it is arbitrary nonsense. I personally…

Although John Green’s debut novel, Looking for Alaska , was published a decade ago, there has been a sort of John-splosion! all over the YA world. With the wide success of The Fault in Our Stars and the upcoming adaptation of Paper Towns , only…

You’ve finally finished writing a book! It’s wonderful! It’s magic! IT IS PROFOUND. Surely it will sell at auction because this is the most brilliant thing to exist in all of human history. You await the day when you have zillions of adorning fans…