Thursday, November 20, 2014
If You Like This Book By A Man, You'll Love This Book By A Woman
For the next time someone tells you they only like books by dudes. No excuses!
Mariner
Back Bay Books
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Which Book Would You Give Out For Free?
Students and celebrity authors alike shared their answers at today’s “Great Book Giveaway” .
Earlier today, Neil Gaiman and Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket) gave out free books in Washington Square Park.
Via buzzfeed.com
A line of people wrapped around the park, despite the early timing and freezing temperatures.
Julia Pugachevsky / BuzzFeed
15 Willow Smith Books That Really Need To Exist For Real
“There’re no novels that I like to read so I write my own novels. And then I read them again, and it’s the best thing.”
In an interview with the New York Times' T Magazine, between bouts of metaphysical banter with her brother Jaden, Willow Smith told the interviewer that she writes and reads only her own novels.
Here are some of the books Willow, 14, may have written, with imagined titles and quotes based on actual things she said during the interview.
Seriously, read the interview first.
“And it was then, in her darkest hour, that Prana Jones came to understand the truth: that this world is nothing but a fragment of a holographic reality constructed by a higher consciousness.”
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“Because living,” she said, gazing up at the stars falling through the night sky. “Because living.”
Thinkstock / Daniel Dalton / BuzzFeed
“Our voices sounded like chocolate together. As good as chocolate tastes, it sounded that good.”
Daniel Dalton / BuzzFeed
12 Cookbooks Every Book-Lover Needs
One “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margarita” coming right up.
Bantam Books
Bantam / innatthecrossroads.com
Barbie's "I Can Be A Computer Engineer" Book Is Embarrassingly Sexist
“It’ll go faster if Brian and I help,” offers Steven. *Slams head against desk*
Mattel
Lemony Snicket And Neil Gaiman Will Be Competing To Give Away Books
The “Great Book Giveaway” will take place in New York City’s Washington Square Park on November 19. A series of very fortunate events indeed.
Daniel Handler/Lemony Snicket
Guardian/Martin Godwin
Neil Gaiman
Kimberly Butler
Can You Identify These Classic Novels By Their Cover Art?
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
This Sculpture Looks Exactly Like He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
Voldemort is hiding out in an art museum, apparently.
Look at this bust:
Isaac Fitzgerald / BuzzFeed
Reaaaallly look at it:
Isaac Fitzgerald / BuzzFeed
Sure, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's didactic says this...
Isaac Fitzgerald / BuzzFeed
But we know who it really is.
Via harrypotterreactions.tumblr.com
How Long Would You Survive The Hunger Games?