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Wednesday, June 17, 2015
What's The Most Heartbreaking Sentence In Fantasy Literature?
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, June 17, 2015
“Always.”
Fantasy novels provide portals to countless worlds.
And some of those worlds we carry with us for the rest of our lives.
Fantasy literature can be triumphant and uplifting, like this poem from Lord of The Rings.
...Or it can portray immense heartbreak and sorrow, like this Snape quote from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
21 J.K. Rowling Reactions For Everyday Situations
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Her face says it all.
When someone's lying to your face and you don't have time for their bullshit.
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When you're feeling your look.
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When someone tries to mansplain to you.
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When someone spoils your favorite show before you've seen the newest episode.
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18 Confessions From People Obsessed With Fanfiction
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, June 17, 2015
“If I can’t continue the series at least someone can do it for me.”
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
23 Times Little My Was The Sassiest Damn Woman
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, June 16, 2015
“Sorry Moomin. Didn’t know it was you, thought it was a pig.”
When she'd had enough of Moomintroll and Snorkmaiden's mushy chit chat.
When she refused to settle for any old job.
"When I grow up, I'm going to become a pirate." The joys of motherhood didn't interest Little My, and she probably knew the facts of life anyway.
And encouraged everything around her to dream big too.
When she didn't have time for Moomin's negativity.
"Don't whine. It's enough when the wine whines."
This Is What "Romeo And Juliet" Would Look Like If Everyone Had Smartphones
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, June 16, 2015
“What the duck, Juliet! Ugh, autocorrect!”
Do you like Shakespeare but feel his texts are lacking a certain something in their relevance to the modern world?
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If so, why not try this: a series of the Bard's greatest works re-told using... emoji!
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In fact, the OMG Shakespeare series, published by Penguin Random House US, re-tells four iconic plays using not just emoji but SMS and email, as well as various other 2015-style communication methods.
The books are trying to explain the plot to younger readers and act as handy primers on what's going on throughout the plays.
Inevitably, the Daily Mail found an academic who described the books as "absolutely disastrous".
But are they any good? We read YOLO Juliet to find out.
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Watch Exclusive Clips Of "Paper Towns" In Sam Bruno's New Music Video
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, June 16, 2015
“Search Party” is the first single off of the Paper Towns soundtrack and your soon-to-be summer anthem.
Not that we're counting or anything, but the Paper Towns movie will officially be gracing our lives in approximately 37 days. And while the wait has been long and hard, we now have a little something to hold you over.
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The Paper Towns soundtrack has officially been revealed, and the incredible tracklist features some of your favorite artists, including newcomer Sam Bruno.
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Bruno's new track "Search Party" is the first single off the motion picture soundtrack, and thanks to its breezy summer vibes, it's guaranteed to be your new beach party anthem.
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31 Reasons Why Reading During The Summer Is The Absolute Worst
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, June 16, 2015
It’s summer! Who has time to read?
It's finally summer! Hooray!
So it's time to put away the books...
And get outside!
Because the beach is for suntanning...
How Much Of James Joyce's "Ulysses" Have You Read?
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Be honest.
Today is one of the nerdiest days for book lovers across the world.
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It's Bloomsday!
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Set on the day portrayed in James Joyce's classic novel Ulysses, book lovers everywhere commemorate the central character Leopold Bloom.
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But you didn't need us to tell you that. After all, you've read all 600-plus pages, right?
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10 Grisly Police Crime Photos That Expose The Lurid Underside Of LA In 1953
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Murder, robbery, and suicide in the back alleys, liquor stores, and bedrooms of Los Angeles. Warning: graphic images and NSFW.
"Great police photographs offer up explicitness in perfect proportion," writes James Ellroy in his introduction to LAPD '53.
© 2015 Los Angeles Police Museum
A detective points at a bullet hole in the wall of a dive hotel, put there by a detective in pursuit of one of the residents who was stashing heroin in his room. The bullet that killed him went through his body and hit the wall.
© 2015 Los Angeles Police Museum
Emmett Perkins and Jack Santo were the kind of bad guys even bad guys didn't like. They went on a killing spree near Sacramento, slaughtering a local family for $6,000 in grocery store receipts: dad, mum, three kids, all dumped in the boot of the dad's car. Then they murdered an old lady called Mabel Monohan who was rumoured to keep $100,000 in her house for when she needed bail out her gambler son-in-law. They invaded her home wearing masks (modelled above by a cop), failed to find $100,000, murdered her anyway. When the manhunt went public, informants were numerous: everyone wanted to grass up Emmett Perkins and Jack Santo.
© 2015 Los Angeles Police Museum
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