Friday, July 10, 2015

“Go Set a Mute Button.”

Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee's highly anticipated To Kill a Mockingbird sequel, will be released on July 14.

Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee's highly anticipated To Kill a Mockingbird sequel, will be released on July 14.

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The Guardian also released the first chapter of the audiobook, which is narrated by Reese Witherspoon.

The Guardian also released the first chapter of the audiobook, which is narrated by Reese Witherspoon.

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You can listen here:

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Which "Paper Towns" Character Are You?

Get lost. Get found.

Here's What To Read While You Wait For The Next "Game Of Thrones"

Need more fantasy series? We got you, boo.

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Exclusive: Here's The Cover Of Molly Crabapple's Illustrated Memoir

An exclusive look at the cover of Drawing Blood, which will hit shelves December 2015.

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I'm pleased to announce that I just signed a deal with HarperCollins for an illustrated memoir, Drawing Blood. It will cover my start as a model, fire eater and portraitist to my new work chronicling of protest movements.

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Can We Guess Which "Goosebumps" Book Scared You Most?

Look over your shoulder for Slappy.

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Would You Have Been In Dumbledore's Army Or The Inquisitorial Squad?

Queen Rowling can’t write us all into the D.A.

22 Times Harry Potter Wasn't The Brightest Wand In The Bunch

No one expects him to be Hermione, but all I’m asking for is a little common sense.

Like that time our boy Harry tried to snatch his Hogwarts letter out of the air.

Like that time our boy Harry tried to snatch his Hogwarts letter out of the air.

LOOK AT ALL THOSE LETTERS ON THE GROUND. HARRY. C'MON.

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Or when he tried to convince Snape "Roonil Wazlib" was his nickname.

Or when he tried to convince Snape "Roonil Wazlib" was his nickname.

Snape: ......... I am not getting paid enough for this bullshit.

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And when he bought LITERALLY EVERYTHING on the Hogwart's Express food trolley

And when he bought LITERALLY EVERYTHING on the Hogwart's Express food trolley

What is everyone else suppose to eat now Harry??

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35 Canadian Bookstores You Need To Visit Before You Die

Where will you find your next page-turner?

Russell Books (Victoria, BC)

Russell Books (Victoria, BC)

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I didn’t realise this was a sad occasion.

The search for VFD is an allegory on adulthood.

The search for VFD is an allegory on adulthood.

A Series Of Unfortunate Events sees us follow the lives of the Baudelaires as they try to figure out what, exactly, VFD is. A Reddit user posits that this quest is a metaphor for the quest for adulthood

"All the children know is that its some secret society, and they know that once they find it they'll be safe. As children that's how we view adults: members of a secret club that know almost everything. Eventually though they find the VFD and essentially become members of it, but at the same time realise it wasn't what they expected. It symbolizes the children's early transition into adulthood."

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Count Olaf is the personification of somebody who refuses to grow up.

Count Olaf is the personification of somebody who refuses to grow up.

To continue the "series as an allegory for adulthood" theory, we can also assume that Count Olaf represents what happens when all the decisions in your life bring you pain and you refuse to be introspective about them.

If VFD is the metaphor for adulthood, Olaf is the antithesis of this.

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The Immortality Theory.

The Immortality Theory.

This theory argues that almost every adult in A Series Of Unfortunate Events is immortal.

Facelesscreature, a user on a ASOUE forum, discusses in depth the many figures Lemony Snicket implies he "knew." These include William Shakespeare (who died in 1616), William Congreve (who died in 1729) and C.M. Kornbluth, who died in 1958.

There is a HUGE amount of evidence supporting this theory. You can read more here.

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Mr. Poe is a woman.

Mr. Poe is a woman.

The VFD Disguise Kit comes equipped with a top hat - something we know Mr. Poe is fond of, and it is implied in the rare edition of "The Bad Beginning" that Poe is hiding something big. Is it too far to assume he is hiding his sex? A top hat used to hide the bun atop his head, and his constant cough and flu-like symptoms a result of him constantly trying to muffle his (her?) voice. In The Nameless Novel there are images of a woman with a top hat and moustache at her feet, drilling a hole.

This theory also implies that Poe is in cahoot with Olaf, as well as Vice Principle Nero in The Austere Academy, because of a passage which saw Sunny Baudelaire observing large, bulky bags with Poe's company name "Mulctuart Money Management" plastered across them.

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Which "To Kill A Mockingbird Character" Are You?

Time to find out if you are more of an Atticus Finch or Boo Radley.