Sunday, August 31, 2014

EVERY EVENT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME STRONGER AND WISER

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Saturday, August 30, 2014

SUCCESS ISN,T WHAT OTHERS CAN SEE

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Friday, August 29, 2014

Beyoncé Wrote A Poem, Sort Of

Queen B’s contribution to the fifth issue of CR Fashion Book is about Blue Ivy and being a “healing light.”Beyoncé has a spread in this month's CR Fashion Book, which showcases photos alongside a poem called "Bey The Light." (CR is former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld's new magazine.) Pierre Debusschere / CR Fashion Book The poem is credited as having "words...

27 Books Parents Should Read To Their Kids Before They Grow Up

Get ready to read down memory lane. Harper & Row Harper & Row View Entire List...

How Many Great Non-Superhero Graphic Novels Have You Read?

There’s a lot more to comics than spandex and superpowe...

13 SciFi Books That Would Only Be Written In The First World

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28 Signs You're The Tyrion Lannister Of Your Friend Group

The best things come in small packages.Some may say you have delusions of grandeur. HBO / Via bula.ie But as far as you're concerned, they're not delusions. HBO / Via degrassi.wikia.com Backhanded compliments are the only type of compliments. HBO / Via fanpop.com But when you need to charm, you can really turn it on. HBO / Via fanpop.com View Entire List...

DREAM ON UNTIL YOUR DREAMS COMES TRUE

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Your Favourite Songs Are Now Amazing Shakespearian Sonnets

Kickin’ it like it’s 1595. How many of these Pop Sonnets can you guess? popsonnet.tumblr.com popsonnet.tumblr.com View Entire List...

5 Poems From "Prelude To Bruise" Read By Saeed Jones

These poems leave bruises. And you’ll love them.Prelude to Bruise "I like my black boys broke, or broken." "When I finally wrote this poem, I had been thinking about the words “black” and “blue” for months. I’d say them over and over again to myself, repeating and re-arranging them to see how they sounded. The pairing of these two particular colors is, of course, loaded with meanings. It applies violence...

Thursday, August 28, 2014

10 Things That Happen When You Can't Put Down A Good Book

Please do not disturb.You lose track of time. Day turns to night; you don't budge. Nathan W. Pyle / Via buzzfeed.com The next day you're exhausted but still refuse to quit. Nathan W. Pyle / Via buzzfeed.com You're late for work because your devotion has disrupted your morning routine. Nathan W. Pyle / Via buzzfeed.com Then you miss your stop because it just got SO GOOD....

WITHIN US

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YOU MUST BELIEVE IT TO RECEIVE IT

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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

8 Things We Learned About Deborah Harkness And The "All Souls" Trilogy

An inside look at the final chapter of an incredible science fiction-fantasy trilogy.Deborah Harkness has brought the world of A Discovery of Witches back to life with the third book in the trilogy, The Book of Life. This truly spans the geeky realms with witches and vampires, time travel, and science labs all thrown together in pursuit of one ancient book. Here are a few...

The Stories Behind Some Of Music's Most Iconic Photos

Deborah Feingold has shot everyone from Madonna and Prince to Joey Ramone and the Beastie Boys. Here, she talks about the unforgettable images from her new book, Music . Photograph by Matt McGinley For more than 30 years, photographer Deborah Feingold has been capturing the spirit of music's biggest names, from Madonna to James Brown to Prince. What started as a hobby, learning...
Grisham calls King his “former friend…who’s now just a mere acquaintance.”After Stephen King nominated John Grisham for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, the best-selling author responded to his "former friend" with this video. Grisham agreed to do the "ice bucket thing," as he called it. Via youtube.com And even left a cigar in his mouth while his son-in-law poured ice on his...

This Twitter Story Ends With A Magical Surprise

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13 Breakup Poems That Say It Better Than You Ever Could

The Twitter hashtag movement #breakuppoetry parodied classic poems by making them about split relationships. Here are some of the best ones. Jenny Chang / BuzzFeed Jenny Chang / BuzzFeed View Entire List...

Missing — And Finding — The Magic Of Haruki Murakami

The incredibly popular Japanese writer just released his latest book in English. It’s a departure for him, and for me. (Minor spoilers, insofar as a Murakami book can be spoiled.) Chris Ritter for BuzzFeed When I picked up my first book by Haruki Murakami, somewhere around the start of high school, I did not expect to like it. He writes the exact opposite of what I tend to...

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

17 Wonderful Melbourne Bookstores Every Book Lover Must Visit

Because you can never have too many books. Jenny Chang / BuzzFeed Reader's Feast Bookstore, 162 Collins Street Melbourne At this aptly named gem, all the books face out from the shelves so you can digest their covers and gobble them up as you please.Jenna Guillaume / BuzzFeed Jenna Guillaume / BuzzFeed View Entire List...

AMBITION IS THE PATH TO SUCCESS

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25 Superhero Graphic Novels To Binge Read Right Now

Just A Few Modern Classics.Ultimate Comics Spider-Man Vol 1 (by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli) What It's About: In the Marvel Ultimate Universe, Peter Parker is dead. Miles Morales takes over the Spider-mantle in one of the best superhero origin stories ever told.Why You Should Read It: REMEMBER WHEN DONALD GLOVER WANTED TO BE SPIDER-MAN AND HOW AWESOME THAT WOULD'VE...
Spoilers, obviously. HBO Death abounds on HBO's Game of Thrones — just ask Jack Gleeson (Joffrey), Rory McCann (The Hound), Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister), Sibel Kekilli (Shae), or Rose Leslie (Ygritte). But each of those actors knew their characters' fates upon landing their respective roles, since George R.R. Martin had previously killed them in the A Song of Ice and Fire...