These are the novels and short story collections that we absolutely loved in 2014. Ranked in no particular order.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Zach Dodson
Thursday, December 4, 2014
These Medieval Doodles Might Be The Coolest Thing Ever
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, December 04, 2014
It turns out boredom really is eternal.
Raise your hand if you've ever doodled mindlessly in a notebook.
(RAISES HAND!)
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It turns out that you doodlers are in good company, and that people in medieval times couldn't resist drawing in the blank spaces in their books either.
Leiden University Library
Kwakkel is an English professor at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, and focuses on medieval manuscripts.
Like this one!
Leiden University Library
33 Signs You're Spending Christmas At Hogwarts
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, December 04, 2014
Because it’s better than going back to Privet Drive.
Warner Bros. Pictures / Via a-movie-dream.tumblr.com
1. You spend all of your mornings in the Owlery.
2. There are parcels waiting for you in the common room.
3. You're beginning to suspect that your teachers really do live at school. Like all the time.
4. You've tickled the kitchen pear every night this week.
5. You have received a Weasley sweater, as is the custom.
6. It's snowing in your cornflakes but you kind of like it.
7. You have wondered, not for the first time, where they keep the official Hogwarts menorah.
8. You're not exactly sure what treacle is but it's absolutely everywhere.
9. Your long-dead parents have endowed you with a valuable heirloom.
10. The cashier line at Honeydukes is out of control.
11. You have written several letters to your godfather but have not heard back from him.
Warner Bros. Pictures / Via moviepilot.com
12. The Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher is missing from the feast.
13. You are being treated for injuries related to a late-night game of Exploding Snap.
14. Your trashbag relatives have sent you a gift.
15. Dobby is a free elf.
16. You have fallen asleep in front of the fire in Hagrid's hut.
17. The centaurs are restless.
18. The prefects look the other way.
19. You have popped a whole box of Wizard Crackers and now have more hats than you need.
20. The Polyjuice is ready, at last.
21. Oh look, more treacle.
People Are Trying To Start A Rumor That "Fault In Our Stars" Author John Green Is The Zodiac Killer
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, December 04, 2014
The internet is dumb.
A few days ago Tumblr users realized that John Green kind of sort of looks like a police sketch of the Zodiac Killer.
17 Cosy Reading Nooks To Get You Through The Winter
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, December 04, 2014
Snuggle up with a book.
Announce your intentions with bold lettering.
Embrace colour, don't hold back.
Be clever with the space you have available.
Tuck your nook under the stairs.
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