Which Book Series Do You Think Is The Most Underrated?

Let’s hear it for the underdogs.There are the book series we all know and love. You know the ones we're talking about. Warner Bros. / Via giphy.com These are the series that dominate discussions IRL and on the Internet. Team Edward or Team Jacob, Team Gale or Team Peeta, you know the drill.Lionsgate / Via media.giphy.com Lionsgate / Wikia View Entire List...

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My Best Friend The Schizophrenic

“Casper lit me up, from kindergarten through the end of high school, and I miss him.” Andrea Hickey / BuzzFeed I'm going to call him Casper, because that's what I named him in two of my early stories, just as I named another boyhood friend Lester in the stories he inspired. But both were far more to me than simply friends — the term doesn't begin to encompass what we had,...

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How “The Girls’ Guide To Hunting And Fishing” Shaped My Twenties

Daniel Dalton/BuzzFeed/Penguin I cannot say for sure when I first read Melissa Bank's The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing. I must have been in the very earliest of my twenties, because I know it was already dear to me by the time I graduated from university. It is, for me, a near-perfect book, one that I have pressed into the hands of several female friends and recommended...

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George R.R. Martin Has Released An Excerpt From "The Winds Of Winter"

GRRM posted a chapter from the upcoming sixth book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, and it’s all about Sansa Stark. Matt Sayles / Invision / AP Matt Sayles The Winds of Winter Bantam Books View Entire List...

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30 Copy Editors Tell Us Their Pet Peeves

“Oxford comma or not … can’t we just get along?” Pixsooz / Thinkstock More than 500 copy editors (over 500 copy editors? does it really matter?) attended this year's American Copy Editors Society (ACES) conference, which took place in Pittsburgh from March 26–March 28. (Yes, a conference for copy editors actually exists, and yes, it's really, really fun, in case you were wondering.)We...

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18 Snapchats From "Lord Of The Rings"

One Snap to rule them all. Jarry Lee / BuzzFeed / New Line Cinema Jarry Lee / BuzzFeed / New Line Cinema Jarry Lee / BuzzFeed / New Line Cinema Jarry Lee / BuzzFeed / New Line Cinema View Entire List...

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What Is Your Favorite Line Of Poetry?

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.It's National Poetry Month! Touchstone Pictures / Via federicoezequieldevito.tumblr.com Poetry can change the way we see the world around us, even with just one line. MGM / Via doubledaybooks.tumblr.com Like: "I walk into a room / Just as cool as you please, / And to a man, / The fellows stand or / Fall down on their knees." From...

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Who Said It: Bender Or Marvin The Paranoid Android?

The depressed robot edition.*Though Marvin from the 2005 film is used visually for this quiz, the quotes are as they appear in Douglas Adams' books....

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27 Photos That Prove This Is The Most Epic Book Sale Ever

If you love books and live anywhere near San Francisco then make a trip to this massive used book sale.Earlier today Friends of the San Francisco Public Library opened the doors to their 5th Annual Spring Book Sale, which goes through the end of the weekend (April 1–5). Mathew Guiver / BuzzFeed The sale takes place at a massive warehouse in Fort Mason, and it's a little overwhelming...

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