Oct
22
2013
Allegiant: Tris and 6 Other Bad A** Heroines We’d Want in Our Corner
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Allegiant, the final book in the Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth hits the shelves today. Beatrice (Tris) Prior may have been raised in the self-sacrificing ways of the Abnegation faction, but once she chooses to switch factions there’s no looking …
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Oct
19
2013
You Think YOUR Life is Messed Up? 9 Chick Lit Heroines Who Can’t Get it Together
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Today is ‘Evaluate Your Life Day’. While sure, we could all sit back and take a good long look at changes we could make to become more productive, spiritual, loving, blah blah blah – where’s the fun in THAT? We’d …
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Oct
17
2013
Happy Birthday, Robert Jordan! “The Wheel of Time” and 5 Other Massive Fantasy Series
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Today, we’re celebrating the life of fantasy giant Robert Jordan, born on October 17th, 1948. His The Wheel of Time series, first published in 1990 and just concluded earlier this year, is one of the lengthiest fantasy series of all …
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Oct
16
2013
Srsly??? THAT’S in the Dictionary? 15 of the Wackiest New Words in the OED
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Happy Dictionary Day! To commemorate this auspicious occasion, we compiled a list of some of the most unexpected new entries to the Oxford English Dictionary and their definitions. And before you ask – yes, ‘twerk’ made it in. BYOD, …
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Oct
15
2013
R.I.P. Mark Darcy. 10 Literary Characters Who Died too Soon
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When the news broke about the fate of Bridget Jones’ husband, Mark Darcy, in Helen Fielding’s new book Mad About the Boy, I was crushed. I still don’t know if I’m going to read it. It’s not the first time …
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Oct
14
2013
Think You Know Columbus? Think Again.
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Today is Columbus Day. The legacy of Christopher Columbus has been debated for years. While he may have introduced Europeans to the beautiful New World in his search for a passage to the Orient, no one can deny that the …
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