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QUIZ: Can You Guess the Book from a Bad One-Sentence Summary?
6 Books That Would Be Impossible to Turn Into Movies
All the Times Nick Describes Gatsby’s Smile, Ranked in Order of How Platonic They Are
QUIZ: Can You Guess the Book from a Bad One-Sentence Summary?
QUIZ: How Would You Die in Greek Mythology?
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Answer These Would-You-Rathers and We’ll Tell You Which Famous Fictional Character You Are
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Every Book on Your English Syllabus, Summed Up in John Mulaney Quotes
I’m just going to say it: there are too many books. If the average person reads, say, ten books per year, then they’ll ultimately only read about 800 of the approximately 129,864,880 books in existence, …
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QUIZ: Can You Guess the Book from a Bad One-Sentence Summary?
We get it. You know books. You know them by their first sentence, by their last sentence, probably by their fourth sentence of the seventh paragraph in the twenty-eighth chapter. But would you know them by …
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6 Books That Would Be Impossible to Turn Into Movies
You know that feeling? The feeling when your favorite book is being adapted into a movie and you’re excited and terrified at the same time because on the one hand, you’ll finally get to see …
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All the Times Nick Describes Gatsby’s Smile, Ranked in Order of How Platonic They Are
A common motif in The Great Gatsby is Gatsby smiling, immediately followed by Nick swooning so hard he just about dies. I decided to make a note of this whenever it happened during my latest read-through, so here …
6 of the Worst Books of All Time
Sometimes a book is bad. Other times a book is so bad that people start throwing around phrases like: “One of the worst books ever written.” — The Irish Times “Do not read this book.” …
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QUIZ: How Would You Die in Greek Mythology?
I always figured I knew how I would die in Greek mythology (rejected, lovelorn, pecked to death by an eagle who is also somehow my father). But that was before I realized just how many ways …
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QUIZ: Which Extremely Specific Person Are You in Your Friend Group?
We all serve some vital function in our friend groups. Some of us are the mom friend, some of us are the funny friend, and some of us have a driver’s license and a car …
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7 “Romantic” Gestures in Literature That Aren’t Actually Romantic
We all show our love in different ways. Some of us make mixtapes. Some of us write poetry. Some of us fade from the public eye for five years, then return with a modest fortune …
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8 of the Most Controversial Endings in Literature
It’s not easy to write the end of a book. (I’d like to see you try it!) You can write a phenomenal story, but if the denouement is a dissatisfying, anti-climactic mess of loose ends …
Everything High School Movies Lied To Me About
I spent roughly my entire youth watching movies instead of playing outside or growing as a person. That’s why cinema has always been my guide, my helpful handbook to the unforgiving labyrinth also known as “life.” But …