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It’s hard to be considered “dateable” in the modern age. You have to be smart, funny, and in possession of at least three to five decent selfies with good lighting. I don’t have any of …
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Fictional characters do this annoying thing where they sometimes die, and they do it right when you were getting attached to them. Usually, authors have REASONS for killing off characters, including but not limited to …
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I grew up believing my life would be like a Jane Austen novel, owing almost entirely to my own lack of critical thinking skills. Imagine my surprise when I discovered this was not the case! …
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Sometimes people make film adaptations of beloved books and everything turns out fine. Other times, plot points get thrown out the window. Whole scenes are left on the cutting room floor. Occasionally Voldemort hugs Draco …
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All the Books on Your English Syllabus, Summed Up in Pop Songs
As you suspected, you’re not the only person in the entire universe who has no idea what classic novels are trying to communicate to you. And quite frankly, you’re tired of it. You just want …
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Sometimes you hate a fictional character so passionately that it almost feels like a betrayal when you reach the end of the book and they DON’T wind up being eaten by wolves or something. You …
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Pick a Fictional Setting and We’ll Tell You Where You Should Live in Real Life
I live in the dusty, hellish netherworld that is the American Midwest, but that’s only because Hogwarts doesn’t technically exist. Believe me, if there was such a thing as Hogwarts, I would have traded in …