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April 11, 2016

3 Words So Commonly Used Incorrectly That Most People Just Don’t Care

Sadly, there are far more than three. You know it. I know it. Let us remove our hats, bow our heads, and have a moment of silence for all the poor words so commonly used incorrectly. Ok. Moment of silence over. I picked these three words because they’ve been misused so much that the false definition is commonly accepted as...
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April 7, 2016

The Food in Studio Ghibli Movies & Avatar: The Last Airbender

So…yesterday’s post left me thinking about food. Since I’ve already talked about some recipes from J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K. Rowling’s worlds, I figured that it would be fair to share some that people have created or recognized from Studio Ghibli and Avatar: The Last Airbender (a series I should’ve thought to use in “10 Examples of Worldbuilding with Food in Books...
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March 31, 2016

Character Reactions Are the Laugh Tracks of Books

Any TV show that’s filmed live has little signs that tell the audience when to applaud. Almost all TV shows use laugh tracks so that audience members know when to laugh, and movies have soundtracks that tell the audience when they should feel happy or sad or scared. What do books have? Books have words. (duh) They have words that shape the...
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March 25, 2016

5 Celebrities Reading Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky

Speaking of celebrities reading poetry and other literature on youtube, a lot of people seem to like to post themselves or celebrities reading Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky.” Why that poem in particular? I’m not sure. Perhaps, it’s because of the acting challenge. When so many words are made up, reading with meaning and feeling can be more difficult (how do you say...
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March 24, 2016

Celebrities Give New Life to Moby Dick

However you feel about classic literature and Moby Dick in particular, seeing Plymouth University and a group of people (celebrities included) putting hours of effort into it has to make you curious (or is it just me?). In this case, celebrities from all genres (actors and actresses, writers, directors, musicians, politicians, etc.) have joined together to record an audio book of Moby Dick by...
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March 14, 2016

Even Authors Pick Apart People’s Plots: Terry Pratchett & Dr. Who

For all that we’re liable to be on the receiving end, writers aren’t always the nicest about pointing out other people’s plot holes. In reality, writers can be really harsh critics (kind of like how teachers are generally awful students, and doctors make bad patients). Since writers know more about writing (we assume), they can find more flaws. Of course,...
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