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Hilariously Honest Reviews of Famous Books That Hit the Nail on the Head

Just because books are “must-reads,” considered classics or some other distinction that I haven’t yet thought of… doesn’t mean they should be a) taught in schools b) are any good or c) easy reads. It’s as likely, to be honest, that they’ll end up being a slog, not fun, boring AF and generally not worth your time.

Yeah, I said it. Classics are boring AS F**K. Books can be considered classics for all kinds of reasons, and as far as I can tell, “readability” typically isn’t one of them.

These 12 people, at least, seem to agree.

12. Chekov: The Complete Short Novels

Sure, dunk on a dead guy.

Goodreader annihilates Chekhov from BadReads

11. Wuthering Heights

There are lots of dead angry people.

People die when they are angry from BadReads

10. The Trial

It’s hard to argue with that.

I feel like this is an allegory for something from BadReads

9. Of Mice and Men

We’ve got this depression things, down.

I’ll just think, not read. from BadReads

8. Poetics

I mean. Yeah. But still.

Aristotle is pretentious from BadReads

7. Sex at Dawn

A question for the ages, really.

IT’S OKAY TO BE A VIRGIN from BadReads

6. Adolphe

This is all true. Don’t @ me.

Men are whiny babies from BadReads

5. All the Pretty Horses

When you find a sentence that just does you in.

All the Pretty Horses: Goodreaders have a lot of beef with McCarthy’s punctuation from BadReads

4. Ulysses

Gone by an act of God.

Ulysses: gone the way of Matcham’s Masterstroke from BadReads

3. The Tempest

And this is the best Shakespeare.

The Tempest: If your English teacher assigns you this KILL. THEM! from BadReads

2. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

That’s one theory, I suppose.

scientific hypothesises from BadReads

1. The Island of Dr. Moreau

Quick and succinct.

"More like Dr. BORE-O" from BadReads

It’s kind of hard to argue with these, don’t you think? And if you want to argue, please do on that on Facebook. We don’t need that here.

Alright… give us your own honest review of a famous book in the comments – we want to hear it!

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Check out the Roving Horseback Libraries of the 1930s

If you think librarians are heroes now, wait until you hear about the women who saddled up horses in the early morning and set out to deliver books to Kentucky’s isolated mountain communities.

Talk about commitment to making sure everyone had reading material, right?

The “book women” of The Pack Horse Library were part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s Work’s Progress Administration (WPA) initiative.

It was created to help America wriggle free of the grasp of the Great Depression – by 1933, unemployment had risen to 40% in Appalachia, and the roving horseback libraries were hoping to boost employment and literacy in one fell swoop.

The WPA paid the salaries of the book carriers, almost all of whom were women, but didn’t provide funds for much else.

Counties had to use existing libraries or ask local schools to help cover the cost of reading materials – donations also played a major role, as a 1940 notice in the Mountain Eagle proves.

People donated old magazines and newspapers, which were then cut and pasted into scrapbooks with particular themes like recipes, or maybe crafts.

One of these scrapbooks is on display today at the FDR Presidential Library & Museum in Hyde Park, NY.

That one contains recipes and an introduction that reads: “Cook books are popular. Anything to do with canning or preserving is welcomed.”

Libraries repaired books, and old Christmas cards were also donated to be used as bookmarks, to keep people from dog-earing the pages.

The women delivering these books and scrapbooks rode between 100 and 120 miles a week, almost always on their own horses or mules, along designated routes.

Like “real” postmen, they worked regardless of the weather, and in more remote locations, they ended up walking to their final destinations.

Most of them were locals, which was important, as mountain folks tended to only trust their own.

By 1939, 274 librarians were delivering books on horseback in 29 counties, and in total the WPA employed nearly 1000 “book women.”

By 1943, as the war effort erased unemployment concerns, the WPA dissolved and funding ended for the program, though a decade later, mobile book services resumed in the area.

This time they went with the “bookmobile,” though, instead of librarians astride horses.

The book women, and the librarians in the area who followed in their footsteps, were more than a source of reading material – they helped their remote communities in other ways, too.

They read to the illiterate, fulfilled requests, and just helped people feel connected to their communities and the world at large.

One recipient said “Them books you brought us has saved our lives,” and an article in the Mountain Eagle said of the Letcher County library, “The library belong to our community and to our county, and is here to serve us …It is our duty to visit the library and to help in every way that we can, that we may keep it as an active factor in our community.”

Proof that books, and libraries, make a difference. They matter, and so do the people on the other end of the transaction, no matter where they live or how well they read.

Something to remember still today, if you ask me!

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People Discuss What They Think Folks Will Be Nostalgic for in the Year 2060

It’s hard to believe that people will be nostalgic for ANYTHING that’s going on in the world right now, but you never know…

I’m sure people in 1980 thought the world was going to Hell in a handbasket, but 40 years later, 1980 probably looks pretty decent to some people…

But what will people be nostalgic for in the year 2060?

Here’s what people had to say on AskReddit.

1. Privacy.

“Privacy and the ability to go somewhere without seeing 75 cameras all the time.

Went to the beach today and no one was in the water except for me and my friend. Everyone else was waiting for “golden hour” in their dry beachwear.”

2. In-person.

“Playing physical games with friends.

Going to friends’ houses to play basketball/soccer and a few video games, and then have a sleep over.

Socializing to the extent even the youngest here have experienced.”

3. Remember when…

“The short period of time in 2020 when most of us got to spend some time at home with our families, traffic was bearable, people in the supermarkets were asked to keep distance.

As an introvert, I’m gonna miss it for sure.

As a doctor, not so much.”

4. Hang on to it!

“Physical media so you don’t have to micropay for every movie you feel like watching.

When the DVDs and Blu-Rays are no longer in the stores, there will be no reason for streaming services to charge a flat rate.”

5. That’s depressing.

“Driving.

Cars will be 100% automated and it will be illegal to drive your own car on roadways unless you have a special license, because it’s so dangerous.

There will be amusement parks where you can drive a car all by yourself.”

6. Show me the money.

“Paper and metal currency.

Virtual money, wire transfers, alternative finance models, blockchain money will be a norm I anticipate.

It is coming faster than we think.”

7. I really hope not.

“The golden days before covid-25 when you just had to wear a mask instead of a full hazmat suit…”

8. Scary stuff ahead?

“Contemporary weather patterns and jet streams.

Lack of mass migration and climate change refugees.

Clean beaches. Peace in India.”

9. Off the grid no more.

“Being able to go “off the grid” for a weekend.

I may have been the only student my senior year of high school and first few weeks of college not to have a cell phone (Out 200+ person freshman engineering 101 intro class, 5 of us didn’t have a cell phone, and the other 4 were from mainland China.

I was the only one who had the access to phones that would work on American cell phone networks but simply didn’t own one) and then had a pay-as-you-go phone mostly for emergencies for the next two years.

It wasn’t until the summer between my sophomore and junior year that I got a phone on a plan, and that was bc I needed it for a job with “on-call” shifts. Even now, I’m on one of the smaller carriers, so when I go camping for a weekend, I’m frequently out of cell phone range when I’m not on the interstate.”

10. Scary to think about.

“Cashiers.

They were already slowly being replaced by self checkouts, and now covid has put a rush on it.”

11. Not much faith…

“Large animals.

Rhinos, elephants, orangutans, giraffes. I have little faith that we won’t destroy the world.

Looking at the old onesies from our kids pajamas that we packed in a box showing safari animals will become as extinct as dinosaurs, but more painful…”

12. Bleak.

“Jobs.

Most people fail to realize what is happening in industry. They are blaming other people and countries, but the truth is, along aside the technical revolution of phones has been the technical revolution of industry.

Industrial level stepper motors and servos have become so cheap, along side multi core 64 bit control boards, which are so cheap they are essentially disposable, that entire swaths of the labor pool have already been replaced by computers.

The issue here is these incredible control boards are continuing to get better and cheaper, and the software is getting better. Every day the march of technology continues, the closer it comes to replacing Jobs we traditionally think as irreplaceable.

Computers don’t need a break, they rarely make a mistake, and they are cheaper than your labor. We are <10yr from massive disruption in some of the largest employment vectors, like transportation, that is going to put a lot of people out of work.”

13. No!

“Barnes and Noble.

They’re the last major chain bookstore, and they’re not doing well. The one where I am is going out of business after 20 years.

There will not be a bookstore in my city. (I’m in a suburb to LA, so not the middle of nowhere.).”

14. You’re being watched…

“Someone already said privacy, so I’m gonna go for freedom, it’s basically the same but it’s the effect of the lack of privacy.

People change when they know they are being watched.

This is already happening and will only get worse with time and technological improvement.”

15. Look into the sky.

“The night sky.

By that time, Musk, Bezos, and god knows who else, will have hundreds of thousands of satellites in orbit.

Our cities will have doubled in size, and urban sprawl will cause further light pollution. Stargazing will be something future generations will only hear stories about…”

Now we want to hear from all the readers out there.

In the comments, tell us what you think people will be nostalgic for in 40 years.

Please and thank you!

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People Talk About Things They Were Into Before They Became “Cool”

You’ve heard people brag (or humblebrag) about being into certain things before they hit the mainstream.

Movies, music, artists, etc. People always like to make sure that everyone out there knows that they were into it WAYYYYYY before it got popular.

But some people really were into stuff before everyone else knew about it.

What were you into before it was cool?

Here’s what folks on AskReddit had to say about this.

1. Snapchat.

“Snapchat. I downloaded it when it was in its early stages..and then deleted the app shortly after because none of my friends were on it.

I still have people asking me how I got my username.

@ohsnapyo.”

2. Wow!

“I went to a bar a long time ago (illegally- I was below drinking age) to see this punk band play. I liked it enough that I shelled out for one of their cassettes (pre-CD).

The band was Green Day.”

3. Rock star.

“I got stoned with John Mayer in a college town before he put out a CD. He was playing the blues at a club in front of 100 people and i only caught the last song.

We got high and he gave me a cd and wrote on it…. few weeks later I put the cd in and quickly tossed it out.

So I was early adopter of John Mayer playing the blues, AND throwing out his trash studio albums.”

4. Vinyl.

“I was into vinyl before it made a comeback.

And since nobody in the ’90s or early 2000s wanted their records anymore, I basically got 500+ records for free or nearly free.”

5. Potterhead.

“I was reading Harry Potter from like, day one. I remember how this happened so clearly. My dads birthday landed on the same day day that the book was released in the US, September 1, 1998, and we got him a gift certificate to Barnes and Noble, among a few other things.

The very next day, my dad and I went to Barnes and Noble. He picked two books, one was a New York Mets coffee table book and the other was the newly released Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, which he handed to me.

There were stacks and stacks of them on a display table right at the front of the store. He mentioned that he had read an article about how good the book was a few weeks prior, and that it would be releasing in the US soon. We were in the store for all of five minutes.

I read the first two chapters on the way home, and was immediately hooked. I swear I read that book a dozen times before going to the midnight release of Chamber of Secrets the following year.”

6. Awesome!

“Saw Metallica for my first concert in 1985 on the Ride The Lightning tour in Austin Texas.”

7. Interesting.

“Donald Glover.

He was part of a comedy group called Derrick Comedy that was absolutely hilarious.”

8. Eminem.

“I once did a Google search for Eminem and it came back with zero results.

I was an editor at All music at the time and emailed my higher ups to tell them he needed a listing ASAP.”

9. Old school.

“I was chugging Pabst Blue Ribbon years before it became the go-to hipster brew.”

10. Back in the day.

“Reddit.

This account is rather recent but I discovered the platform in its infancy. It had less stuff back then but the discussions were better.

And then, mainstream caught up.”

11. DMB.

“When I started college in 1993, the first real big party I went to was a sorority party with a band. I was there before they went on, and when I saw they had a saxophone set up on stage, I (having played alto sax in hs) set my beer down on the stage in front of where the sax player would be.

They wound up being really good live, and a few weeks later the Dave Matthews Band first album came out, and I bought it first day.

I’ll never forget taking that cd home at Christmas break and playing it for high school friends who said “WHAT THE F*CK IS THIS SH*T?” The next year they all apologized because they were all into them once they got popular.

I saw them a few times, but after they got super big I really didn’t like any of their new material and quit listening to them. The last time I saw them I remember seeing Daisy Fuentes outside the theater interviewing people after the show and had a feeling they were about to be a big MTV band.

However, from time to time I’ll hear an old tune of theirs and will remember when I thought they were very cool.”

12. Get with it!

“Adult coloring.

I never liked drawing but loved coloring, so as I grew up I would seek out all kinds of coloring books. I loved how calming it was, and I would often color with my grandparents so I created a lot of fond memories there.

I got made fun of a lot for my hobby until it suddenly became cool in the last few years.”

13. Good stuff.

“Tito’s Vodka.

I was living in Austin before it went nationwide and after moving back to the Midwest, it took a couple years for the mass release before it really took off.”

14. Cool Mom!

“My white suburban mom did yoga back in the 1970’s when it was considered “a hippy thing”.”

15. Crazy.

“I was out for the night back when I was 17/18/19. A friend and I went to a good pub in Oxfordshire where we thought we’d have a chance to pick up some girls.

Ended up getting drunk, taking an E and listening to the band who were pretty good. After their set we popped out of the pub for a quick joint.

The band walked over and asked for a toke. Ended up spending the rest of the evening In the back of their van smoking weed and drinking.

Turned out that the band was an unknown indie/rock group called Radiohead. A couple of weeks later Creep went international.

Been a fan ever since.”

Now we want to hear from you.

What were you into to before it became really popular?

Talk to us in the comments!

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People Imagine the Remote Learning “Pandemic” Options at Hogwarts

In times like these, the imaginary worlds we love are more important than ever. They’re still intact, unchanged and unbroken, there for us to escape into whenever we’d like.

That said, it can also be fun to imagine how our favorite characters would be if they were living in our bizarro timeline – which is exactly what these 17 people are doing when they dream up what online alternatives would be for classes at Hogwarts.

17. A horror version, for sure.

So, here’s where the horror of Covid comes into play.

Picture Harry Potter in his abusive home, and in lockdown.

16. They’re definitely not going to use a computer. How boring.

Everyone gets a moving painting of their teacher so they can learn from home.

15. A mystery to keep everyone occupied.

There are now furious discussions on the UK birdwatching messaging boards about the uptick in the sightings of owls carrying scrolls

14. I knew those owls would come in handy.

The school has owls that are free to use. I’d assume they go round once a week or so to pick up assignments. Considering how mail owls act, kids who don’t have assignments ready would have to finish them quickly while being harassed.

Muggle houses can be connected to the floo network in special circumstances. The family would have to purchase floo powder locally or owl order it though.

13. They have so many options!

Floo meetings.

Just try not to eat soot as you stick your head in the fire.

12. No mask required.

You know that bubble charm used during the Tri-Wizard Tournament?

11. Maybe they’ll share the cure with the rest of us.

Witches and wizards can easily heal non magical diseases. This is covered in the books. Injuries or normal sicknesses can be wand waved away, it’s only the magically-caused afflictions that require a really advanced magical treatment.

Remember when Madam Pomfrey said it would have only taken seconds to fix Harry’s broken arm, but since Lockhart had zapped his bones away it would take all night? It’s likely that COVID would just be a nuisance, a quick charm to zap it off each kid on arrival.

The really scary alternative is that COVID is a magical illness which has escaped out of the Wizarding world into the Muggle world, the wizards are scrambling to figure out how to fix it, and also how to cure the whole Muggle world without blowing cover. A very tense meeting ensues between the Minister of Magic and the Prime Minister.

10. Smartest answer I’ve seen.

Hogwarts wouldn’t close for COVID.

Hogwarts didn’t even close when Magical Hitler returned from the dead and was conducting an active pogrom in the area and had some of his people as infiltrators running the place.

9. I would pay to see that.

Every single lesson taught via howler.

RON WEASLEY I KNOW YOU AREN’T PAYING ATTENTION EVEN WITH THIS HOWLER. REMEMBER, IT’S LEVIOSA, NOT LEVIOSA, YOU F%CKWIT.

8. No one admitted Voldemort was a real threat until like the last book.

But yeah like it did stay open when an ancient racist monster was clearly on a rampage, so your point stands that probably wouldn’t close for a mere pandemic

But there was nothing clear about the monster or even any proof that there was a monster. They had no idea til the end of the book how or why the victims had been paralyzed. The staff took the precaution of mandating that everyone travel in groups accompanied by professors, which was about the best they could reasonably do with the attacks being a mystery. Plus, the basilisk ultimately paralyzed several people and a cat with no fatalities, while a disease is a clear threat killing huge amounts of people.

Also, wasn’t there a point where Harry overheard Dumbledore stating that they would likely have to shutdown soon if the mystery wasn’t solved? Sure it took them the better part of a year to get to that point, but it was there as a last resort option.

7. You’re obviously not paying attention.

You think Poppy fu*king Pomfrey, the bossiest witch ever, wouldn’t have a potion against something mere as Covid?

6. But they would just conjure their masks.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Maskaban.

5. Best typo ever.

They could use the flu network like the talking head thing, talking patronous’s, 2 way mirror’s as shown in books 5&7, chalk boards that have a protiant charm on them like the DA’s coins.

So many possibilities. And I’m not a Harry Potter nerd at all!

4. A pretty accurate description.

Poor Harry. An entire year of Dudley throwing tantrums because he is not allowed outside to meet his buddies and also no one to bully except Harry.

Uncle Vernon going on about how this is all fake, yet wishes it on Harry so that they can just dump him at a hospital where hopefully he’d just die because that is what Dursleys do for Potters. That wish is sabotaged by aunt Petunia from the get go, who just at the mention of anything covid-related starts disinfecting the entire house and everyone in it.

As a result everyone has lost all skin on their body from her not just making them wash their hands constantly, but also bathing in chemicals to eradicate all traces of the outside world. No one can smell anything anymore due to noses being overwhelmed, which leads to Petunia being convinced everyone is sick and the cycle starts again.

Harry is not allowed to use magic, since he is a) not in Hogwarts, b) around muggles and c) has no school supplies as they all had to be disinfected by Petunia, which she did by burning them. Hedwig is not allowed inside, because who knows what diseases birds carry, and gets to stay with the Weasleys.

I think I just turned it into Petunia and the Barrel of Purell..

3. They might have to rethink the “magic outside of Hogwarts rule.

Just spitballing here since I’m not like super well versed on Harry Potter lore, read the first book and watched all the movies. Anyway I think a big issue would be that if I remember correctly, it’s essentially a rule that you can’t use magic as a student when you aren’t on campus?

Like I get that you could say “well classes are still in session so they would just have a waiver to practice at home”, but the issue is that when they practice spells on campus they have like a master level professor right there with them and their school’s magical nurses office available so when things go haywire you have someone who can jump right in and counter the spell or whatever and people trained in healing any sort of magical mishap all there.

If you are practicing at home and turn yourself into a frog or something then I would imagine even if a professor can see it via crystal ball or something then there is to be some range limit on their ability to step in and people like Ron seem to live out in the middle of nowhere, or worse still you might have a student like Harry who doesn’t have like permanent residence in the magical world and lives in the muggle world and good luck getting that home study approved or getting them help of something goes wrong without a big scandal.

2. Those muggle problems.

It’s not closed.

They probably don’t even know what covid is. some

Muggle thing only muggles get, probably.

If anyone gets sick then they’ll just have em chug potions until they are fine again.

1. “Caught with their bubble down.”

They wouldn’t close, they would cast a magic bubble around all students and call the practice of keeping it up and active “extra credit”. Any student caught with their bubble down loses points for their house.

Any student showing symptoms is sent to madam pomfrey to suffer in shame for their muggle level ineptitude. After all, covid is preventable without magic, add magic into the mix and suddenly there are no excuses.

It’s a good thing I’m not a teacher there, because I am so not this creative!

Do you have an idea to add to the list? Share it with me in the comments!

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‘Pride and Prejudice’ Jokes That Fans Will Truly Love

There are people in the world who still hate on Jane Austen and Pride and Prejudice, but if you as me, it mostly just smacks of either envy or somehow thinking it makes you cool and superior to not like the thing everyone else enjoys.

Because the story, the characters, and the adaptations have endured for so long, there’s really no arguing they don’t have merit!

There are also ample jokes, which of course means you’ve made it, and we really love these 16.

16. I don’t think Jane did, either.

They existed only in her mind.

https://perchancetoshitpost.tumblr.com/post/613310347638620160/jane-austen-creates-mr-darcy-mr-knightley

15. With less costuming, sadly.

I love that the GIF is Colin Firth.

https://books-read-in-nooks.tumblr.com/post/620948450120450048/mr-darcy-im-not-going-to-another-ball-mr

14. I don’t know why this made me laugh so hard.

But here we are.

https://faded-coat-of-blue.tumblr.com/post/190685217564/mr-darcy-the-moment-he-finds-out-he-might

13. It helps more than you would have thought, too.

Especially when you are out of other options.

https://inakingdombythesilversea.tumblr.com/post/614343412621180928/quarantine-mood-walking-aimlessly-around-the

12. That first one is slaying me.

But…I agree with them all.

https://ohhistark.tumblr.com/post/190022926011/the-3-horniest-moments-in-film-history

11. They don’t want any of that.

Not the first time around, anyway.

https://starknesskenobi.tumblr.com/post/612276858663403520/when-your-the-lead-heroine-in-a-classic-literature

10. Talk about playing to your audience.

Or your customers, I guess.

https://anna-rose-by-any-other-name.tumblr.com/post/616874357571174400

9. Proof that some things about romance were better back then.

But no, not most things.

https://inbroadwayvalley.tumblr.com/post/611738939001307136/im-a-modern-woman-and-all-but-the-minute-you

8. The magic of a good book.

It’s like an old friend and a new lover at the same time.

https://fieryartemispublications.tumblr.com/post/616320399721086976/pride-and-prejudice-occupied-in-observing-mr

7. Take note authors and filmmakers everywhere.

It works every single time.

https://barviv.tumblr.com/post/190955003204/you-know-what-im-talking-about

6. How did he suppose that would go over?

Ah, right. He’s Darcy.

https://litausten.tumblr.com/post/621112770697609216/mr-darcys-first-proposal-in-a-nutshell

5. I don’t know about sexier, but…

There’s definitely something about it that gets you going.

https://haniela.tumblr.com/post/614719612865658880

4. Why is this so scarily accurate though.

The Office is just so relatable.

https://books-read-in-nooks.tumblr.com/post/623565221025513472

3. Give me more of it, please.

I will watch it all day long.

https://ceaselesslyinlove.tumblr.com/post/190446228954/two-period-drama-people-glaring-at-each-other-not

2. I mean how dare.

This cracks me up.

https://closetxromantic.tumblr.com/post/624743603067060224/jane-whats-the-first-thing-you-notice-when-a-man

1. Our expectations are high.

Great, even, one might say.

https://closetxromantic.tumblr.com/post/624558058449895424/me-im-strong-and-independent-i-dont-need-love

I’m a fan of the story, and now I’m a fan of these 16 jokesters. Ha!

What’s your favorite P&P funny? Share it with us in the comments!

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Check out These Iconic Final Lines of 14 Popular Books

Speaking as a writer, I can tell you that we spend as much time coming up with the perfect opening line as we do with the right last one – although for me, final lines are easier. I think it’s because the story is told, the characters are well-loved (or hated) friends, and how it ends all comes out in one big whoosh.

I think the final lines of these 14 popular books are spot-on perfection – take a look and see if you agree.

14. The Color Purple by Alice Walker

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…..THE COLOR PURPLE…… . When you don't feel like putting down a book because you are too worried about the characters..probably that is when you realise that you are completely in love with a book..This was one such read for me.. . The book starts with Celie's letters to God,in which she narrates her heartwretching story of being raped by her father ,her 2 children being taken away,her sister Netti being separated from her.. . Celie lives in a very sexist and misogynistic society which makes women believe that submission to men's brutalities from abuse to beating to forced marriage to marital rape is what is expected from them.. . Then she meets shug avery and Sofie,2 free spirited and bold women in her life who showed the audacity to live their lives according to their terms…and then her life changes….she eventually learns to think, react,fight,survive and become empowered and liberated. It is always a delight to read about women, who don't lose hope,who keep fighting, women loving, supporting,uplifting and inspiring other women..so that they all live a life of dignity and freedom..and men around them finally changing and accepting them the way they are… . #alicewalker #thecolorpurplebook #womanempowerment #booklove #bookstagram #lovetoread #bookstagramofindia #booksofinsta #bookphotography #bookphoto #fictionlove #fictionlover #books #booklover #bookishlove #bookcoverlove #bookcoverlover #bookstagramindia #bookstagramofindia

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“But I don’t think us feel old at all. And us so happy. Matter of fact, I think this the youngest us ever felt.”

You can buy this Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner here.

13. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

“The eyes and faces all turned themselves towards me, and guiding myself by them, as by a magical thread, I stepped into the room.”

This is a fictional account of Plath’s experience as a “guest editor” at Mademoiselle.

12. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

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“Up the road, in his shack, the old man was sleeping again. He was still sleeping on his face and the boy was sitting by him watching him. The old man was dreaming about the lions.”

This novel, meant to prove Hemingway wasn’t washed up, is available here.

11. The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne

“But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest a little boy and his Bear will always be playing.”

Grab this iconic book and share the magic with your own kiddos.

10. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

“Then starting home, he walked toward the trees, and under them, leaving behind the big sky, the whisper of wind voices in the wind-bent wheat.”

Fun fact: Capote was joined by friend Harper Lee when he traveled to Kansas to investigate the Clutter family murders.

Grab the book here.

9. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

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#BookReview ? A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens ? Read this book for #midyearreadathon organized by @codingbiblio and @thebibliophilemommy (Book 2 for Prompt 7) ? This is a famous historical fiction by the great author set in the times of the French Revolution. The two cities are Paris and London, hence it's a tale of these two. ? A man, imprisoned for a major part of his life in Paris, tries to cope with his newly found dream-like reality in which he lives in London with his young daughter and practises his medical occupation. The daughter is loved by three men, all different in temperament and one of them ultimately marries her. She finds her life turned upside down when the revolution picks up pace. ? Definitely, it's a difficult read with long sentences and tough language. It is light and dark, it is warm and heart-rending. It demands focus and serves you with a memorable story. ? In his satirical tone, the author shows a picture of that time when the lives of poor had no value in the eyes of the high-handed and corrupt nobility. He has painted unforgettable scenes like the wine spilling scene and when a monsieur drives over a poor lad. ? The moving end being the best, the second best part about the book is that it doesn't stop at the overthrow of the King and Queen but tells how the old destructors are now destructed by the new ones in the name of justice. ? Final verdict: If you are not afriad of attention-demanding language and lingering pace, pick it ASAP. Certainly recommended to the fans of classics. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ . . . . . . . P.S.: HP fans! It has a Snape-like character. I have lost my heart to him ?❤ . . . . . . #qotd- The toughest book you've ever read? . . . . . . . . . . . #ataleoftwocities #charlesdickens #ataleoftwocitiesbook #bookstagram #indianbookstagrammer #booknerd #bookrec #2020reads #classics #classicreads #bookishflatlay #bookaholic #bookaddict #rupapublicationsbooks #bookworm #deeksharecommends #2020fav #bookrecs2020 #whattoread #weekendreads #pickingclassics #charlesdickenslove #charlesdickenbooks #snapelikecharacter #toughreads #readathonreads #bibliophile

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“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”

Almost as iconic as the opening line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …”

If you need a refresher, you can buy the book here.

8. On the Road by Jack Kerouac

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*On the road* by Jack Kerouack In times when we can’t travel, this book will take you to beautiful places. Apart from being a beatnik generation written anthem, it’s mostly a book of the self quest. It’s a story of a young man discovering his path, his voice, experiencing love and friendship but also disappointment. The descriptions were so vivid I felt like I was there, I could smell and feel it all. One quote stayed with me for almost 10 years since I read it : “I suddenly realized I was in California. Warm, palmy air – air you can kiss – and palms.” One of my all time favorite ❤ #bookstagram#book#books#booklover#booknerd#bookaddict#bookstagrammer#polishbookstagram#polishbooklover#bookreview#bookrecommendations#polishbookstagramer#ontheroadbook#kerouack#beatniks

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“… I think of Dean Moriarty, I even think of Old Dean Moriarty the father we never found, I think of Dean Moriarty.”

You can re-read the favorite book of college boys everywhere and see if it holds up as an adult.

7. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

“I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can’t stand it. I been there before.”

It is kind of sad, if you think about it.

Buy the book here.

6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

“He turned out the light and went into Jem’s room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.”

Scouts neighbor, Dill, is based on Truman Capote.

Buy a copy for yourself here.

5. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

“She looked up and across the barn, and her lips came together and smiled mysteriously.”

It kind of seems like a cliffhanger, but if you’ve ever read this depressing novel, you’ll recall being glad that it wasn’t.

See how you feel about it now, and read the book again.

4. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

Poetic, right? Nab a copy and read the whole, sad tale all over again.

3. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

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“Oh, my girls, however long you may live, I never can wish you a greater happiness than this.”

And no, she never considered putting Jo and Laurie together.

You can buy it (and shove your copy in the freezer) here.

2. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

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"I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me. People feel with their hearts and since he has destroyed mine, I have not power to feel for him." Wuthering heights is a classic which is a must and should be in everyone's list. Like any other story, this will leave you in deep thoughts. Although it took me few attempts to understand the depth of the story. In the end I could understand why people loved it so much. #bookblogger #booklover #booknerd #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookandteatime #books #bookish #book #bibliophile #bookaddict #bookphotography #booksofinstagram #reading #bookaholic #booklove #bookblog #readersofinstagram #emilybronte #bookcommunity #bookshelf #reader #bookobsessed #instabooks #thebookhop #wutheringheights #lovestory #treesandbooksgotogether #communityofbookstagrammersandauthors #communityofbooks

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“I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath, and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.”

If you haven’t read this in a while, may I recommend buying your copy now, and reading it in the dreary days of winter.

1. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

“But now I know that our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean. Whatever our struggles and triumphs, however we may suffer them, all too soon they bleed into a wash, just like watery ink on paper.”

Read it again – or for the first time – with a pretty new copy.

If you would change any of these I would love to know how in the comments!

You know what they say – don’t come with a problem if you don’t have the solution!

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Funny Memes for All the True Crime Lovers Out There

I am a true crime FANATIC.

I love true crime books, movies, TV show, you name it. And it’s been a thing for me since I was a little kid and found a book that my older brother left on the coffee table about different serial killers. I actually still have the book and I flip through it sometimes to remember the good old days…

So, yes, the way I turned out is definitely his fault.

But I’m not alone! You’re here, so you’re obviously just as deranged as I am!

And to celebrate our morbid interests, let’s enjoy these true crime memes together!

1. I’m in!

I mean, can I get in on this conversation?

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2. Now, isn’t that interesting?

A good way to pass the time.

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3. Do you think it worked?

She might’ve just fallen in love with you.

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4. Winning people over with that knowledge.

At least…well…maybe…?

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5. Sleep tight.

The fake stuff scares you more, for some reason.

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6. Bring joy into my life!

That’s more like it!

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7. Sorry, we can’t be friends.

We gave it a shot, though.

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8. This is what “busy” means.

Gotta get those crime programs in.

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9. I know what’s going on here.

And so do you!

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10. I find that very disturbing.

And maybe we should question our friendship.

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11. You’re not gonna sleep tonight.

And you know it!

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12. Uh oh!

That’s Jeffrey Dahmer, by the way.

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13. Ahhhh. Isn’t this nice?

Goodnight, Jason Voorhees.

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14. Sounds like someone I know.

Don’t say that out loud!

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Are you a big true crime fan?

If so, tell us about your favorite creepy TV shows, movies, book, etc. in the comments!

We can’t wait to hear from you!

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