Tag: book

• Books I Want to Read in 2016

  It’s a new year, so I’ve got a new list of books I want to read! Honestly, one of the best things about being out of school is the fact that you can read every and any book you want by choice.  In 2015 I challenged myself to read 12 books, which I documented on Goodreads.…

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  January 5, 2016

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• 6 Favorite Mamrie Hart ‘You Deserve a Drink’ Episodes

  POST CONTAINS AFFILIATE LINKS I’m finally 21. I have walked this planet for 21 years. How is this real?! Turning 21 means a lot of things for The Whisper Box. I can now officially gain entry to 21+ concert venues without asking for an artist interview beforehand. This means that even if I can’t sit…

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  May 20, 2015

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• New ‘Hunger Games’ Course Available at American University

  Now we know where all the Hunger Games fans in the class of 2019 will want to go to college! Professor Stef Woods at American University in Washington D.C. is set to teach a new course titled The Hunger Games: Class, Politics and Marketing. The course description reads: The Hunger Games trilogy is a publishing…

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  August 12, 2014

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• Directioners Threaten to #SuspendAnnaTodd Over 1D Fanfic ‘After’

  And the Directioners strike again. Seems like fans of the popular UK boyband One Direction aren’t too happy about Anna Todd’s 1D fanfic After. The 25-year-old writer from Texas got a publishing deal for the fanfic, which hit over 900 million reads on Wattpad, and talks of a movie version have also surfaced. “Oh my gosh I’m kind…

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  August 9, 2014

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• Barnes and Noble Dream Class: Comedy Writer Alida Nugent’s “Crucial Info for Surviving Your 20s”

  On October 1st, I received an email from the Hofstra Barnes and Noble Bookstore about a Dream Class that students could vote to bring to campus. Ask me again which courses were available or which one I voted for. I honestly can’t remember, but I do remember claiming my free ticket when I read that…

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  November 22, 2013

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• Kelly Clarkson’s Jane Austen Gold Ring Fiasco

  Once upon a time, Kelly Clarkson bought British writer Jane Austen’s gold ring at a Sotheby’s auction. For over £150,000 ($228,000 USD). That’s a large amount of British pounds there! However, the odds don’t seem to be in Kelly Clarkson’s favor with this ring. The UK’s Culture, Communications and Creative Industries Minister Ed Vaizey placed…

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  August 1, 2013

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• Movie Review: ‘The Great Gatsby’

  Yesterday, for my 19th birthday, I went to see The Great Gatsby (2013) with my guy and my best friend. Not having read the book in high school (due to my transferring between schools with two different English literature curricula, resulting in my having missed the reading of Gatsby by the time I had transferred),…

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  May 21, 2013

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