Tag: books
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Gallery Mondays: Patch Whisky’s Smart Monster #EducationIsNotACrime
I stumbled upon South Carolina artist Patch Whisky’s mural for the Not a Crime campaign in East Harlem on the wall of Fabco Shoes a few weeks ago when I got off the M103 bus. I cannot handle how adorbs his colorful monsters are! The one featured in this mural is reading a book and…
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I Failed My 2016 Reading Challenge
It seems a combination of the 40-hour (sometimes 48-hour) work week, extra freelance work, and putting some really thick books on my reading list took its toll on my ability to complete my 2016 Goodreads Reading Challenge. As you may remember from last year, I wrote a post about my 2015 victory, which included a list…
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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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Fan Art Fridays: Katniss Everdeen
This is it, guys—the last movie of The Hunger Games trilogy was released today, marking the end of what many millennials found to be one of the most inspiring film franchises of the decade. Katniss Everdeen is more than just the gorgeous girl you see depicted in the books and movies. She’s confident, strong, and symbolizes…
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Fan Art Fridays: Grace Helbig and Chester See (Grester)
In honor of #NaNoWriMo, every Fan Art Fridays post for November will have a fan fiction story to go along with it. Coincidentally, the cover of the fan fiction is almost the same as this week’s fan art! YouTube fans cannot stop gushing over Grester. I figured that I would find some pretty good fan fiction…
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Gallery Mondays: Allen Ruppersberg’s ‘Too Many Books’ @ Printed Matter
Printed Matter opened their new location on 11th Avenue last week, so I went to check it out with two of my friends before heading to dinner in Little Italy. The book store is filled with tons of art books by artists, as well as artwork for sale, and an exhibit which is currently Paper Rad:…
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How About Some Literary Would You Rather?
I stumbled upon a fellow blog from the Her Campus Blogger Network, Falling From Grace the other day. Bookworm that I am, I couldn’t refrain from answering the Literary Would You Rather she featured in a post. The questions are from the 6th edition of 101books.net’s Literary Would You Rather. So here we go! Would…
The Whisper Box 