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While we wait in anticipation for The Little Prince to come out on Netflix, we've realized that many of life's conundrums and complications can be resolved through the wisdom of the book. It's always that way, isn't it? The greatest bits of advice and information are tucked away in the classics, where we sometimes forget to look. 

Tomorrow's the International Day of Friendship, y’all! Grab your best friend, your library card, and a patch of shade, because the best way to celebrate your fantastic pairing is to create a book club of two exploring the messy, beautiful, and honest connections between some of our favorite protagonists. Pairs well with ice cream and tissues.

Did you know that July is National Hot Dog Month? Probably not unless you work for Oscar Mayer or Hebrew National. But don’t fret, there’s still time to celebrate. So go out and buy your 10-pack of hot dogs and an annoyingly unsynchronized 8-pack of buns, then pick up one of these 6 books to show your appreciation for blended pork bits.

July is DEE-licious. Not only is it National Ice Cream Month, there’s also a day in July dedicated to celebrating ice cream: the third Sunday of the month, which this year is July 21. Double yum! While cooling off with some brain-freezing ice cream and frosty book covers we started spreading our love of ice cream to as many books as we could with #IceCreamABook.

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The weather is heating up, and we’ve gathered up the coolest bookish, geeky, and crafty links for you! This week offered the opportunity to get sorted into the newest wizarding school houses as well as explore the online Prince museum.

All Things Bookish

Here’s a fantastic new essay by Cheryl Strayed.

These books show the unfortunate side effects of superpowers.

Invite your friends to a silent reading party.

Enjoy these YA novels this summer.

All Things Geeky

Sonic the Hedgehog is a metaphor for the internet.

Are superhero movies the new Westerns?

Dive into the Prince online museum.

Sort yourself into the new American wizarding school houses.

All Things Crafty

Try out some of these organizational tips.

 Craft a paper mushroom!

 The Fourth of July might be over, but you can still whip up this patriotic poke cake.

Suzanne asks if the inmates are going to get second dinner like hobbits, Leanne and Angie reference both To Kill a Mockingbird and The Hunger Games as things heat up at Litchfield, and Red reads aloud from Bird by Bird – a book that her nemesis Judy King is seen reading earlier in the season. To celebrate the end of our Orange is the New Black marathon, here are the books we spotted the inmates and guards of Litchfield reading in episodes nine through thirteen.