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All the Ways Peter Dinklage Has Stolen Our Hearts
[TV still from Game of Thrones, HBO]
Ah Peter Dinklage, how you've stolen our hearts. You've slayed the internet and Westeros with your charm and talent. How do we love thee? Let us count the ways!
Posted by Sandra Woolf
What Literary Video Game Should You Play?
[Video game still from Arm Joe, Takase]
The life of the bibliophile is one of varied pleasures. For example, when one gets tired of reading books, one can always play them! There have been no shortage of video games based on books, but which one is right for you? It all depends on who you are.
Posted by Jadzia Axelrod
John Cho: Literary Boyfriend
Photo by Leah Kelley from Pexels
It’s no secret that Quirk Books has a crush on John Cho. He’s both incredibly gorgeous and supremely talented and if we had our way he’d be starring in every movie out there. #StarringJohnCho
This week, we’re looking at the many literary roles on his resume – plus a couple we’d like to pitch to his agent.
Posted by Danielle Mohlman
Browsing the Shelves of the Orange is the New Black Library
[Photo by Alfons Morales on Unsplash]
We don’t know about you, but for the last four seasons, Orange is the New Black has doubled as both excellent television and an extension of our TBR. Each episode is packed with literary references and character-specific reading material. Season five is out now and we're loving it. If you haven't watched the newest season yet (or even if you have), we’re reliving our favorite books of the series – revealing our secret wish to become best friends with the Orange is the New Black writers’ room.
Posted by Danielle Mohlman
Literary Dads: A Quirk Report Card
[Movie still from To Kill a Mockingbird 1962, Universal Pictures]
Ah, Father’s Day…that second-fiddle after-thought of the greeting card holidays. According to a prominent bank, America spends 40% more money on Mother’s Day. That’s an average of $57 dollars less on Dad than on Mom, and the gap has been widening since 2003.
Your friends here at Quirk understand. Everyone has their reasons for snubbing Dad (to a much less extent).
Maybe a stroll through grades for the good, bad and downright deadly of literary dads will give you some perspective this Father’s Day. Maybe even inspire you to ditch the necktie and get Dad something that says, “I love you just as much as I love Mom.”
Posted by Joe Costal
Quirky History: Micrography, or Minuscule Medieval Images Drawn with Letters
Whenever we here at Quirk Books think we have found everything there is to discover about the weird and wonderful world of medieval manuscripts, something new always pops up and takes us by surprise. This time, what came at us out of left field was the incredible art form of micrography.
Posted by E.H. Kern
