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Tips from a Bookstagrammer

If you’re an avid bibliophile, who also happens to be well-versed in social media, then you probably have heard of the subculture on Instagram called bookstagram. It’s a wonderful community of readers who share their love for books, but more specifically, share their love of taking photos for books. Here are a few tips on taking photos and navigating your way through being a #bookstagrammer.

Posted by Guest

Literary Family Feud

Family Feud has played host to a cavalcade of colorful characters. But what would the show look like if was able to have fictional characters on its stage? We find out when we pit Charles Addams' Addams Family up against Jane Austen's Dashwood clan from Sense & Sensibility!

Posted by Jadzia Axelrod

Is This Older or Younger than Harry Potter?

 

Posted by Stefani Sloma

5 Things We Wouldn’t Have Without Harry Potter

[Movie still from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Warner Bros.]

Twenty years ago, a brand new book made its way into the world, about a boy with a lightning bolt scar who lived under the stairs, until he got a letter that granted him entrance to a hidden school for witchcraft and wizardry. Since the publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry, his friends, and his magical world have become such an integral part of pop culture that it’s hard to remember a time when words like Patronus and Hogwarts weren’t part of the vernacular.

Posted by Lauren Thoman

Geek E. Girl Roles for Meryl Streep

[Movie still from The Devil Wears Prada, 20th Century Fox]

Whether she’s playing the iconic Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada, the heartbreaking and heartwarming Hannah Pitt in Angels in America, or the ABBA-belting Donna in Mamma Mia, one thing’s certain: Meryl Streep has got it going on. To celebrate our love for Meryl, here are five geeky roles we’d love for her to play.

Posted by Danielle Mohlman

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