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Live Tweeting The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Then I moved onto the prequel movies... The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Like #StarWars, the proper way to watch #TolkienFilms is to start with the [...]

Live Tweeting The Return of the King

By the third movie I was hitting my stride as a live-tweeter... The Return of the King  #Smeagol has the mind of a dictator - you have a [...]

Live Tweeting The Two Towers

I was just having a bit of fun during Fellowship (and I'll admit I took a bit of a nap through the middle part), but then I really got going... The Two [...]

Live Tweeting The Fellowship of the Ring

This weekend I was home sick. Probably just from being a bit overworked and stressed I had a fever and I was feeling pretty lethargic (which is pretty rare [...]

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling

I adore Mindy Kaling. Not because she's a fantastic actress, which she is, or even because she is hilarious, which, again, she is. No, I adore Mindy because [...]

Guy in Real Life by Steve Brezenoff

From the second you look at its pixelated cover, it becomes clear that Steve Brezenoff's novel, Guy in Real Life, is for gamers. With alternating POVs that [...]

To Feed or Not to Feed: A Tale of Feeding the Homeless

As I was walking home today I was approached by two homeless people who both asked me the same question,"Will you buy me something to eat?" I told the [...]

Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira

What do Kurt Cobain, Amelia Earhart and Heath Ledger all have in common? They're dead, for starters, and therefore they're perfect for spilling your secrets [...]

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

A good mystery can keep anyone up late into the night. In fact, some of my earliest reading memories are of reading Mary Higgins Clark's Daddy's Little Girl, [...]