Celebrate 30 Years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall With This Amazing Novel

Celebrate 30 Years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall With This Amazing Novel

2019 marks thirty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. According to VisitBerlin.de, the fall of the wall marked “the end of the massive border complex that left Berlin divided into East and West for twenty-eight years, tearing apart families, friends and neighbours.” It was built in 1961, dividing the city of Berlin physically and ideologically for the best part of three decades. It was established in order to stagger the flow of refugees attempting to flee the communist government of East Germany. According to History.com, “construction of the wall caused a short-term crisis in U.S.-Soviet bloc relations, and the …

Exclusive Interview with Max Joseph on ‘BOOKSTORES: How to Read More in the Golden Age of Content’

Exclusive Interview with Max Joseph on ‘BOOKSTORES: How to Read More in the Golden Age of Content’

Book Culture

Best known for co-hosting MTV’s Catfish along with Nev Schulman, Max Joseph is also an acclaimed film director and avid book lover. Over the past year, Max embarked on a journey not only to find the world’s most beautiful bookstore, but also to figure our how to read the most books possible in the time that he has. We were lucky enough to catch up with Max ahead of the release of his documentary short BOOKSTORES: How to Read More Books in the Golden Age of Content on this, World Book Day 2019.     You’re best known for your …

Do the Environment a Favor and Shop at an Indie Bookstore!

Do the Environment a Favor and Shop at an Indie Bookstore!

Book Culture

Do you have a favorite bookshop? No, Barnes and Noble doesn’t count. I mean an independent bookshop, small, cosy, possibly family run. Handmade signs and questionable color schemes. Sometimes dogs. The one where you can sit for hours, enjoying your unique surroundings, and forgetting about all your responsibilities and then end up feeling horribly guilty because you’ve neglected every other aspect of your life. You’ve been missing for days. Your family has called the cops. Your plants are withering. You have several hundred unanswered emails. You know, that bookshop.   You, feeling guilty | Via Giphy   Well, according to …

10 of the Funniest Twitter Reactions to New ‘Game of Thrones’

10 of the Funniest Twitter Reactions to New ‘Game of Thrones’

The wait is over! Game of Thrones has returned and the good people of Twitter dot com are freaking out, and rightfully so. Here are ten of the most hilarious reactions people had to last night’s episode.       TELL CERSEI. I WANT HER TO KNOW IT WAS ME. pic.twitter.com/2srjl7QgEc — valentina (@valentinavia7) April 13, 2019   My dawg Tormund losing his mind https://t.co/3OdDJzuPtv — Trill Withers (@TylerIAm) April 13, 2019   Sansa is being reasonable. Jon is being willfully naive. Dany is being entitled. Arya is flirting. Bran is being THAT BITCH. Meanwhile, the Night King is making …

10 of the Funniest Twitter Reactions to New 'Game of Thrones'

10 of the Funniest Twitter Reactions to New 'Game of Thrones'

The wait is over! Game of Thrones has returned and the good people of Twitter dot com are freaking out, and rightfully so. Here are ten of the most hilarious reactions people had to last night’s episode.       TELL CERSEI. I WANT HER TO KNOW IT WAS ME. pic.twitter.com/2srjl7QgEc — valentina (@valentinavia7) April 13, 2019   My dawg Tormund losing his mind https://t.co/3OdDJzuPtv — Trill Withers (@TylerIAm) April 13, 2019   Sansa is being reasonable. Jon is being willfully naive. Dany is being entitled. Arya is flirting. Bran is being THAT BITCH. Meanwhile, the Night King is making …