#Bookstagrammer of the Week: @carlysbookclub

#Bookstagrammer of the Week: @carlysbookclub

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Want to see your favorite Bookstagrammer featured next? Message @bookstrofficial here.   This Week’s Featured creator: @carlysbookclub   Each week Bookstr is going to be highlighting your favorite Bookstagrammers. What is a Bookstagrammer you ask? A Bookstagrammer is someone who shares all of their literary interests, ranging from book reviews and aesthetically pleasing book pictures to outfit pictures featuring their current reads. Anything that evokes bibliophile feels is on their Instagram pages. Make sure to give these Bookstagrammers the love they deserve! This week we are getting to know Carly, or as you would know her on Instagram, @carly or …

#Bookstagrammer of the Week: @mitra_bookish_girl

#Bookstagrammer of the Week: @mitra_bookish_girl

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Want to see your favorite Bookstagrammer featured next? Message @bookstrofficial here.   This Week’s Featured creator: @mitra_bookish_girl   Each week Bookstr is going to be highlighting your favorite Bookstagrammers. What is a Bookstagrammer you ask? A Bookstagrammer is someone who shares all of their literary interests, ranging from book reviews and aesthetically pleasing book pictures to outfit pictures featuring their current reads. Anything that evokes bibliophile feels is on their Instagram pages. Make sure to give these Bookstagrammers the love they deserve! This week we are getting to know Mitra, or as you would know her on Instagram, @mitra_bookish_girl. Here …

Find Your Inner Grisha

Find Your Inner Grisha

Which order of the Small Science would you be in the Grishaverse—Corporalki, Etherealki, or Materialki and what would your specific powers be? Answer these simple questions about yourself and we’ll decide which Grisha order you’d best fit into.   Feature image via Pinterest

Why We Love Being Scared by Horror Books and Movies

Why We Love Being Scared by Horror Books and Movies

Horror is a genre that intrigues us because of its ability to terrify us and poke at our greatest fears. I believe that any mind-provoking book is a good book, but horror does more than provoke—it picks at our minds, invades us, and for whatever reason, this gives us a sense of excitement. So what’s the science behind scary stuff, and why do we love that adrenaline rush of fear?     The human body has hormones that trigger a flight or fight response as a reaction to fear, but when the body is in a setting that it knows …

11 Empowering Quotes by Female Writers

11 Empowering Quotes by Female Writers

There’s no doubt that the representation of women in literature is changing, and we owe most of that to female writers who have created female characters that us readers can use as role models. From Jane Austen to J.K. Rowling, these female authors know just what it’s like to be a woman in a man’s world, and they won’t let the female struggle go unnoticed in books. Here are eleven powerful quotes by female writers to repeat to yourself throughout the day whenever you need a reminder of just what it means to be a woman.   image via biography.com …