Well this is one for the books: The former mayor of Baltimore, Catherine Pugh, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on wire fraud and tax evasion over her self-published books. Image Via Vox The 11-count federal indictments were made public Wednesday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland. The indictment describes a years-long scheme dating to 2011, when she was a state senator. Pugh is accused of using her company, Healthy Holly, to publish her books and sell them “directly to nonprofit organizations and foundations, many of whom did business or attempted to do …
For a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, we’re sure surrounded by a lot of Star Wars in this universe. Books, comics, encyclopedias, we got everything. Thus, we decided to take a look at the most iconic scene in Star Wars and give our own special spin on it! Featured Image via Amazon Bookstr is community supported. If you enjoy Bookstr’s articles, quizzes, graphics and videos, please join our Patreon to support our writers and creators or donate to our Paypal and help Bookstr to keep supporting the book loving community. Become a Patron!
Each week, Bookstr gives you a look at some of the best novels in a particular genre for your continued reading list. Sexy, intense, these five romance picks might just make your heart, and other body parts, explode. 5-No Broken Beast by Nicole Snow A Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author, Nicole Snow “writes about powerful alpha males and irresistible bad boys, serving up some of the hottest romance on the shelves.” Oo-la-la, looks like she served something on November 4th that’s still HOT! Image Via Amazon Clarissa returns to her home town …
It’s the second anniversary of the overseas release of Justice League, and Warner Bros is celebrating! Not because of Justice League, but because Joker has topped $1 billion gross. Arthur Fleck might have danced down the stairs, but his movie’s profits have only been rising! With a small budget of $62.5 million, this DC property has made comic book movie history as the first R-rated movie to hit this milestone. This small production budget and such a large international box office, this means that Joker is now the most profitable comic book movie in history. Image Via Comic …
Both series fall under the genre of fantasy, but afterwards the similarities fall apart. They don’t have similar themes, similar characters, the setting is vastly different. They are different as heaven and hell, cheese and gravy, pens and shotguns. But I want to step up and proudly announce, “Who gives a snap?” I still want to compare and contrast them and the reptilian part of my brain wants to see them fight to the death. Thus we introduce the American Tolkien and the Queen of Magic, George R. R. Martin and J. K. Rowling. One is the pirate-version of Tolkien, …
