Books

What’s your favorite scary movie…. sequel? Had to think about it for a minute, didn’t you? Despite the horror genre being replete with sequels, prequels, requels, and spin-offs, the stuff nightmares are made of generally go down better the first time. In fact, how often can we say the second movie in a horror franchise—never
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Warning: this A Discovery of Witches review contains spoilers. Diana’s schoolteachers had it right: “exceptionally goal-oriented” is the perfect description of Dr Bishop, an over-achiever who steams through to-do lists, brooking no argument and effortlessly attracting devotees along the way. While Matthew and the boys were coming up against a brick wall in New Orleans,
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There’s surprisingly little information on the internet, outside of highly focused children’s book blogs/social media or publishing catalogs, about board books. It’s not a huge market, and though some libraries hold them on shelves, not all of them do. It’s not as profitable a format as picture books are, and more, many board books are
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Activision Blizzard is currently under investigation following accusations of harassment, discrimination, and fostering a hostile work environment. You can read more about the investigation here. Microsoft’s shocking (though still pending) acquisition of Activision Blizzard has everyone buzzing and a lot of people suddenly wondering how much Sony, Nintendo, Capcom, Square Enix, and their other favorite video
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This article contains Scream spoilers. More than 25 years ago, Skeet Ulrich’s Billy Loomis and Matthew Lillard’s Stu Macher made a bloody big splash in Scream. After years of parents’ groups, politicians, and even teachers worrying about the effects of horror movies on the youth of America, here were two horror movie killers who played
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“I can remember now, with a clarity that makes the nerves in the back of my neck constrict, when New York began for me, but I cannot lay my finger upon the moment it ended…” I know, I know. Despite how iconic and amazing Didion is, that quote is pretty hackneyed. But the thing is,
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