Books are great, and so are cats. It is thus pure logic that we determine combining books with cats will yield something truly remarkable. Sure, these great works are all just fine on their own, and will doubtlessly remain classics even if left cat-free. But wouldn’t the addition of some furry heroes, villains, or even authors […]
Disney, in conjunction with Pixar, has given us lots of great new princesses to add to its collection, most recently Rapunzel of Tangled, Merida of Brave, and Anna and Elsa of Frozen. Here are our best guesses as to what these lovely ladies are reading while they’re waiting for their princes to come—or, more likely, in between practicing archery, […]
Celebrating their birthdays between January 20 and February 18, Aquarians (not to be confused with antiquarians, though the two are not mutually exclusive) are socially conscious world-changers. Sometimes, however, their big hearts are concealed behind unemotional, aloof, or sarcastic exteriors. Progressive and independent, they like to roam (road trip!)—and don’t try telling an Aquarian what […]
Literature is full of stunning examples of looooooooooong sentences, both properly punctuated and not (ahem…John Updike). For example, there’s Molly Bloom’s 36-page, two-sentence monologue in Ulysses, or Victor Hugo’s 800-plus line in Les Misérables. While sentences like these are sights to behold, they also demand a certain something from the reader: patience. We have to read a long sentence over […]
