Top 10 Short Stories by Famous Authors LRR, March 6, 2014February 8, 2025 The short story has been defined in several different manners. One definition that I find particularly pleasing is, “a story that one should be able to read in one sitting”. Edgar Allen Poe said something similar once. Here’s a list of some of my favorites, not in any respective order…. Continue Reading
Ten Reasons to Drink Tea While You Read LRR, March 5, 2014February 8, 2025 1. Tea is awesome. Books are awesome. Why not combine the two? 2. Books can help fight sadness and some teas (i.e green tea) have also been proven to reduce depression. In short use them together for happy feelings. 3. Tea is a stimulant that often contains caffeine which… Continue Reading
*—Top 10 Romantic Movie Lines for an Awful Poem—* LRR, February 26, 2014February 8, 2025 Each verse gets worse– a last-ditch effort to disseminate some quality teen angst before Valentine’s Month is over: I want you to draw me like one of your French girls But I am nobody’s little weasel. They say bread is life. And I bake bread, bread, bread…. Continue Reading
Top 10 Books to Film LRR, February 6, 2014February 8, 2025 It’s a list for everyone. 1. The Shawshank Redemption Adapted from a Stephen King novella titled Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, the movie was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won none of them. But still, what a film. 2. Girl, Interrupted Based off Susanna Keysen’s memoir about… Continue Reading