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Ben Stiller’s new series on Apple TV+, Severance, has been a fly-under-the-radar sleeper hit that just released its season finale. If you haven’t watched it, Severance initially poses a simple question: would you agree to a procedure that would “sever” your work life from your personal life? Because that’s exactly what Mark Scout did after the loss of his wife. There’s something appealing, after all, about surrendering the hours you spend at work to another version of yourself that has no memory of whatever grief or unhappiness you’re trying to escape....

Hope you enjoy these books like Shadow and Bone! While you’re here, you might want to find out which character from Shadow and Bone you are most like or what kind of Grisha you are.

The books below are set in different countries in South America, and they aren’t only limited to the Spanish-speaking territories. This list also includes books set in Brazil, the largest country in the continent, whose language is Portuguese. The books are also grouped into three genres: fiction, mystery, and romantic stories. Let’s explore what the continent has to offer with these books set in South America. ¡Vamos! I hope that these books set in South America are enough to satiate your travel lust, fuel your wonder, and ignite your curiosity....

I hope you self actualized (or just had some fun) with this Calvin and Hobbes quiz. For a deeper dive into these characters, check out a definitive ranking of the Calvin and Hobbes Collections, 16 Calvin and Hobbes Quotes, and 7 Comics Like Calvin and Hobbes.

In novels, of course, all we have are words. My favorite novels tend to be ones in which the words chosen allow me to form portraits of the the characters, settings, and events in my head as I read. I won’t DNF a book if some of the panels are unclear or are missing. I’ll even keep going if whole pages are blank, but I definitely prefer books that allow me to flip through a mental comic; it’s simply how my dopamine launchers are built....

A genre-defying, continent-spanning saga of Korean myth, scientific discovery, and the abiding love that binds even the most broken of families. Elsa Park is a particle physicist at the top of her game, stationed at a neutrino observatory in the Antarctic, confident she’s put enough distance between her ambitions and the family ghosts she’s run from all her life. But it isn’t long before her childhood imaginary friend—an achingly familiar, spectral woman in the snow—comes to claim her at last....

Jeff Schwartz, auctioneer and reality television host of The Liquidator, offers us a once in a lifetime chance to bid on items from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. On February 20, over 750 lots with rare items from the famous book-to-Netflix series will be up for auction. Sought after items like antique mirrors, furniture, and documents are featured at this event. Sabrina and Witchy Nostalgia Sabrina has been a part of our lives (and screens) for several years, from her origin as a side character in the Archie comic series to early television beginnings through Melissa Joan Hart to a creepy reimagining in the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Archie Horror series....

Gender Non-confirming DRESSED DIVERSE HEROINES IN YA 1. SPIN THE DAWN (THE BLOOD OF STARS #1) BY ELIZABETH LIM Out 9 July. Maia Tamarin wants to become the imperial tailor – but only men are allowed to hold such a high position. So, suitably disguised, she enters the cutthroat fashion competition used to select the next tailor. It soon turns out to be possibly the worst decision of her life: she must spin three magical dresses made from impossible fabrics… the laughter of the sun, tears of the moon, and blood of the stars....

After these first two readings, the little mint-colored book traveled with me from Virginia to Wisconsin to visit my Grandma. During a lay-over in Detroit, the book slipped out of my L.L. Bean backpack, and fell in a small puddle of water (I still tell myself it was water…it was water!) in the ladies room. Appalled, but unable to part with the entire book, I ripped off the wet part of the back cover and returned the book to my backpack....

It’s hard not to wonder, too, if the fact that many refer to YA as a genre, as opposed to category of literature, is why it’s so easy for teens to be pushed out and for adults to feel more ownership. Genre, for those not familiar with the term, refers to a type of art that shares similar features. Often, there are standard and common conventions and restraints, as well as common tropes and set-ups....

When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruritania. What they find there is a nightmare of fungal growths and possessed wildlife surrounding a dark, pulsing lake. It also feels strange to remember that Poe and many of the U.S. Founding Fathers were alive at the same time; a 15-year-old Poe served in the Richmond, VA, youth honor guard for a visit by the Marquis de Lafayette, and both Thomas Jefferson and John Addams died when Poe was 17....

Azarie wants to be able to show her true self. Noah wants his dream to be accepted. They find out that their paths intersect when it comes to one thing: Cosplay. Needle & Thread by David Pinckney, Ennun Ana Iurov, & Micah Myers launches September 2021.

Get Booked has added a weekly bonus episode called The Handsell! Jenn and Amanda, former booksellers, take 5 minutes every episode to pitch you a book they think you’ll love, with notes about what readers the book is perfect for. The hosts will be focusing on books they haven’t talked about much or at all on the show before, so come hear about a new-to-you read! Regular episodes of Get Booked will continue to come out every Thursday, with bonus episodes of The Handsell coming out every Monday....

Maybe you only associate literature courses with reading a dense classic and having the process easier by hearing it being broken down by a lit professor. Free literature courses, however, offer more range than one would think. They can help you savour poetry and provide context for its glorious metaphors. You can also explore topics like the feminist movement with the help of various published works. Without further ado, let’s get into where to find these free online English Literature courses and what to expect from them....

It’s annoying for those of us who pride ourselves on the words we already understand. The way the game is designed allows for what I’ll call “soft cheating.” It’s not quite the same as consulting one of the many, uh, helpful sites that can tell you the highest-point word possible in any situation. But the built-in trial-and-error function—there’s no penalty for placing a non-word other than being made to try again—allows you to play your letters until you hit on an acceptable word, which is an all likelihood a word you’ve never seen before (or you would have guessed it in the first place, no?...

You see, I grew up in a household where playing word games like those were the norm. Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings or weekends at home now can involve hours of playing Scrabble, debating the viability of certain words, and pulling out some Very Old, Very Classic word games like Probe to nerd out. My family owns multiple Scrabble dictionaries. (Let us note that one of the poor experiences my husband had while joining in Family Word Games was misspelling a word and never, ever living it down)....

Born Elizabeth Jane Cochran in 1864, she was one of five children between father Michael Cochran and mother Elizabeth Cochran. Her father died when she was six, and money remained a challenge for the family thereafter. It was an article in the local Pittsburgh Dispatch where Bly got her start in writing. The piece, which suggested women were good for housekeeping and child birthing, led Bly to writing a response, and the paper’s editor, impressed with her writing, offered her an opportunity to write some more....

“There are, unsurprisingly, copious illustrations of medical procedures and anatomy, like that below from the Library at the University of Barcelona. There are vintage advertisements, ‘canoe-heavy content’ from a Canadian museum, as Katherine Wu reports at Smithsonian, and war posters like that further down of Admiral Chester Nimitz asking for ‘the stuff’ to hit ‘the spot,’ i.e. Tokyo –from the Pritzker Military Museum. ‘The only commonality shared by the thousands of prints and drawings available on the NYAM website is their black-and-white appearance: The pages otherwise span just about every taste and illustrative predilection a coloring connoisseur could conjure....

— FIYAH Literary Magazine (@fiyahlitmag) October 4, 2019 If you’ve not heard of FIYAH, it is a “quarterly speculative fiction magazine that features stories by and about Black people of the African Diaspora.” What is speculative fiction? It’s an umbrella term for fiction that contains things not of this world. You like science fiction? You like fantasy? You like dystopian fiction? Those (and more) all fall under speculative fiction, also known as specfic....

“A delightful tour of the arguments and evidence behind the debate…” —Bloomberg Opinion American policy-makers have long been locked in a battle over whether, how many, and what kind of immigrants to allow to live and work in the country. Economist Bryan Caplan adds a new perspective to the immigration debate, arguing that opening all borders could eliminate absolute poverty worldwide and usher in a booming worldwide economy—greatly benefiting humanity....