Honestly, who can resist a talking pig? Animals have been a staple of literature since the dawn of time, but many actually claim the starring role. Here are our five favorite anthropomorphic tales, straight from the horse's mouth.
Read MoreWith April Fools Day around the corner, you'll need a couple of go-to jokes on hand to survive the onslaught of pants-ing and Google pranks
awaiting you. While some may turn to the likes of Louis C.K. or Aziz
Ansari, we head straight to ... the library!
Kids don't have to read anonymous writers' anymore since many celebrities have cashed in on the child reader market. Even if the kids don't appreciate the famous authors, their parents sure do. A marketing ploy? Yes. Is it working? Apparently.
Read MoreExamining if older books hold up to scrutiny or break down. This time, we revisit Slaves of New York, by Tama Janowitz.
Read MoreAs any TV connoisseur knows, MTV shows are watched mostly by tweens who don't know any better, regarding the lifestyle of an average teen or twentysomething. Thus, I spent most of my tween/formative years (1999-2006) watching the MTV reality shows of yore. Often I watched one episode of a “reality” or docu-series so many times that the featured characters became embedded in my memory. Here, a few of the MTV human plot lines that I often wonder about.
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