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This Library Lets You Go on Blind Dates With Books
The phrase “Never judge a book by its cover” is pretty common, but people quite literally still do it when checking out books, but this new game at Roanoke County Public Library will make you think a little differently!
To play, all you have to do is grab a book from a special little table in the library. All of these books are wrapped up in special wrapping paper. The only information that you are given is a small little blurb on the front that describes the genre that you are reading. You aren’t allowed to unwrap the book until after you check it out.
Billed as a “blind date”, the library then gives you a sheet to fill out once you return the book titled ‘Rate Your Date’. You can answer questions based on how your “date” went, whether or not it was a “good match” as well as rate your date with a number of hearts.
This new game arrives just in time for Valentine’s Day, so if you’re looking for something intimate this holiday, there’s nothing more heartwarming than a good book.
You can read the full article here.
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11 Totally Lit-Tweets to Get You Through the Week
What better way to kick-start your week than with an all-too lit list of perfect literature-related tweets for all your viewing pleasure? So, lace up your boots and follow me along…
Sure sex is cool, but have you ever pulled an old book off a bookcase, opened a secret door & were never seen again
— Doth (@DothTheDoth) August 2, 2018
I’m not “unemployed” I’m just an unpaid freelance creative thinker.
— Guy In Your MFA (@GuyInYourMFA) May 31, 2017
$2 #usedbooks pic.twitter.com/OHoekZyCdX
— Paperback Paradise (@paprbckparadise) March 7, 2017
So this is my new living room. And here’s my new kitchen. And over here’s the bleeding chamber. And through here is the master bedroom.
— Night Vale podcast (@NightValeRadio) July 7, 2013
When you sees it says “anonmus sorcerers” don’t listen! Turns face away and squeeze earholes SHUT! Don’t listen! Bigly False Newses! Too risky! TOO RISKY! pic.twitter.com/6IJF8VJCxx
— Gollum J. Trump (@realGollumTrump) August 29, 2018
So Close: Woman In Fairytale Kisses Frog But It Just Turns Into Frog With Human Hand pic.twitter.com/PzMIpjvDrQ
— ClickHole (@ClickHole) August 22, 2018
Voldemort was really beefing with a kid.
— Melanie Barnett (@PersnicketyK) August 19, 2018
Best book review I’ve ever read, thank you @DublinInquirer pic.twitter.com/KcpFuhJ3Df
— aoife (@aoiph) August 18, 2018
When I say I’m killing my darlings, what I really mean is I’m copying and pasting my darlings into a secret folder called “random” that sits in a dark corner of my desktop near the recycle bin…#writerslife
— Ash Lauren (@emdashash) August 18, 2018
wow no reason in particular but 2 really good books i read this year involving very nuanced and emotional DOG OWNERSHIP plot lines were The Pisces by Melissa Broder & Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante
— Gabby Noone (@twelveoclocke) August 19, 2018
mary shelley kept her dead husband’s calcified heart, hard-cœur or what
— Rachel (@underthenettle) August 12, 2018
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11 Lit-Related Tweets to Start Your Weekend off Right!
I once read this book about singularity…it really sucked me in!
It is Friday yet again which can only mean…it is time for another list of insanely witty tweets to get your weekend rolling the right way.
So, open your windows, roll up the blinds, kick your boots off, and get ready!
it’s weird to me when people say their heroes are writers, actors or directors when there are people who say “well, goodnight” and go to bed in the middle of parties they’re hosting
— maura quint (@behindyourback) May 27, 2018
“Why do you read YA if you’re not a young adult?”
“I don’t know, why do you read crime if you’re not a serial kill…”*Tails off*
*Backs away slowly, maintaining eye contact and still smiling*
*Turns*
*Runs*
— Tom Pollock (@tomhpollock) July 29, 2018
In honour of Emily Bronte’s 200th birthday, a suitably passionate & faintly aggressive introduction to Wuthering Heights pic.twitter.com/EI3WNXhf6K
— Emily Brand (@EJBrand) July 30, 2018
$2 #usedbooks pic.twitter.com/qbxM2dVdL7
— Paperback Paradise (@paprbckparadise) July 24, 2018
I’m just not finding your protagonist relatable. Have you thought about making her a “him”?
— Guy In Your MFA (@GuyInYourMFA) April 1, 2017
Is your child texting about Guinea Pigs?
brb = bashful rat blob
rofl = royal oblong fur loaf— Perfume Genius (@perfumegenius) July 26, 2018
JON SNOW: i’m dead
FANS: hmm…
WRITERS: he’s dead
F: dead… in spirit
HBO: rip jon snow. murdered to death
F: ah… murdered… for now…— demi adejuyigbe (@electrolemon) August 1, 2015
Wasn’t prepared for this chapter in Moby-Dick when everyone aboard the Pequod gets the same haircut pic.twitter.com/knhzlHiTCH
— Bridger Winegar (@bridger_w) August 6, 2014
“The Old Man And The See You Later”
-Hemingway’s break-up note— maura quint (@behindyourback) March 11, 2015
Jane Eyre
Jane Fyre
Jane Watyr
Jane Erthe— Chaucer Doth Tweet (@LeVostreGC) October 1, 2016
We get it poets: things are like other things
— Mike Ginn (@shutupmikeginn) September 8, 2014
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13 Hilarious Lit-Related Tweets for All Your Friday Needs!
Hey hey party people, it is officially Friday again which means…
It’s time for yet another list of wild-and-out literature-based tweets! I have searched the far, wide, and dark reaches of the Twittersphere to bring this list to you; kick off your heels, unzip your jumpsuit, pour yourself a glass of something cool, and let all of your weekday worries go with these thirteen tweets!
Come on my fellow avid readers…let’s get weird!
Bought a new thesaurus today. It is good.
— GlennyRodge (@GlennyRodge) February 12, 2016
$1 #usedbooks pic.twitter.com/2KYyGnpyEO
— Paperback Paradise (@paprbckparadise) March 23, 2018
“Have you read Proust? No, I mean, really read him?” pic.twitter.com/hA6mcyKSSU
— Guy In Your MFA (@GuyInYourMFA) November 25, 2016
Priest: Do you read to your kids from the Good Book?
Me: Every night
Priest: What’s their favorite part?
Me: When Frodo destroys the ring
— James Breakwell (@XplodingUnicorn) July 25, 2015
*daughter grabs 50 shades of grey*
NO!
*smacks it out of her hand*
“I want to color!”
ITS NOT WHAT YOU THINK
“But daddy-“
DON’T CALL ME THAT— Jersey (@SatansTongue) February 12, 2015
How to write an existentialist novel:
1. Early 30s white dude is socially isolated and depressed.
2. No real plot.
3. That’s pretty much it.— Existential Comics (@existentialcoms) October 23, 2016
I think I might be giving off a vibe. pic.twitter.com/5GboiH8hhn
— Harper Perennial (@HarperPerennial) June 30, 2016
I reverse image-searched this children’s book about Trump and this happened. pic.twitter.com/t9CRqezFrD
— Joe Dator (@JoeDator) November 30, 2016
I’m sure every girl at this bar wants to hear my incredibly detailed thoughts about Jonathan Franzen
— Guy In Your MFA (@GuyInYourMFA) October 26, 2017
$3 #usedbooks pic.twitter.com/STSaSaTrpI
— Paperback Paradise (@paprbckparadise) June 1, 2017
*in the middle of sex
“Go deeper”
Okay
*pulls out*
*sits in a chair and sips coffee*
*opens poetry book*
Two roads diverged in a wood and I-— Jersey (@SatansTongue) February 5, 2014
“A Farewell To These Arms, Bitch”
-Hemingway’s break-up note— maura quint (@behindyourback) March 11, 2015
“Don’t fav because it’s over, RT because it happened.” — Dr. Seuss for millennials, probably
— Ella Cerón (@ellaceron) January 23, 2014
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