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Best Books of 2015: Common Room’s Top Picks

Author Lydia Date December 30, 2015

What are Common Room’s Best Books of 2015? We wrote our list with a fun twist. Check out our favorites!

Tagged Best of 2015, biography, Books, Comic books, fantasy, graphic novels, nonfiction, science fiction, YA | 5 Comments |
Guilty Reader
NonFicNov

The Life and Times of the Ever Guilty Reader

Author Lydia Date November 26, 2015

Do you struggle reading the classics or love to indulge in a YA book? Does either of those make you a guilty reader? If so, this post is for you.

Tagged Books, Classics, fantasy, nonfiction, Reading, science fiction, YA | Leave a comment |
Nonfiction 101 Books Documentaries
NonFicNov

Nonfiction 101: Is it Really Boring and What Counts?

Author Lydia Date November 1, 2015

For Nonfiction November, here’s a quick nonfiction 101 to give you the ins and outs of this awesome category.

Tagged autobiography, biography, Books, cosmos, Documentaries, george orwell, history, malala yousafzai, memoir, neil degrasse tyson, Non Fiction November, Non Fiction Week, NonFicNov, nonfiction, nonfiction november, stan lee, TED Talks | 6 Comments |
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Weekly What's Up

Announcing Nonfiction November! #NonFicNov

Author Lydia Date October 13, 2015

After #Potterweek’s success, we’re delving into the REAL side of Pop Culture + F3 (food, fitness, + fashion) for Nonfiction November (#NonFicNov)!!

Tagged Documentaries, Non Fiction November, Non Fiction Week, non-fiction, NonFivNov, Potterweek | 5 Comments |
Weekly What's Up

A Taste for Fall, Books, TV Shows + More! Our Weekly What’s Up – 9/12

Author Lydia Date September 12, 2015
Ready for fall? We are! We have some yummy fall drinks and much more!...
Tagged Books, cards against humanity, Game of Thrones, Games, Herbal Teas, japanese, Jim Butcher, popin cookin, pumpkin spice, tea, television, the dresden files, the sopranos | 3 Comments |
Reading with Depression
Twice Upon a Time

Reading With Depression: What’s a Girl To Do?

Author Lydia Date September 3, 2015
As of 2012, about 1 in 10 Americans deal with depression in some form....
Tagged A Clockwork Orange, Books, depression, Dracula, Frankenstein, Les Misérables, mental health, Neil Gaiman, Reading | 4 Comments |
Potterweek

#PotterWeek – #PotterHouse: Not a Single Witch or Wizard – Slytherin House

Author Lydia Date July 28, 2015

Slytherin is often looked at as being the house of evil wizards, but we’re not ALL about being evil and elitist!

Tagged draco malfoy, gryffindor, Harry Potter, JK Rowling, MBTI, potterhouse, pottermore, Potterweek, ravenclaw, Severus Snape, slytherin | 14 Comments |
JK Rowling Harry Potter Mental Health
Potterweek

#PotterWeek #PotterPonderings: JK Rowling and Mental Health

Author Lydia Date July 27, 2015

Throughout my many re-reads of Harry Potter, I found that Rowling approaches the mental health topic many times throughout the story. Click to find out how!

Tagged Department of Mysteries, Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, JK Rowling, Madam Pomfrey, mental health, Occlumency, Order of the Phoenix, potterponderings, Potterweek, Ron Weasley, Severus Snape | 1 Comment |
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