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Books That Go Bump in the Night
10.31.17
I have loved horror stories since I was a little monster.
I cut my baby fangs on R.L. Stine's Goosebumps books before ripping through the stories of Shirley Jackson and H.P. Lovecraft. I murdered most of Dean R. Koontz's novels before devouring all the works of Stephen King.
Like a ravenous vampire, I'm always thirsting for more, and I lap up horror stories like, well, like a small pool of blood collecting in the hollow of a throat.
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Weird YA
10.24.17
As an avid reader of books, most often books for teens, I find myself getting tired of reading the same tired plot over and over again.
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2017 Medical Memoirs: Real-Life Drama
Truth is stranger than fiction.
So wrote Lord Byron nearly two centuries ago in the poem Don Juan, reportedly the first recorded use of that saying.
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Millennials: Secrets to Getting Hired
Perhaps the toughest part about graduation is landing a job that allows one to execute one's field of study. According to studies perfomed by Forbes Magazine, 75% of hiring managers surveyed believe millennials show up to an interview under dressed.