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“Wayside School was supposed to be 30 classrooms, one story high; but by mistake it was built straight up 30 stories. (The builder said he was sorry.)”

Remember…remember when…remember when they were in the school, and, um, the Louis the Yard Teacher, um, had an afro? That was awesome. (Sorry, that Chris Farley joke really doesn’t [...]

I’m going to admit this up front: I LOVE HARRY POTTER. I am currently about 200 pages into rereading the 7th book (for the THIRD TIME). I’m also currently reading the 2nd book in French. I beat an 8-year-old at Harry Potter Scene It, on multiple occasions. I. Love. Motherfucking. Harry Potter.
So feel free to imagine [...]

This has been nagging at me for a few years.
In a great way! I am obsessed with dysfunctional families. The other losers [sic] here at BoDB will probably post a lot more on the subject of 19th cent authors’ parents, with rebuttals and everything, so let me just get on with it:

Do you know what is dominating the Barnes and Noble top ten bestseller list right now? Besides the How I Met Your Mother photo book. The four novels in Stephenie Meyer’s vampire love series, as well as their special editions. Scuse me—not just vampires, but the saga rests on a human-vampire-werewolf love triangle in the [...]