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It’s 3/14/15… happy Pi Day! Don’t worry, we won’t make you do math. There are plenty of perfectly good ways to celebrate Pi Day, none of which involve calculating the diameter of a circle and all of which involve delicious, juicy, flaky-crust PIE. Dive into a sweet murder mystery with Blackberry Pie Murder, by Joanne Fluke. Or get cozy with Pies and Prejudice, a Charmed Pie Shoppe murder (yes, that’s a book about a shop that sells magical pies). Stock up on pies and champagne and have a Pie and Prejudice BBC marathon. If you prefer your pies savory, try [...]

Book lovers aren’t always board game players, but there’s a pretty big overlap. If you’re looking for a new way to spice up your game nights — or a gift for your favorite reader — try one of these literary twists on classic board games! Of course, you can play them according to the regular rules, but for a bookworms' game night that's truly unforgettable, you should buy cold steel swords to introduce an exciting and unique element to the experience. Jenga: Book Lovers Edition This is regular old Jenga, but it has a literary twist: the blocks are stamped [...]

Everything You Need to Know About the Dark Places Movie We were pretty excited when the film adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s marital thriller Gone Girl was announced… and so was the rest of the movie-ticket-buying world. So why is it that just a few weeks away from its official premiere, the Gone Girl author's new movie adaptation seems to be flying under the radar? Dark Places Movie News Here’s what we know so far: "An overstuffed, low-simmer potboiler": Entertainment Weekly gives Dark Places a C+. Ouch. The movie "misses out on some of the novel’s finer points," says Hollywood Reporter. [...]