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Banned Books: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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It’s banned books week!

anned Books Week, celebrating its 33rd anniversary September 27th – October 3rd this year, is an annual worldwide project celebrating the freedom to read. Booksellers, publishing houses, journalists, teachers, librarians, and avid readers alike are encouraged to support the freedom to seek out and express ideas, even if those ideas are considered to be unorthodox. As this year’s focus of Banned Books week centers on young adult books, Stephen Chbosky’s 1999 epistolary novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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Game of Spoilers 000

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How has the HBO show strayed from the source material, and what does it mean for this upcoming season?

I’ve been waiting for the start of season four of Game of Thrones basically since the last episode of season three wrapped. I’m up to date on the books, but, unlike some, I’ve been at least indifferent to almost all of the changes the series has made to the books. I didn’t like seeing Jojen Reed go, and having Braun train Jamie made no sense at all, but generally the changes have been fine.

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The Imbibing Scribe 

The Imbibing Scribe: Porters and the Left Hand of Darkness

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Porters and sci-fi go hand in (left) hand

March is typically the season for stouts. Truth be told, it’s the season for stout. As in one. As in Guiness. Oh, some people will bring Murphy’s to your party, and there are lots of good stouts out there (Dogfish Head Chicory Stout comes to mind), but it’s really all about Guiness. I myself have been known to tip a Guiness, or a half and half, a black and tan, or a car bomb with the best of them. But I’m not going there. Stouts are good, but porters are an undiscovered country of dark beer. I set out to map that territory.

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In the Meantime: Downton Abbey

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Downton is gone! What do I do???

We here at Geekade strive to provide our readers with the best in geek services. In our new series, In the Meantime, we recommend media and pop culture to enjoy when the TV/movie/book/game series you love ends or goes on hiatus. This week, when we’d normally be tuning into PBS for the latest episode of Downton Abbey, we see what else there is to read and watch in the long wait between seasons. (Seriously, BBC and PBS? Series 6 premieres in JANUARY?!?!)

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