Skip to main content
search
BookTrib.
Category

Miscellany

Miscellany

5 Best Word Games for Vacation Family Fun

My family is a Scrabble family. Every holiday or vacation, we bust out our board, extra trays, and our battered Scrabble dictionaries. We know how to stack words like pros, we have strange rules we’ve adapted over the years, and at least one person uses all of their letters per…
Rachel Carter
August 17, 2015
Miscellany

Why I Gave My Fitbit Away: A Cautionary Tale

Look, it’s no secret that I’m prone to bouts of unbelievable idiocy. There was the time I decided rock climbing was, “totally the exercise I’ve always been looking for” and wound up on display, stricken with vertigo half-way up a rock wall in a crowded shopping mall. I’d known I…
Joel Higgins
July 6, 2015
Miscellany

We’re Wild for Tilda Swinton’s Book List

Refinery 29 recently caught up with the amazing Tilda Swinton and asked her to compile a list of her favorite books this summer. We couldn't help but jump for joy after seeing her final list of 12 fun, enlightening and classic page-turners. Be sure to pick up as many of…
Beth Wasko
July 21, 2015
Miscellany

Revolutionary Ideas for Independence Day Style

Between Poldark, Outlander, Turn: Washington's Spies, Sons of Liberty and the BBC miniseries Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, the colonial period is everywhere these days. And while we love the romance and epic storylines told through the eyes of soldiers, servants and time travelers, we’re becoming more than a little…
Rachel Carter
July 2, 2015