December 2011
73 posts
“Every book, (or rather: every good book) contends with a calculus greater than...”
– From Peter Mendelsund’s wonderful exploration of the complexities of creating a representational image for a book. This particular post focuses on Nabokov’s Lolita, and it looks like there will be a few more posts in the next few days on book covers and literary representation. Can’t wait. (via...
Dec 1st
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November 2011
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“A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out...”
– Madeleine L’Engle (via mnemosyneindust)
Nov 29th
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Nov 28th
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Gone: Beginning of the second scene of FEAR.... →
fyeahgone: 65 hours 11 minutes She wore a pair of jeans and a plaid flannel shirt over a black T-shirt several sizes too big. A leather belt made two turns around her waist. It was a man’s belt, and a big man at that. But it was sturdy and bore the weight of the .38 revolver, the machete, and her water… Me. Even though it’s a teeny excerpt.
Nov 28th
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Nov 26th
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Books are one of the greatest treasures I found in...
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Nov 25th
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“A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.”
– Mark Twain (via therunninghead)
Nov 24th
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Nov 24th
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That awkward moment when someone asks you what The...
thatawkwardhungergamesmoment:
Nov 23rd
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Habits of a Reader
whispering-literature:
Nov 23rd
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Nov 20th
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You know you're a lit nerd when the majority of...
youknowyourealitnerdwhen: No shame.
Nov 20th
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Nov 19th
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Why you should read...: Paper Towns - John Green →
whyyoushouldread: Paper Towns is a story, or rather, an adventure, in which a boy named Quentin Jacobsen goes on a search for his near life-long neighbour and full-time enigma, Margo Roth Spiegelman. Margo Roth Spiegelman is a girl known for her eccentricities and disappearances, who, after her latest grand…
Nov 16th
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The Name of the Star is What You Fear!
crystalldejesus: My review of Maureen Johnson’s The Name of the Star. http://www.examiner.com/young-adult-fiction-in-atlantic-city/the-name-of-the-star-is-what-you-fear-review
Nov 16th
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Die Fotografin und Esoterisch Docke.: Book Review:... →
katieeoh: “Maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there’s a tomorrow. Maybe for you there’s one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around it, let it slide like coins through you fingers. So much time you can waste it. But for some of us there’s…
Nov 15th
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Nov 14th
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Listeneverdeenyourfavor: CAN WE JUST APPRECIATE THE...
Nov 14th
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Mischief Managed: Nevermind →
myghostwasfound: I just checked the Hunger Games tag and it was the first thing lmao. Oh…. ….. My… …. GOD! OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD…… CAN MARCH HURRY UP AND FUCKING GET HERE ALREADY?!?!?! That was…… They surpassed my thoughts on this. I’m a little confused though, if they’re pronouncing everything…
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You know you're a lit nerd when you wonder if...
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