June 2012
102 posts
“Isn’t it odd how much fatter a book gets when you’ve read it several times?” Mo...”
– Cornelia Funke, Inkspell (via libraryland)
May 2012
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The Mark of Athena: Full First Chapter
percysbluefood:
I figured I would let any of you know who didn’t that you can read the entire first chapter here. That is all.
Me:
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'THE MARK OF ATHENA' cover will be revealed on...
cassjaytuck:
When you're reading a book, and something...
totally-relatable:
(via Totally-Relatable: The funniest relatable posts.)
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I hate when you let someone borrow one of your...
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bibliophileforrent:
^ this!
Meh…
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Out of Sight Out of Time
doodle6721:
I just bought the book today and already finished! Got to say it was good. Good not great. But it cleared up so much… and added more chaos.
My thoughts… (spoilers)…
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Too much Gallagher Girls reblogging. I know. BUT this post was perfect. Not spoiler free, but perfect because I felt the exact same things.
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Free Four: Tobias Tells the Story
I didn’t know about this. HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS?
http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/90793596?access_key=key-c6l1w97do5frg39tsow
“A never-before-seen piece from #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth: a pivotal scene from DIVERGENT told from Four’s point of view.”
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Shelf Talkers Anonymous: YA Trends →
shelftalkersanon:
Here are the trends the readers at YALSA’s The Hub think are up and coming in YA lit. What do you think the new trends are?
Personally I think dystopias are still going to reign. And dark, edgy fairty-tale retellings are taking a close second.
Jack the Ripper. Between September of last year…
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Rating system for YA books? How 'bout no.
RANT:
NO. I can see why parents want to make sure that what their kids are reading is appropriate, but a rating system? Now, I don’t know if I would call the rating system a form of censorship, though it would most likely hurt book sales, but I somehow cannot agree with the idea of a book rating system. I think that if parents are really that concerned about what their kids are reading,...
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JK IS WRITING THREE MORE HP BOOKS →
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crystalzelda:
also said it was counting on a new Rowling three-book box set tied into the Potter series
also said it was counting on a new Rowling three-book box set tied into the Potter series
also said it was counting on a new Rowling three-book box set tied into the Potter series
UM
IS THIS REAL LIFE
I think they...
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With her nose stuck in a book: The Girl with the... →
catsloveandbooks:
I started yesterday, and finished about an hour ago. After hearing such hype about the book and the movie, I figured that it truly must be amazing, and that I had to go read it.
Not going to lie, it was an extremely well-written, and dynamic book. All lot of people who reviewed it felt the…
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I feel an immense sense of pride when I pick out a...
You see someone has written on one of your books,
wizard-chick:
So you think for a second and then,
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“As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.”
– Ernest Hemingway (via amandaonwriting)
Your Brain on Fiction →
pjseaweebrain:
oliveryeh:
“The brain, it seems, does not make much of a distinction between reading about an experience and encountering it in real life; in each case, the same neurological regions are stimulated. Keith Oatley, an emeritus professor of cognitive psychology at the University of Toronto (and a published novelist), has proposed that reading produces a vivid simulation of reality,...
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