December 2011
25 posts
“We all have our own book of life. We’re just trying to find someone who can read...”
– Unknown (via cutesyquotes)
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I got a nook for graduation!
My best friend’s parents got it for me! (because they’re rad!)
Now I know there’s that debate going around about the use of e-reader’s. I myself decided not to get one with my own money, mostly because I don’t have any money to buy one with, but also because I do really love the experience of reading a book. I do not think however that possessing a nook will steer me...
“Mystery bores me. It chores me. I know what happens and so do you. It’s the...”
– Markus Zusak, The Book Thief. (via 42bagsofredvines
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If I Were a Banned Book
texanmissdirection:
By WILLIAM HENDERSON
If I were a banned book, I’d be the dirty bits and the heaving breasts and the twisted sheets and the scented oils and the chains and rope and dripping candle wax. I would coax you into multiples, and I would urge you to invite another. I’d be the empty bottle of gin on the kitchen table. I’d promise to call, but never would.
If I were a banned book,...
theotherausten:
“The words were on their way, and when they arrived, she would hold them in her...”
– Markus Zusak, The Book Thief (via anexcellentlibrary)
The outsiders (No real spoilers)
navybluecerealwelcome:
Just finished watching the outsiders, I read the book earlier this week. I thought the book was fantastic, really honest and had some really good points in it. The Movie was pretty good as well, was mostly true to the book which is always a good thing. Unfortunately it didn’t have my favourite quote from the book “we all watch the same sunset” but they still kept the all...
“Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how...”
– William Faulkner (via whatokay)
How boring would the world be without books?
After I read a good book, I have a hard time...
