January 2011
543 posts
“1 When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing...”
– Zadie Smith’s ten rules for writing fiction. (via unicornology) (via baringmysoul) (via writingadvice) (via the-write-idea) (via teachingliteracy) (via eloquentagenda) (via encrebleunoir)
I can't help smiling every time I read the first...
“Really, Dumbledore, you think you can explain all this in a letter? These people...”
– J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter (Bloomsbury Publishing, London: 1997) 15. (via encrebleunoir)
If you can pronounce correctly every word in this...
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“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung...”
– C.S. Lewis (The Four Loves)
That awkward moment when you feel an actual...
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“I’m not sentimental—I’m as romantic as you are. The idea, you know, is that the...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via abearclause)
jaytalking07-deactivated2012022 asked: I actually think there is only one other person on my friends list who has read Northanger Abbey, but most of my friends are readers. At least, most of the ones who end up on my Top News Feed are. Go figure. That said, I don't read as much as I'd like to (life and uni are such great distractions). I'm trying to get back into the habit, and your Tumblr (amongst others) inspires me to...
I am thinking up some new ideas for the blog.
Just some things that will maybe get you all more involved. I don’t want to keep posting and doing the same things repeatedly. Once I come up with something solid I will let you all know. Something else I wanted to mention is that I’m sorry I go days without posting. I don’t have the luxury of having a set schedule at work and most of the time I am exhausted when I come home. I...
accio-serotonin asked: I just read your response to the question about Huckleberry Finn, and I think I love you (in the most non-creepy, shared-love-of-classics way possible).
rrreeeessss asked: How do you feel about the new revised publication of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain?
If you haven't heard about it, here's a link: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/45645-upcoming-newsouth-huck-finn-eliminates-the-n-word.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly's+PW+Daily&utm_campaign=74671e6e20-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email
If you haven't heard about it, here's a link: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/45645-upcoming-newsouth-huck-finn-eliminates-the-n-word.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly's+PW+Daily&utm_campaign=74671e6e20-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email
aurai asked: Your blog makes me so happy! On another note, favorite poem? :)
fromjoanawithlove asked: What a great tumblr. Good job :)
if-i-was-real asked: whats your favorite movie that was a book first and which one is your least favorite?
I'm curious because most movies tend to mess it up but, there are several movies that do a good job, like mines harry potter (obviously) and Memoirs of a Geisha (yes the book was better but, the movie was still beautiful.)
the worst in my opinion was Frankenstein.
(by that I am...
I'm curious because most movies tend to mess it up but, there are several movies that do a good job, like mines harry potter (obviously) and Memoirs of a Geisha (yes the book was better but, the movie was still beautiful.)
the worst in my opinion was Frankenstein.
(by that I am...
“A written word is the choicest of relics. It is something at once more intimate...”
– Walden, Henry David Thoreau (via readingisforlovers)
Reblog if you want your followers to ask you...
Preferably questions about books, writing, authors, etc. However, if you’re curious about anything else I will most likely answer. :)
yesorotherwise asked: you have a pretty interesting tumblr!