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bloodybrilliantbooks: One of my favourite book shelf...

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:48:05 -0400

bloodybrilliantbooks:

One of my favourite book shelf decorations.

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sass-master-jack-frost: imaqinative: IS THIS HEAVEN?! no it’s...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:20:02 -0400

sass-master-jack-frost:

imaqinative:

IS THIS HEAVEN?!

no it’s hell because i know what it’s like to assemble and disassemble those and I tell you, no fun was had.

By Achu Andrade

Sun, 12 May 2013 04:24:21 -0400

By Achu Andrade

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Sat, 11 May 2013 17:36:29 -0400

allinye: 15 days of my favourite things 1. Favorite book/book...

Sat, 11 May 2013 14:45:08 -0400

allinye:

15 days of my favourite things

1. Favorite book/book series - Harry Potter

housingworksbookstore: They look like trellises and fishtanks,...

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:12:22 -0400

housingworksbookstore:

They look like trellises and fishtanks, spacesuits and mailboxes. One squeezes into the cracks of a historic building. Others offer built-in seating. New York, meet your newest public libraries. Holding no more than about 20 books for old and young, the 10 new Little Free Libraries — miniature lending libraries where anyone can take or leave a book under the honor system — will pop up all over downtown Manhattan on Saturday afternoon, and will stand until Sept. 1. (via With Tiny Libraries, Bringing Free Literature to the Streets - NYTimes.com)

Housing Works Bookstore Cafe was delighted to play a small part in this project!

somethingsosam: Spoiler alert. But really, who hasn’t read The...

Sat, 11 May 2013 08:48:16 -0400

somethingsosam:

Spoiler alert. But really, who hasn’t read The Great Gatsby…?

Prints now available!
http://society6.com/SoSam/The-Great-Gatsby-Character-Map_Print

fairytalemood: Donkey Skin, Beauty and the Beast,...

Sat, 11 May 2013 04:24:20 -0400

fairytalemood:

Donkey Skin, Beauty and the Beast, Rumpelstiltskin by Vincent Maury

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You may be a book addict if...

Wed, 08 May 2013 13:12:14 -0400

1: You spend a lot of money on books. Even at thrift stores and used book stores. You can never get enough.
2: You have bookcases, shelves, or stacks of books EVERYWHERE.
3: Most of those shelves are warped from the weight of all of your books.
4: You can never pass a bookstore or a store with a selection of books without having just. one. glimpse. inside. ("Just one, I swear!")
5: People give you books or giftcards to bookstores as gifts for special events.
6: You ALWAYS have a book with you. Even if it is a huge hardcover edition.
7: You can never stop talking about books. Ever.
8: You occasionally say, "Oh, that movie looks interesting! Better read the book first, since it's probably even better!" Or some variation of that.
9: You proudly show off the fact that you read an incredibly difficult book that not a lot of people have read. Be proud!
10: Your parents have told you to do something social... maybe go outside, see the sun, smell fresh air.
11: You have mastered the "don't-talk-to-me-or-else-you're-dead-to-me" look for people who have boundary issues when you're reading.
12: Sarcasm is occasionally your friend when people say obnoxious things about you reading so much.
13: You salivate over pictures of books. It's okay, we all do it.
14: You can't browse the deals section of a cheap book website because you know you can't really afford it, but you'll shop anyway.
15: One of your goals in life is to have a personal library in your home when you have your own house.
16: The smell of new books, or old books, is something you look forward to.
17: You always take a step back after putting your book haul away and stare at your growing book collection.
18: You basically live at the library, bookstore, or secondhand bookstore closest to your home.
19: You want to marry a book lover, too.
20: You occasionally break into emotional hysterics when reading a really intense book in public.
21: You ask yourself: physical books or ebooks?
22: You need to place a book buying ban on yourself.
23: You know your favorite bookstore better than some of the employees.
Have any more? Feel free to add!

"A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking."

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:48:20 -0400

“A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.”

- Jerry Seinfeld (via augustus-mayhem-waters)

Five reasons 'Gatsby' is the great American novel

Wed, 08 May 2013 06:37:11 -0400

Five reasons 'Gatsby' is the great American novel:

Can’t wait for the new movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio as The Great Gatsby? Here are five reasons The Great Gatsby, that gaudy Roaring Twenties tale of lost love should be ranked as the great American novel

littlebookthings: Submission courtesy of chasing-stars-forever

Wed, 08 May 2013 04:24:17 -0400

littlebookthings:

Submission courtesy of chasing-stars-forever

mango2kw: Which is why I love reading.

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:48:07 -0400

mango2kw:

Which is why I love reading.

wwnorton: “It’s the great ‘Once upon a time…’ which is a marker...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:24:30 -0400

wwnorton:

“It’s the great ‘Once upon a time…’ which is a marker that says, ‘This is not the here and now.’ You can let your imagination run wild, you can go places that you’d be scared to go otherwise, you can say things you’re afraid to talk about. In mysterious ways, you come to an understanding.”

Maria Tatar, editor of The Annotated Brothers Grimm and chair of the Program in Folklore and Mythology at Harvard, talks to Krista Tippet of On Being about the significance of fairy tales today.

(Drawing of the talk by The Graphic Recorder.)