June 2011
2 posts
HP7
To start off my summer reading, I just finished Harry Potter 7. I haven’t read any of the HP books since reading this one the day it came out almost four years ago (wow!), and I am so glad that I did. There were definitely things that had not stuck with me from the first reading, but I definitely enjoyed this time through just as much, if not more than before. With this reading, I realized that...
May 2011
2 posts
Summer Reading List
Last day of the school year for me is Thursday, June 9th. The weekend will consist of cleaning, packing, and moving back home for the summer. A summer for which I have almost no plans whatsoever. For the first time in years, I will not be taking summer classes nor will I be working. I am ecstatic, for this of course means that I will have all the time in the world (well, three months of it at...
“You want weapons? We’re in a library! Books! The best weapons in the...”
– The Doctor; Dr. Who, episode “Tooth and Claw”
April 2011
3 posts
“Did you wear through your sandals that are on your feet, and did you tear your...”
– Ancient Egyptian pick-up lines for the win! I found this on page 110 of The Literature of Ancient Egypt, a text used for my Ancient Egyptian Religion course. It might not have exactly been a pick-up line in context, but I can’t help but be amused by how similar this line is to today’s...
I haven't read very much for "fun" . . .
… over this past year and a half. At least, not much outside of what’s been required of me for school. Then again, I also have a terrible memory, thanks to which I have trouble recalling what activities I took part in even the day before, so I could just be confused.
In the past eight months, I’ve probably read over 50 books for school. Some required by a class/teacher, some...
Read any good books lately?
It’s been a while and I’m not sure if I’m actually returning to start-up this tumblr again, but I’m thinking a post here, right now, might motivate me to return tomorrow or the next day (when it’s not one in the morning) and post something more worthwhile. In the meantime, if any of you still follow this blog, read any good books lately?
September 2009
71 posts
The Book Cover Archive →
(via booklover)
So I started reading The Poisonwood Bible a few...
but I have had to stop since heymikewaskom threw a fit on twitter about me reading ahead of the book club and so I will be putting that adventure on hold. Now I have to get ahold of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, which is our first book club read. I’m excited!
World's Greatest Libraries: Past and Present →
"Dark and stormy, the night is!"
libraryland:
inothernews:
From the book When Yoda Does Literary Cliches.
Haha. That took me a second longer than it should have, but quite funny.
What YA Lit is and isn’t →
(via librarianpirate)
“As for you, my galvanized friend, you want a heart. You don’t know how lucky you...”
– The Wizard of Oz (via hopelesslymg) (via feelinganddreaming)
Some responses to your responses
mustardseedtrees: Several people who are planning to participate in the online book club I’m trying to put together recommended Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close as one of our reads. It looks like that will actually be our first one, too! How did you like it?
bitchpleeze: Hahaha, I’ve been meaning to pick up a copy of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. What did you think? Would Austen...
What's the most recent book you've read?
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
I'm about to throw a fit
girloffscript:
booksbooksbooks:
lemonadediary:
booksbooksbooks:
This morning my brother asks me to look over something he’s written for his English class (he just started college). So I read it, make a few adjustments, then inquire as to if it should be in MLA format. He says yes, so I put the paper into MLA format, which required rewriting his source citation and adjusting the heading and...
Can I just say that I lovelovelove HBO Family...
Crashbox? Happily Ever After? Storybook Musicals? Animated Tales of the World? Goodnight Moon and Other Sleepytime Tales?
I’m almost twenty years old and I LOVE these shows. This stuff better still be around when I have kids. None of that Wow Wow Wubzy or Yo Gabba Gabba shenanigans for my progeny.
I'm about to throw a fit
lemonadediary:
booksbooksbooks:
This morning my brother asks me to look over something he’s written for his English class (he just started college). So I read it, make a few adjustments, then inquire as to if it should be in MLA format. He says yes, so I put the paper into MLA format, which required rewriting his source citation and adjusting the heading and title.
A few minutes later, my...
I'm about to throw a fit
This morning my brother asks me to look over something he’s written for his English class (he just started college). So I read it, make a few adjustments, then inquire as to if it should be in MLA format. He says yes, so I put the paper into MLA format, which required rewriting his source citation and adjusting the heading and title.
A few minutes later, my brother returns to the computer...
“Someone who goes out of their way to see what books I read.”
– 1,001 Things I Want In A Lover #232
“I had the lonely child’s habit of making up stories and holding conversations...”
– George Orwell, Why I Write (via nihilnoetia)
What sort of campaign would you come up with to...
Be creative.
So apprently I'm quite hung up on these READ...
But I’ve just now realized that all the READ posters I’ve ever seen are of someone famous holding—not READING—a book. Do these people even know how to read? Really? It’s sick. Reading is not a band-waggon activity, people! Kids shouldn’t be tricked into reading because it’s the “cool” thing to do (even though it is, like, totally cool).
I just went through a whole bunch of these posters on the...
Dear Mr. Bloom,
I recently came across a promotional READ poster in which you sit, looking gorgeous as usual, with your arms wrapped around a closed book. At the bottom of this poster it reads: “ORLANDO BLOOM @ your library.” Now, as you can imagine, I immediately hopped into my automobile and drove to my nearest library. I searched everywhere in the building to find you, but you could not be located....
Why Libraries Kick Arse. →
libraryland:
(via sleepydumpling)
Indeed!
booksbooksbooks now accepting submissions!!
If you want to submit content to be posted on booksbooksbooks, you can now do so by going to booksbooksbooks.tumblr.com/submit. You can also click the “Submit” link now available on the left hand side of the booksbooksbooks page.
Speaking of which, some of you may have noticed the new layout, and though I loved the Penguins Classic theme, this one gives me the ability to host links...
Literarti
So, I created a note on my phone a few weeks ago of things I want for my birthday (I turn 20 on 22 November—feel free to get me a present) and/or Christmas. I know it’s early, but I tend to think of things I want through out the year and when it comes down to writing my letter to Santa, I can’t remember any of it.
Anyway, looking at this note now, I read the following:
iPod...
If I Left The Zoo
(via heymikewaskom)
I saw this and thought to myself “hey, that sounds familiar, didn’t one or two people answer my ‘What Would be the Title of the Book About Your Life’ post with something similar?”
Lo and behold (because I had to look it up), you were that person! And booksmeat (whom I just reblogged) was the other with “On the Way to the Zoo.”
Can I...
summer read....the end ?
booksmeat:
Aldous Huxley - Brave New World
Jack Karouac & William S. Burroughs - And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tank
Aravind Adiga - The White Tiger
Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse-Five (so it goes)
Virginia Woolf - Mrs. Dalloway
Kurt Vonnegut - Hocus Pocus
James Joyce - A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man
Barbara Kingsolver - The Poisonwood Bible
Kurt Vonnegut - Cat’s...
Origins of common expressions.
libraryland:
lickystickypickyme:
Early politicians required feedback from the public to determine what the people considered important. Since there were no telephones, TV’s or radios, the politicians sent their assistants to local taverns, pubs, and bars. They were told to ‘go sip some ale’ and listen to people’s conversations and political concerns. Many assistants were dispatched at...
http://twitter.com/bri_reads →
Oh no, what have I done …
I'm thinking about starting up my Twitter account...
Maybe use it to share those random 140 character-limited thoughts I have when reading and what not?
Yes or no?
Just started Barbara Kingsolver's "The Poisonwood...
That’s my last name, too!!
Uh-oh, please don’t try and stalk me now. Kthx.
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Book Club
So I got a lot of positive responses to my intial Online Book Club post, but I’ve since then only receieved three e-mails from people who are interested. If you want to participate, please shoot me an e-mail at atwistofgoodness@gmail.com. I’m not opposed to a book club with only four people, but I wanted to make sure everyone who said they’d want to participate gets a chance to.
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“I’ve read there is no such thing as a single tear, that old poetic trope. And...”
– Elizabeth Kostova - The Historian (via feelinganddreaming)
<3 The Historian
Nicholas Sparks' newest novel "The Last Song"...
The novel—based on the screenplay he wrote for Miley Cyrus’s new movie of the same name due out in January—revolves around 17 year old Ronnie Miller who reconnects with her estranged father through their shared love of music.
I’ve read a handful of Sparks’ novels including The Guardian, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, Three Weeks with My Brother, and The...
Group of Authors Opposes Google Book Settlement →
More than two dozen authors and publishers have filed an objection to a proposed settlement that would allow Google to digitize and sell millions of books, saying that the agreement ignores important privacy rights of readers and writers.
“If there is no privacy of thought — which includes implicitly the right to read what one wants, without the approval, consent or knowledge of...
Not a Typo: James Patterson Signs 17-Book Deal →
Woah, woah, woah, Mr. Patterson. 17 books in 3 years? That’s, like, a lot.
The Big Books of Fall - The Daily Beast →
(via fuckyeahreading)
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown — Apparently I’ve spent all summer vacation living in a Vatican catacomb because I had no idea about this book. Probably doesn’t matter much since I’m not a fan of Brown and doubt I’ll ever bother with this Da Vinci Code sequel.
True Compass by Edward M. Kennedy — I’m not usually a fan of memoirs...
The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English →
libraryland:
(via id0be1ieve)
Some of my favorites:
dulcet, erstwhile, imbue, opulent, lithe, surreptitious
txtsfrmlstnght:
(773): I wonder why dictionaries dont have indexes to help find the words easier.
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