August 2011
4 posts
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“We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed...”
– T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (via rocketcollecting)
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“Clocks slay time. Time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by tiny...”
– William Faulkner (via ktt)
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July 2011
7 posts
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Dear Followers: I recently remembered that I have...
beckykr:
If you use GoodReads, too, add me. If you don’t, start.
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5677817-becky
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“We shall not cease from exploration / And the end of all our exploring / Will be...”
– T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets (via psychotherapy) (via libraryland)
Ok, I think I'm going to start this blog back. I...
January 2011
13 posts
ronstormer asked: How about just the next 100 books?
judydark-deactivated20110920 asked: I'm really impressed by your goal of 100 books in a year! I totally believe you can do it. :) I am trying to read 52, because I figure a book a week is a perfectly reasonable goal. I love reading, so I'm really excited.
PS- I also love One Hundred Years of Solitude, so I think your blog title's great. :)
PS- I also love One Hundred Years of Solitude, so I think your blog title's great. :)
So right now I pretty much feel like a failure.
But let me just be honest with you for a second.
There is absolutely no way that I can read one hundred books this year. Some other year, maybe. Not this one.
With working all of the time, trying to get back into college, and as sick as I’ve been, I’m so behind that there is just no way to catch up.
I still want to blog as I read though.
That much I will do, because I will for sure...
In Moulmein, in lower Burma, I was hated by large...
“This is fish number six hundred and forty-one in a lifetime of a goldfish. My...”
– Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor. (via fuckyeschuckpalahniuk)
“Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude...”
– Henry David Thoreau
“The sad, fucking truth was that no matter who you are, you never, ever, will get...”
– RICHARD RUSSO, Empire Falls (via judydark)
Unwinding
kariinnc:
My best loved books all have wavy, warped corners from where they got wet and didn’t dry as flat as the rest of the page. There is nothing more relaxing than contently reading in a bubble bath. Nothing.
Tumblr hates words.
ronstormer:
Lengthy post: Auto-unfollow.
This saddens me.
I'm Late! I'm Late! For a Very Important Date!
Between working so much lately, being sick, and other things that I won’t delve into at this point, I never got around to starting reading! Today is the 5th and I am so far behind!
Never fear!
After work today I went to the library. I sat there and read The Winter’s Tale. Luckily, I find reading Shakespeare to be quite like riding a bike. I have some very good English teachers to...
December 2010
7 posts
Don’t do what you want. Do what you don’t want. Do...
“Kerouac opened a million coffee bars and sold a million pairs of Levis to both...”
– —William S. Burrough
“On the morning the last Lisbon daughter took her turn at suicide… the two...”
– The Virgin Suicides
“What difference do it make if the thing you scared of is real or not?”
– Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon (via libraryland)
One Hundred Books in 365 Days
At long last, here is the list of the 100 books that I will read between January 1st and December 31st. Bring it on, 2011!
1. House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
2. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
3. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce
4. Lolita - Vladmir Nabokov
5. Asterios Polyp - David Mazzucchelli
6. Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
7. The Girl With the Dragon...
Wow.
I really have not updated this Tumblr in a while.
My appologies.
Between moving and getting a new job and all, I’ve been terribly busy.
I will be finalizing and posting my list of 100 books soon.
October 2010
29 posts
“We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create...”
– Chuck Palahniuk
“Since Alice had never received any religious instruction, and since she had led...”
– Kurt Vonnegut Slapstick
In the Desert - Stephen Crane
In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, “Is it good, friend?” “It is bitter – bitter”, he answered, “But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart.”
Author Salman Rushdie publishes childrens book →
What 10 Classic Books Were Almost Called →
beautyandthebook:
Background information on some books that most people have read.
“We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don’t...”
– John Waters (via ronstormer)
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you...”
– J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye (via wordpainting) (via libraryland) (via mmmreading) (via shelikestoread)
“They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream...”
– Edgar Allan Poe (via nathanielstuart)
The Oscar Wilde Collection →
Well, this is lovely, isn’t it?
Free E-Books →
This website has a list of several books (including Heart of Darkness and Plato’s Republic) that you can read for free online. That saves you money, and it saves paper.
ohms-lager asked: I saw that Voltaire's Candide is in your 'might be on the list' pile-- just wanted to weigh in and say how great of a work it is, especially if you take the time to read all the footnotes and references.
PS: I love the 100 books in a year idea (And your title. Marquez rocks) and hope you succeed!
PS: I love the 100 books in a year idea (And your title. Marquez rocks) and hope you succeed!
rc252005 asked: "Blue Like Jazz" - Donald Miller
Home Is Where You Hang Yourself: When it come down... →
beckykr:
When it come down to it, when the apocalypse arrives - the religious will be the first to go. The religious and the party faithful, the straight ticket voters. We’re talking about people who accept whatever they’re told, people who will jump at any opportunity to defend, even die for, these beliefs, people who will do anything they’re told if their chosen leader is the one who sends...