Jun
18
KateLinnea
I could tell you about how I like books and knitting and politics and cooking, but let's face it, this is going to be mostly pretty pictures of hot actors anyway. Twitter: @katelinnea
Posts tagged books
“His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling.”
Joseph Gordon Levitt, The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories Vol. 1. (via falling-inlove-with-books)
(via booksbeforebedtime)
Jun
17
lion-hearted girl: So about the so-called lack of boy stuff in YA
So I have a lot of feelings every single time I hear that people are “angry” or “annoyed” or whatever that they can’t find ONE SINGLE YA BOOK IN THE ENTIRE YA SECTION FOR BOYS TO READ and YOUNG MEN ARE FAILING BECAUSE GIRLS ARE TAKING OVER LITERATURE and HOW CAN BOYS POSSIBLY BE…
My 14 yo son tends to read a lot of the same YA books I read and has no problem with them. Maybe I just have the best kids ever* but I would like to think more boys would read a wider variety if it was introduced to them as books for teens and they were encouraged to read what interests them and not worry about what others think. Of course getting the average teen to not care about his peers opinions is a whole other discussion.
* I do, just saying.Related story, when my son was reading Prom Dates From Hell by Rosemary Clement Moore, at school, he was asked why he was reading vampire romance, and was told he was reading a girl book. I an so glad that he shrugged off those comments and kept right on reading.
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Her kids ARE basically the best.
“I woke up thinking a very pleasant thought. There is lots left in the world to read.”
Nicholson Baker, The Anthologist. (via doubledaybooks)
(via awholehandful)
Jun
12
“For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that our of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.”
Anne Lamott (via beaubooks)
Jun
7
LONDON! I AM IN YOU! SEE ME TOMORROW!
You can see ME and SARAH REES BRENNAN tomorrow, JUNE 8.
PLEASE COME.
I cannot go, so you should go FOR me.
Jun
4
Jennifer Lynn Barnes: Author Gender, Null Results, & Examining Privilege
After I posted my thoughts on big book causality, I received this question in my ask box:
The Short Answer
My short answer to the question of whether or not I find it disingenuous to suggest that being male might have had some effect on John’s success is… no. Not even a little bit. Not…
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