I will know my life is successful when I have a library with a rolling ladder
(via wenchingwithshakespeare)
May162013
April112013
Submission courtesy of quillflight
March302013
“Those of us who love books, love to read but love to have fun too should stop conflating reading with isolation. Stop saying: “I’m boring, I just wanna go home and read,” because that doesn’t make you boring. It means you’re choosing one kind of fun over another, not doing the opposite of fun.”
Prefer not to? Kevin Smokler says you should reread ‘Bartleby’ - latimes.com (via bookriot)
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March282013
(Source: moussee.deviantart.com, via wenchingwithshakespeare)
March112013
“To write? Because all this is going to vanish. The only thing left will be the prose and poems, the books, what is written down. Man was very fortunate to have invented the book. Without it the past would completely vanish, and we would be left with nothing, we would be naked on earth.”
James Salter (via mttbll)
(Source: theparisreview.org, via wenchingwithshakespeare)
March72013
On the left she’s reading “We the People: An Introduction to American Politics,” by Benjamin Ginsberg, Theodore J. Lowi, and Margaret Weir. On the right she’s reading “Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships,” by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha.
Hah. I love this juxtaposition.
March12013
From Left to Right: “The Exile,” by Allan Folsom; “Remembrance of Things Past, Vol. 3: The Captive, The Fugitive & Time Regained,” by Marcel Proust; “Zen in the Art of Archery,” by Eugen Herrigel; ”The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage,Asperger Syndrome, and One Man’s Quest to Be a Better Husband,” by David Finch
Remembrance of Things Past, Vol. 3: Borrow I Read
Zen in the Art of Archery: Borrow I Read
The Journal of Best Practices: Borrow I Read *This book identified by vaguely-downward. Thank you!!
I think this is my favorite UNYPL photo yet. ^_^
February132013
Submission courtesy of claudear
This pisses me off and ensures I will NEVER lend to you again. I love lending books and convincing people to love the books I love. But if I lend a favorite book (which describes 90% of the books I own) I’d better damn well get it back.
February62013
Went to the bookstore this evening to spend my Christmas gift cards. It was so unbelievably liberating to walk in and just start picking up books without the worry of price. Which also allowed me to buy recent releases in hardback instead of sticking to older books.
Anyway, super awesome evening!
February52013
A lesson in defense.
Now, remember this. Striking first simply isn’t done. We are an institution of high learning and higher manners.
So excited this book released today. And so sad I didn’t get a chance to get it. Tomorrow though, barring unforseen catastrophes.
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