February 2012
“You have every right to put a book down after a couple of pages, which is why...”
– Tim Parks, Mindful Reading (via distantheartbeats)
Magical Books for Adults →
amandaonwriting:
The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov
The Tempest, William Shakespeare
Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel
Aurorarama, Jean-Christophe Valtat
Mr. Fox, Helen Oyeyemi
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami
The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
...
“Books act like a developing fluid on film. That is, they bring into...”
– Clifton Fadiman, The New Lifetime Reading Plan (via excessivebookshelf)
“Whatever the reason may be, the sounds, smells, and images of the world we...”
– Orhan Pamuk, The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist (via invisiblestories)
That moment when you are reading a book and...
teachingliteracy:
pickleswithlegs
Jan Berenstain Dies at 88 →
littlebookinthebiglibrary:
The Berenstain Bears books are a staple at my library.
Thank you Jan for giving us Mama Bear, Papa Bear, Brother Bear, and Sister Bear
“You look ridiculous if you dance. You look ridiculous if you don’t dance. So you...”
– Gertrude Stein (via misswallflower)
“I’m not anti-social. I’m pro-solitude.”
– Author Unknown (via thesearepeopleyouknow)
“It’s a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.”
– Tracy Chevalier (via kerryquotesquotes)
