A Bibliophile Seaching the World from his Library

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2013 Reading Challenge

2013 Reading Challenge
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strangecousinsusanx: gothiccharmschool: Important advice from Stephen King. ALWAYS pay attention to writing advice from Stephen King.  Managing to…shovel shit from a sitting position. Everyone, that is pure genius. And pretty much what I do whenever I try too hard with my writing.

strangecousinsusanx:

gothiccharmschool:

Important advice from Stephen King. ALWAYS pay attention to writing advice from Stephen King. 

Managing to…shovel shit from a sitting position.

Everyone, that is pure genius.

And pretty much what I do whenever I try too hard with my writing.

(Source: livelyathena, via obscuruslupa)

housingworksbookstore: “If you and your word nerd friends are ever out one night, and you can’t decide whether to visit a new bookstore and peruse the shelves for some quality verbiage, or whether you want to just chill at a hip bar with a laid back vibe (and maybe an activist bent), don’t fret! Housing Works Bookstore Cafe is the place for you. The SoHo store sells used books in a massive space (with a sweet second story walkway) that still feels cozy enough, and it also sells beer (yes, beer) at the cafe in the back of the store.” (via bookstores | Untapped Cities) It’s all true!

housingworksbookstore:

“If you and your word nerd friends are ever out one night, and you can’t decide whether to visit a new bookstore and peruse the shelves for some quality verbiage, or whether you want to just chill at a hip bar with a laid back vibe (and maybe an activist bent), don’t fret! Housing Works Bookstore Cafe is the place for you. The SoHo store sells used books in a massive space (with a sweet second story walkway) that still feels cozy enough, and it also sells beer (yes, beer) at the cafe in the back of the store.” (via bookstores | Untapped Cities)

It’s all true!

neil-gaiman: k-go1898: Our bay set up for exclusively for Neil Gaiman at Books & Books in Coral Gables, Fl. I think I have written more than I think I have.

neil-gaiman:

k-go1898:

Our bay set up for exclusively for Neil Gaiman at Books & Books in Coral Gables, Fl.

I think I have written more than I think I have.

But there is no female counterpart in our culture to Ishmael or Huck Finn. There is no Dean Moriarty, Sal, or even a Fuckhead. It sounds like a doctoral crisis, but it’s not. As a fifteen-year-old hitchhiker, my survival depended upon other people’s ability to envision a possible future for me. Without a Melvillean or Kerouacian framework, or at least some kind of narrative to spell out a potential beyond death, none of my resourcefulness or curiosity was recognizable, and therefore I was unrecognizable.

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Vanessa Veselka challenges the lack of female road narratives. (via millionsmillions)

This is the thing I needed to read today. *closes internet opens novel*

(via bookoisseur)

(via hungry-for-books)

Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care. If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it’s a superficial experience isn’t it?

—George R.R. Martin (x)

(Source: hannahorvath, via hungry-for-books)