March 2012
99 posts
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Thanks to all my wonderful followers for a...
I started this blog while procrastinating writing my BA thesis, and now I’m escaping here instead of working on my Master’s thesis. Some things never change… like the lure of beautiful books and the wide, wide internet.
Here’s to many more years of good times! Feel free to ask me a question/recommend books/or drop me a line any time.
-B
February 2012
96 posts
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“Books act like a developing fluid on film. That is, they bring into...”
– Clifton Fadiman, The New Lifetime Reading Plan
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“We’re all strangers connected by what we reveal, what we share, what we...”
– Libba Bray
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“For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a...”
– Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
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“The single room of the library was as large as our whole house in the city had...”
– Beauty by Robin McKinley
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“Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.”
– Mary Schmich
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Defensive reading.
Definition: jumping into a book, when the world becomes too much to handle.
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“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
– Louisa May Alcott
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“The truth is that every true admirer of the novels cherishes the happy thought...”
– Katherine Mansfield
“The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it...”
– Anthony Burgess
