November 2011
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“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair. ~ David Mitchell (Cloud Atlas)”
– David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas (via martinaboone)
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October 2011
Nikki, Why did you miss Morgan's Star Wars...
Consider this your public shaming.
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“We need stories so much that we’re even willing to read bad books to get them,...”
– Philip Pullman (via martinaboone)
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“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a...”
– Victor Hugo (via martinaboone)
Gail Simone To Write New DC Teen Team Title →
ladiesmakingcomics:
At the MCM London Expo, Alex Fitch interviewed Batgirl and Fury Of Firestorm writer Gail Simone as she gave us all manner of insight into her work.
This included the headline that she will be writing a DCU book concerning teenage superheroes, which will involve a story that she wanted to do in Birds Of Prey before the relaunch happened.
Misfit and Black Alice, hopefully?
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The Mutant Season →
radnerd:
Our buddy Gil has a new podcast. Gil is 9 years old. Gil rules.
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#imanerd Even though I know that quote is a verb & quotation is a noun, it makes me grate my teeth to use quotation where a normal person would use quote. Simultaneously, I cannot use quote in common spoken or written conversation when quotation is correct.
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“If you truly love a book, you should sleep with it, write in it, read aloud from...”
– Anne Fadiman (via bookstorecouture)
A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs - NYTimes.com →
This is beautiful. I hope you will read it. As a sister, as a writer and as someone who has watched family members die too soon, it is stunning.
“We all — in the end — die in medias res. In the middle of a story. Of many...”
– A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs - NYTimes.com
“By then, I lived in New York, where I was trying to write my first novel. I had...”
– A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs - NYTimes.com
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“Stories you read when you’re the right age never quite leave you. You may forget...”
– Neil Gaiman, M is for Magic (via martinaboone)
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Dear Future Husband: I will be dressing our first...
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morethanshapes:
I’m really psyched for Once Upon a Time tonight.
Deαr Twilight, Our Chαrlie works with drαgons -...
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justanotherklainer:
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quidditchislife:
AMEN
As a person who loved Twilight I have to say OH MY GOD THIS IS SO TRUE! XD
Wow, you know, I’d never noticed ALL of those before. I don’t want to step in this conflict, but this deserves a reblog, especially for the above gif.
America’s Greatest Independent Bookstores—and Why... →
Wear The Hell Out Of It | Mocha Momma →
This is such a great philosophy. Ladies (and gentleman) take five minutes and read this.
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Inside the Google NYC LEGO and Tech Fantasy Land... →
This is so cool.
“One always has a better book in one’s mind than one can manage to get onto...”
– Michael Cunningham, The Hours (via martinaboone)
