1,000 Books Behind

This is a book journal of sorts, but this blog is also for you. This is for the people who always feel like they're a thousand books behind, the people who want to catch up, but mostly, this is for those who need a reminder to slow down and enjoy a book.

[simon-studies]

I saw an author write about how ‘everybody hates opening a second hand book and seeing scribbles’ and I canNOT relate. I adore that shit. Absolutely nothing sexier than opening a book and seeing someone else’s thoughts outlined in ink.

[marzipanandminutiae]

I have an 1890s copy of The Merchant of Venice with someone’s ENTIRE ESSAY handwritten in the back

Shoutout to Catherine Whatever-Your-Last-Name-Was. That’s extremely sexy of you

[binary-bird]

hamlet, act 1, sc. 5

[thenordroom]

Reading space | design by GRT Architects & photo by Nicole Franzen

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[arctic-hands]

I'll never understand why in library apps, where all there is is data and no physical copy, there's a wait list for the books.

[wakingfromthewater]

It's because your library needs to pay for an ebook, whichever can only be used by one user at a time. Publishers have begun to limit the number of copies of an ebook (or audio book) a library can own and how many times they can be checked out, too.

[barrebard]

Taking this opportunity to signal boost the ALA (American Library Association) petition to Macmillan Publishers, who are restricting library access to ebooks even more.

https://ebooksforall.org/

They have limited libraries of all sizes to one ebook for the first 8 weeks of a book’s release. It’s awful and profit-grabbing and limits access to people who rely on libraries for content they need or want. Please sign!

[queerangelonfire]

My Favourite YA LGBTQ+ Books ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[autumncozy]

[bluebeardswiife]

it’s just me and my four hundred unread books against the world i guess

[sportsnarrative]

Sparknotes does social media a bit too well

[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]

[books-read-in-nooks]

When the author describes a character’s appearance way too late and you have to quickly redesign the image you already have for them in your head:

[teenboystuff]

So the subplot of Holes is that Kate Barlow deals with the politically-sanctioned execution of her black boyfriend—who unlawfully kissed a white woman who was in love with him!!!—by becoming a serial killer who targets racist/sexist white dudes who harassed her, were rejected, then went after her boyfriend as revenge from the depths of the “friend zone”.

Go off Louis Sachar, let em know!

[anzozi-everywhere]

Don’t forget the main plot was a damning satire of the brokenness and inherent racism of the American justice and prison systems! Louis Sachar does not fuck about

[galaxianbitch]

It always fuck me up that older people don’t understand how this story is as essential to most american children as Gone with the Wind or Mary Poppins was.

[angrynebula]

unironically, this is one of the best books/movies for young people that exists

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

Kissing Kate Did Nothing Wrong

[aimmyarrowshigh]

And the technical writing of Holes is perfect. Like, it’s one of the most technically-perfect books ever written. Basically any plotting or pacing or characterization issue you’re having, read Holes and really study how Sachar did it. THE LIZARDS! THE LIZARDS.

[whilereadingandwalking]

the twisty prophecies! the lizards! the lipstick! the humor! this book doesn’t play. a true classic.

[seal-of-unknown]

me, begging, tears in my eyes: please. please just tell me what the book is about. the plot. please

a book annotation on the cover, unfazed: A Subversive Masterpiece. A Deep And Touching Story. The New York Times Bestseller. Go Fuck Yourself

[femmefaramir]

older lotr illustrations sometimes depict éowyn wearing ridiculously small armour. apart from the problem general sexualisation of the only female character (who really does anything), there’s another hilarious thought:

éowyn pretended to be dernhelm, a man. to fit in, she must have worn men’s armor. so the armor in the illustrations is normal for rohirrim.

therefore, all the rohirrim rode to war just like that:

[hobbit-hole]

there’s a thundering sound in the distance as the rohirrim ride into war but rather than hoofbeats it’s the collective sound of all their cheeks clapping

[delicatelytoobear]

the artist for this particular piece is Frank Frazetta and to be fair to him this is how he drew the orcs armor 

so the rohirrim comment is probably not that far off

[adhd-trash-mammal]

That’s a man who just straight up had a problem with the concept of wearing pants into battle, and I respect that

[cumaeansibyl]

male or female

hero or villain

sea or land

even in the snow

I guarantee you Frazetta’s Rohirrim were 100% pants-free

[missmollyetc]

Good Old Frank. That man loved bodies and hated clothes so much

[thebyrchentwigges]

[chewbacca]

Matilda (1996), dir. Danny DeVito

[ginger-vevo]

hold up Danny DeVito directed the most influential film of my childhood?

[revenant666]

Not only directed it but starred in it, took care of Mara Wilson (Matilda) while her mother was in hospital with cancer and even managed to get an advanced copy of the movie for her to watch before she succumbed to her illness. The man is a treasure.

[randomslasher]

The best story I’ve heard about the production of Matilda was: 

The scene where Matilda was dancing around her living room making things fly around to the song “Little Bitty Pretty One” was very nerve-wracking for Mara. She told Danny that she was anxious to do the scene, and he said, “You know why? Because you’re the only one dancing! We just have to have everyone else dance too! Then it won’t be scary!” 

So everyone–the crew, the rest of the cast, the people at the craft services table, everyone–danced along with the song, at Danny’s insistence. Apparently the only one who wasn’t doing the full on dance was the camera man, who just did a foot shuffle so the camera wouldn’t jiggle. 

If that’s not the sweetest thing ever I don’t know what is. 

[extracelestial]

a few pages from the 19th century diary of miss elizabeth aveling. i don’t know who she was or where she was from, but holding her diary of sketches and daydreams was transcendent. 

life in a bookshop, no. 20 photo by celeste noche

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

Sylvia Plath, from The Complete Poems of Sylvia Plath; “The Moon & The Yew Tree,”

[sunfortune]

katniss in book 3: my childrens playground is built on dead bodies and bones, i never wanted children but peeta convinced me, i will never heal from what happened to me. the end 

me reading that shit at 15: