Books on Wheels

Books, roller derby, and anything else I want to geek out about. Obsessive, avid napper, feminist, educator, wildly adored despite myself. Knowledge is empowerment. Cheese is delicious.

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You don’t get to choose who handles your heart. There are simply people who were born with it in their teeth. When you meet them, it is best to build a bomb shelter.

Tara Hardy (via thelovejournals)

[wordsnquotes]

They’ve promised that dreams can come true - but forgot to mention that nightmares are dreams, too.

Oscar Wilde (via wordsnquotes)

[bilbostabbins42]

From Bodies by Si Spencer

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From Bodies by Si Spencer

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From Bodies by Si Spencer

[bookingtravelgo]

Hay-on-Wye, Wales Astride the border between England and Wales is compact little Hay-on-Wye. Often simply called Hay (the suffix comes from the River Wye, which flows through the town), this is the world’s capital of antiquarian and secondhand books, and a monument to British eccentricity. Hay was once a sleepy market town surrounded by sheep-grazed hills. Then along came Richard Booth in the 1960s, determined to reverse its economic decline by converting an empty building into the town’s first bookstore. Thanks to his perseverance (and some successful publicity stunts, such as declaring Hay an independent nation), book buyers came in droves, and the town with a population of 2,000 now has more than 30 bookstores stocking millions of titles among them. Hay’s annual Festival of Literature, known to bibliophiles everywhere, is the largest gathering of its type in Britain, with writers and poets coming from around the world to give readings and hold informal discussions about their work.

[ladyhaven-deactivated20250120]

@monsieurbookshire when do we leave?

[lissreads]

IMMEDIATELY. We will stay in the Black Lion and eat ginger ice cream and spend all day reading outside the castle.

[dukeofbookingham-deactivated202]

On my UK bucket list

[bilbostabbins42]

Freedom is its own kind of prison.

Kelly Sandoval, “The One They Took Before”

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Definitely loving the trigger warning in the front of issue 6 of Bitch Planet. Be considerate, push boundaries, entertain.

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"I wanted to burn my memories."--from Blankets by Craig Thompson

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"And anyway, I'd discovered a much easier means of escape. I was trying to dream." from Blankets by Craig Thompson

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"I believed I was real" from The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer.

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Coffee shop reading in winter.

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Sometimes horror comics are feminist and damn if they aren't fucking perfect. Harrow County written by Cullen Bunn and illustrated by Tyler Crook is a must read.

[englishmajorhumor]

Don't want your books anymore? Somebody else does. Here's all you need to know about how to donate your books to prisons.

Here’s a great way to donate some of your unwanted books to an often forgotten population of people.

ALWAYS check donation organization/prison guidelines before donating so your donation doesn’t go to waste.

[bilbostabbins42]

Click on the link to find organizations in your state. The prison system should be a place in which we help those on the road to bettering themselves. Donating old books (and perhaps your time) is one way to help!

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From Comets Comets by Blaise Larmee