Bookish Things

Bookish: adjective (of a person or way of life) devoted to reading and studying. -- A little bit bookish --

[geraldinesy]

Illustration Roundup: Girls Reading. These are some old illustrations that feature the act of reading, whether online or on paper. Illustrations by Geraldine Sy, moi!

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[geekparentingbook]

From C.S. Lewis’s essay, “On Three Ways of Writing for Children.”

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=9117 

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[quirkbooks]

Exactly!

[bookishthingsblog]

me: *is ready for bed*

me: *looks at book on the nightstand*

book: *looks back at me*

me: stop giving me that look

book: *keeps giving me that look*

me: I SAID--

me: all right, just one more chapter

[literatureismyutopia]

Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.

George R.R. Martin (via literatureismyutopia)

[sosuperawesome]

City Skyline bookmarks by GracefulDiligence on Etsy

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[all-the-things-i-like]

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[dajo42]

i had a dream that mentions of magic were banned so harry potter had to be reprinted with “wizard” replaced with “cool guy” and any mention of a magic spell replaced with “sweet trick”

[sniffytugboat]

The Ministry of Sweet Tricks

[annalikesthings]

#yer a cool guy harry

[boredpanda]

Tiny Paper Bookmarks Let You Grow Charming Miniature Worlds In Your Books

[aleyma]

[baubellum]

Book bracelet, made in England, c.1840

Why have I never seen anything like this before? Thank you Tumblr!

[librarianproblems]

WHEN SOMEONE TELLS ME I OWN TOO MANY BOOKS

[bookriot]

Great bookish art from….right here on Tumblr!

[newyorker]

Find more bookish illustrations by Tom Gauld here.

[lindsayslohan]

[bookishthingsblog]

Parent to child at the library: Shhh...remember what we said about being loud in the library?

Child: We'll wake up the books.

Parent: That's right.