leafy spines

(20) Somewhere reading.

[rosesofthetwilight]

[playboystudy]

Monroe’s bookshelf was exceedingly impressive. At the time of her death, she owned more than 400 volumes, including several first editions. Of the thousands of photographs taken of her, she was especially fond of ones that showed her reading. When a director once found her reading R.M. Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet, he asked her how she chose it. “[On] nights when I’ve got nothing else to do I go to the Pickwick bookstore on Hollywood Boulevard,” she told him. “And I just open books at random—or when I come to a page or a paragraph I like, I buy that book. So last night I bought this one. Is that wrong?”

[greengalaxies]

Anyone interested for the subject:

There is a book on it! Quite short quite informative!

[playboystudy]

Monroe’s bookshelf was exceedingly impressive. At the time of her death, she owned more than 400 volumes, including several first editions. Of the thousands of photographs taken of her, she was especially fond of ones that showed her reading. When a director once found her reading R.M. Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet, he asked her how she chose it. “[On] nights when I’ve got nothing else to do I go to the Pickwick bookstore on Hollywood Boulevard,” she told him. “And I just open books at random—or when I come to a page or a paragraph I like, I buy that book. So last night I bought this one. Is that wrong?”

[mabegrinny]

Laly I cooked I think

Can’t draw can’t write can’t do shit but I have an abnormal amount of free time and desire to contribute to the fandom. So after a couple of months of hard work(scrolling pinterest) I found some funsies that fit the characters(it’s actually so difficult bluh😔)

[ch3rryrot]

HE'S MY MAAAAAN <3

[ch3rryrot]

He's like a black flag, but I doooon't care :p

[zincolaa]

Kylar gave the owl.

(Caution: messy handwriting😂)

[zhuhlyaart]

[the-forest-library]

Dan Pelzer, who died on July 1 at the age of 92, left his friends and family a 109-page list of all the books he’s read since 1962.

Though Pelzer’s family considered distributing the list at his funeral, they realized it was far too long to share in that way. So instead, they scanned the list and created a website sharing his reads called, What Dan Read.

In a post shared on the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Facebook page, Pelzer’s daughter, Marci, wrote, “ALL of his books were Columbus Metropolitan Library books. Nobody loved the library more than Dan.”

“When we were little, he took us to the downtown library every Saturday morning and enrolled us in every summer reading program,” Marci shared with the library. “He was a regular at the Livingston and then Whitehall branches until he could no longer read. I'm sure he would be among your highest circulation and longest term borrowers.”

In Dan’s obituary, the family asked that in place of flowers, donations be made to Kinship Community Food Center, adding, “You could also honor Dan by reading ‘a real page turner.’ ”

Dan Pelzer &ndash; 1962-2025

[soupexpertt]

I really like this russian edition of classic books. Letting famous artists do the covers in YA style was such a simple but clever decision. According to the recent study the number of teenage readers increased, possibly thanks to these covers. I own traditional classics with blank covers but if I ever see one of these in the wild, it’ll probably make me go feral.

Here are some of my favs:

Dracula (art by Renibet)

2.Jane Eyre (art by Ulunii)

3. Little women (art by чаки чаки)

4. The Idiot (the hedgehog-omg-) (art by Xinshi)

5. Pride and Prejudice (art by Cactusute)

6. War and Peace (art by Xinshi)

7. Wuthering Heights (art by Renibet)

8. The Great Gatsby (art by NIKEL)

9. Frankenstein (art by Iren Horrors)

10. Crime and Punishment (art by REDwood)

11. Anna Karenina (art by Ulunii)

12. The Cherry Orchard (art by lewisite)

13. The Master and Margarita (art by Renibet)

[bidulgie]

Hobbies include drawing Danny in nerdy outfits he would never ever ever wear

[metamorphesque]

musings on June

1. anne sexton (“the truth the dead know”), 2. anne sexton (“suicide note poem”), 3. mary oliver (“august”), 4. l.m. montgomery (“anne of the island”), 5. morgan parker (“the black saint & the sinner lady & the dead & the truth”), 6. found poems: sylvia plath / peter k. steinberg (“percy key among the narcissi”) artwork by hugo grenville

[ch3rryrot]

First Fox edit that i ever made ⋆˚࿔

[ch3rryrot]

I love him so much (˶>⩊<˶)

[ur-daily-inspiration]

[detroitlib]

The snappy revue of 1926 / Stetson Shoe Company. Catalog of Stetson shoes sold by Berke's Boot Shop at 1442 Washington Blvd. in Detroit, Michigan. Title from cover.

Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

[jace-targaryen]

THE PRINCE OF EGYPT (1998) dir. brenda chapman, simon wells + steve hickner