Jolly Fish Press

[writing-prompt-s]

Magic exists, but it is provided by large companies similar to phone or internet providers. You are a customer service agent for one such company.

[samreads]

I have some books that I own that I haven’t read yet, but I just placed some books on hold at the library. what am I doing?

[sleepy-bookworm]

— an autobiography

[bookstobuy]

Booklrs!!!

My dash has become dead lately so if you’re active and blog about anything bookish related- preferably YA but I’m not picky- please reblog this and I’ll deffo check your blog out ☺

[incidentalcomics]

Stages of the Reader

What stage are you on? I’m about to escape number 5… my first book will be published on Tuesday! I’m hoping to land somewhere between 7 and 8. 

You can find my book via Abrams Books, on Amazon, or wherever books are sold.

Posters are available at my shop.

[mysteriousbooklover12-blog]

Looking for more book blogs!

I’m looking for more book blogs AKA booklrs to follow! Please like/repost this if you are a book blogger and would like a new follower! Thanks! ✨

[menofcolorinfantasyart]

Ancient Civilizations Heroes by Alexander Ostrowski

[toadschooled]

This Asian common toad [Duttaphrynus melanostictus] was spotted climbing into a phone booth at the Bangkok Asiatique Night Market. Photographs by  Michal Ginter

[pickledpennies]

he needs to make an important call

[buddhabrand]

maybe he’s common in asia, but, in my heart, he’s one in a million

[yuumei-art]

Falling into dreamland Book and Teddy in hand With the turn of each page Appears a new stage Of magic and butterflies Of wonders behind closed eyes

[edsonlnoe]

Selkie. A mythological creature found in Irish folklore. Are said to live as seals in the sea but shed their skin to become human on land. They’re magnificent.

SONG OF THE SEA (2014, Tomm Moore)

[darkalleysunflower]

what a beautiful movie

[wheresmybubble]

Quote from the amazing Joyce Carol Oates.

[quotemadness]

I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.

Neil Gaiman (via quotemadness)

[ladaleda]

[writerlyn]

I unabashedly loved this scene.

[thewinterotter]

My favorite thing about this is that Dottie is getting fucking object concealment tips from these genius food-stealing women and she’s probably using that knowledge to hide idek small thermonuclear devices in her bra or something. Probably went back to the Red Room afterward like “omg girls let me teach you what I learned in America. It’s vital we teach our tiny assassins to knit, I met a woman who successfully concealed a whole chicken in her sweater, they’ll need this kind of ingenuity in the field.”

[barefootdramaturg]

I also really love that this is a large group of women who unabashedly like food and eating. None of them are going “oh no my diet, what if I get fat?”, they’re like “I CAN FIT A  CHICKEN IN MY SWEATER AND THEN LATER, I HAVE A WHOLE CHICKEN FOR ME.”

[tehzii]

I’ve reblogged this before and seen it at least a dozen times, but every time I see “AND THEN LATER, I HAVE A WHOLE CHICKEN FOR ME.” I start ugly laughing and can’t stop and frighten the dog.

[promethiae]

Remember that these women grew up during the depression. A lot of them probably learned food hoarding tactics because they never knew when their next meal was going to be. So yeah, if you have the chance to shove an entire chicken in your sweater so later, when there is suddenly *no food*? You’re gonna take it.

[dancesontheedge]

Also, Peggy is British.  She’s shocked and a little appalled at these food-stealing women, because Britain had such heavy rationing during the war.  

British rationing did not end until 1954 (that’s still 8 years away from the time this scene takes place).  Rations applied to all food staples, soap, clothing, fuel, and paper.  In some cases, they became worse or more stringent after the war.  In 1946, when this story takes place, Britain instituted bread rationing for the first time, food packages weighing more than 5lbs from foreign countries sent to private citizens were subtracted from that citizen’s ration book (so decreasing the amount of food they could buy), and gas was rationed again.   While America also rationed during the War, the rations were never as severe as the ones in the UK and were lifted immediately after peace was declared.

Peggy’s reaction is “I would never betray my country by stealing food.”

[goldseven-deactivated20190916]

Ride of the Valkyries

This was meant to be for a book that was put together by about a hundred women professionals, all illustrating females in Fantasy. The project got too big and unmanageable, and officially ended this month. The book won’t happen, unfortunately, but fortunately, I can now show this!

There’s prints of it too. :) http://www.etsy.com/listing/511390294/ride-of-the-valkyries-facsimile-print

[mothbiteclub]

“A book is like a friend. You can never have too many.”

[torteen]

So true!

[intoxibello]

I’m gonna name my daughter Theresa but pronounce it like “there’s a”.

[intoxibello]

Theresa Snakeinmyboot

[rainydayscoffeeandbooks-deactiv]

« Strand Book Store , NYC »

[ultrafacts]

William had a dream of bringing electricity and running water to his village. And he was not prepared to wait for politicians or aid groups to do it for him. The need for action was even greater in 2002 following one of Malawi’s worst droughts, which killed thousands of people and left his family on the brink of starvation.

Unable to attend school, he kept up his education by using a local library. Fascinated by science, his life changed one day when he picked up a tattered textbook and saw a picture of a windmill. Mr Kamkwamba told the BBC News website: “I was very interested when I saw the windmill could make electricity and pump water.

“I thought: ‘That could be a defense against hunger. Maybe I should build one for myself’.” When not helping his family farm maize, he plugged away at his prototype, working by the light of a paraffin lamp in the evenings. But his ingenious project met blank looks in his community of about 200 people.

“Many, including my mother, thought I was going crazy,” he recalls. “They had never seen a windmill before.” [x]

In 2014, William Kamkwamba received his 4 year degree at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire where he was a student.

(Fact Source) For more facts, follow Ultrafacts

[1017sosa300-blog]

The power of books

[nativepeopleproblems]

That’s so cool! What a blessing he must be.

[lastgunfighterballad]

Amazing!

[loudounlibrary-deactivated20230]

William Kamkwamba is an incredible person, and you should check out his story!

LCPL link to the adult book

LCPL link to the picture book

[ipgbook]

What an amazing man! The power of libraries!