Only the Beginning of Adventure

People call me Andie | Full-time Converse-wearing writer in training lover of books, coffee, and traveling | Website: www.afgpaletta.com |

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The ‘Princess Tower’ - Lake Vyrnwy Wales | Geoff Moore UK

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The Houses as Studyblrs  [click to enlarge ⚡  insp]

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this is literally the best thing i have ever seen

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Marlon James Announces 'Dark Star' Fantasy Trilogy, Expected Fall 2018

The next project for Marlon James — the Man Booker Prize-winning author of 2014’s A Brief History of Seven Killings — is an epic fantasy trilogy to be published by Riverhead Books, EW can ann…

“Titled The Dark Star Trilogy, the three novels (Black Leopard, Red Wolf; Moon Witch, Night Devil; The Boy and the Dark Star) follow three characters — the Tracker, the Moon Witch, and the Boy. According to the official summary, they are “locked in a dungeon in the castle of a dying king, awaiting torture and trial for the death of a child. They were three of eight mercenaries who had been hired to find the child; the search, expected to take two months, took nine years. In the end, five of the eight mercenaries, as well as the child, were dead.” The three novels will unravel each character’s tale of what happened over those nine years — one perspective per book — as James builds a rich world brimming with African myths and legends, fantastical creatures, and other accouterments of his own imagination.”

Pardon us while we FREAK OUT.

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Day 4 | Inspiration | All I need is a good story, a good adventure, and my family by my side #booksinspire #booksandcupcakes #bookphotochallenge #booksandcupcakeschallenge

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Day 3 | #currentlyreading 📚#booksandcupcakeschallenge #bookphotochallenge #booksandcupcakes bit behind I'm sorry!) 😅

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No writing is wasted. Did you know that sourdough from San Francisco is leavened partly by a bacteria called lactobacillus sanfrancisensis? It is native to the soil there, and does not do well elsewhere. But any kitchen can become an ecosystem. If you bake a lot, your kitchen will become a happy home to wild yeasts, and all your bread will taste better. Even a failed loaf is not wasted. Likewise, cheese makers wash the dairy floor with whey. Tomato gardeners compost with rotten tomatoes. No writing is wasted: the words you can’t put in your book can wash the floor, live in the soil, lurk around in the air. They will make the next words better.

ERIN BOW (via mattnathanson)

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Day 2 | New Year New Book | These are my newest books, an awesome gift from a very good friend and I can't wait to read them this year 📚❤️ #bookphotochallenge #booksandcupcakes #booksandcupcakeschallenge

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January Reading Goals (I'm overachieving as usual but I have hopes) | What are you looking forward to reading this month? . . . #readinggoals #eljuegodelangel #amonstercalls #wayfarer #elprisionerodelcielo #drsleep #oldcuriosityshop #annesexton #poetry #TBR #bookpile #toread

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I am so incredibly proud of all the readers in the world. 

39 million books finished (over 10 million more than last year) And this isn’t counting the people who don’t track their reading on Goodreads, not counting books that have been reread. And still with 19 hours to go.

Almost double the participants compared to last year.

I AM SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU. You’re proving that reading is something that brings joy to so many people. That reading is something to be proud of. That it’s something amazing and wonderful. 

Bookworms will one day take over the world, I am so sure of that.

[literaryestella]

Today I finished reading #AlexandraBracken 's #Passenger which was one of the books I brought home from #Leviosa2016 This Harry Potter/YA Conference was an awesome experience (and one of my favorite moments of 2016), I got to listen to some writer wisdom and was inspired; my passion for writing solidified and I got to meet these awesome ladies as they signed my books. New Year's Resolution: Keep reading. Keep Writing. Keep going on bookish adventures ❤️ #signedbooks #newyearresolution #writing #reading #sarahjmaas #roshanichokshi #robynschneider #womenwriters

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Last read of 2016 📚🍾 #passenger #alexandrabracken #justread #lastreadof2016 #lastreadoftheyear #books #booksarebest #wayfarer (at Mexico City, Mexico)

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Casi siempre.

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bookmarksandbrushpens:

Sundays are for coffee and journaling. And also I have to work but let’s just gloss over that part shall we?

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Books are the greatest gift; it’s a huge welcome into someone else’s world, someone else’s love. Thank you for inviting me in 😚❤️ (at Mexico City, Mexico)

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Books are the greatest gift; it’s a huge welcome into someone else’s world, someone else’s love. Thank you for inviting me in 😚❤️ (at Mexico City, Mexico)

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I happen to speak Fæ. The musical fluttering of their wings told me stories about love and travels and adventures. Maybe I'll write about it someday (at Santuario de las Mariposas Monarca, angangeo, michoacán.)

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Day 16 | Next on the TBR pile I'm really excited about this one! 😍 #alliwantforchristmasisbooks #currentlyreading #neilgaiman #fairytaleretellings