Merrin's Book Review

"She was too fond of books, and it turned her brain." - Louisa may alcott

[whatrachelreads]

Building a library is the sanest form of hoarding.

Quote from my mother, after I expressed concerns that I was purchasing too many books and would shortly be buried under them and die. (via ofpagesandink)

[merrincanread]

From The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

[teachingliteracy]

Read The Fucking Book ! By Andrew Bryant 2014 #phishpin . 3/4-inch .limited edition - 150 Hard enamel,gold metal, two posts. (by Totalwook)

[bookshop]

[dailydot]

Long post alert: it was too good not to reblog. 

[shonktoo]

Ah yes, my second least favourite kind of book cover—the first is ‘guys who lost their shirts’.

[calanthesfeuillemort]

Stock photo book covers need to go away and never come back.

[nethilia]

We as a writing society need to bring back Girl Gangs Doing Shit Together in book series. The late 80s/early 90s was BOSS at that shit.

[misswendyd]

Gorgeous Puffin in Bloom editions illustrated by Anna Bond from Rifle Paper Company! Beautiful artwork on those endpapers and cover, plus special bonus materials at the end of each book. Including, of course, a recipe for raspberry cordial.

We’re giving away a complete set of four to one lucky person who completes our MG/YA classics challenge this year!

Photographs by The Midnight Garden.

[syblbranson-deactivated20161009]

hi, here’s a full collection of the kate beaton nancy drew comics

1, 2, 3, 4

[booksandhotchocolate]

“Girls are 50% of the population. We deserve to represent 50% of the heroes.”  ― Tamora Pierce

[thebrownqueen]

[show-me-something-pretty]

Happy Roald Dahl day!!

[wordpainting-deactivated2023071]

Buying a book is not about obtaining a possession, but about securing a portal.

Laura Miller; The Magician’s Book: A Skeptic’s Adventures in Narnia (via wordpainting)

[mommacita]

“Buying books is immensely comforting. Maybe I won’t read them immediately, but they make me feel so much better whenever I’m sad and blue. Just their presence, it’s like having more to look forward to.”

—  Unknown (via the-healing-nest)

[cheshirelibrary]

“I saw him hip-deep in some icy water, chasing a book, and I saw a boy lying in bed, imagining how a kiss would taste from his glorious next-door neighbor. He does something to me, that boy. Every time. It’s his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry.”

Markus Zusak, The Book Thief (via cheshirelibrary)

[normandys-archive]

Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree. There is the constant desire to find out where - where is the point where it all began. But much, much later than that the Discworld was formed. Drifting onwards through space…atop four elephants on the shell of a giant turtle, the great A’Tuin.

[lessaofpernarchive]

Look around you, Lessa of Pern, look around the Weyr with unveiled eyes. Old and hallowed is the Weyr? Yes, but shabby and worn – and disregarded. Yes, you were elated to sit in the Weyrwoman’s great chair at the Council Table, but the padding is thin and the fabric dusty. Humbled to think your hands rest where Moreta’s and Torene’s had rested? Well, the stone is ingrained with dirt and needs a good scrubbing. And your rump may rest where theirs did – but that’s not where you have your brains.

[lessaofpernarchive]

fancast challenge: saoirse ronan as lessa

[theartofmichaelwhelan]

THE WHITE DRAGON by Michael Whelan, cover for the book by Anne McCaffrey.

[theartofmichaelwhelan]

RENEGADES OF PERN by Michael Whelan, cover for the book by Anne McCaffrey.