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@binasbookpage gifted this to me a while back. I had no idea there were illustrated editions in the works! I love His Dark Materials and I am so happy to have such a beautiful copy #thegoldencompass #philippullman #bookstagram #athousandbookstoread https://www.instagram.com/p/ChlUan0rD2Q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[theclassicsreader]

If I met you, I would say let's go get coffee or ice cream and talk poetry and William Faulkner X)

You know me so well. Modernist writers and ice cream are the way to my heart. ;p

[iprefertoread]

I'm late, I know, but I'm still doing it!

Questions about Books!

I was tagged by the lovely people who run the blogs prettypaperback, thefictionologist, athousandbookstoread, and thebookcafee!! . You guys are awesome! And thanks for tagging me! :D

Rule 1: Always post the rules
 Rule 2: Answer all the questions the person who tagged you asked and then write 11 new ones
 Rule 3: Tag 11 people and link them to the post
 Rule 4: Actually tell them you tagged them.

So yeah, questions by the beautiful pretty paperback:)

2. Do you prefer books written in first person, second person, or third person? Oh damn, that's a good question. I actually think I prefer third person so I can see everyone.

3. Do you visit any book blogs outside of Tumblr? Not really, but I do check out Wendy Darling's blog, The Midnight Garden.

4. Do you watch book hauls on YouTube? Lol, weeeeellll, I try but I get bored really easily of people talking on youtube, so yes and no. 

5. Do you have to have matching covers when you buy books in a series? OMFG YES! Lmfao yes! I will claw my eyes out if I can't! But sometimes I compromise. I can think of Thrones of Glass right now, I have the first one in hardcover and it's different from the rest.

6. Which book to movie adaptation did you love? Catching Fire was fantastic!

7. Which book defined your childhood? My childhood didn't have as many books in it as it should have xD but I'll say Holes because I always wanted to read it but just couldn't. 

8. Do you like books with illustrations? Lol, those were the only books I could read when I was little. 

9. Do you break the spine? I definitely try not to, but I have to be the first one to open up a book of mine, unless it's signed that it. 

10. Do you fold pages/dog ear corners? Hell no, I don't even do that to texts books xD

Questions by the lovely thefictionologist :)

1. Which book/s would you like to buy next? Like 62 books total. Lol no, probably Lullaby or Damned by Chuck Palahniuk.

2. Which is the most underrated book in your opinion? Hmm, probably Zach's Lie and Jack's Run, not many people have heard of it and it's so good!

3. Which book has let you down? Which hasn't let me down! xD Definitely Blackout by Robison Wells, it had so much potential and I was excited and it just failed. 

4. A happy, a sad or a bittersweet ending? Ugh, Bittersweet probably. I hate happy endings but I also hate sad endings as well xD

5. If you were given the chance to be an author, who would you pick? Hmm, J.K. Rowling.

6. Which book has made you wish you had written it? Catching Fire, it was so clever!

7. Favourite OTP? Lolol, okay I don't really ship, but I'm gonna say Sookie and Eric from the Sookie Stackhouse series and True Blood! Ugh I love them! Season 4 was my favorite of all time.

8. Favourite Quote? Shakespeare "Hell is empty and all the devils are here."

9. Who is your favourite character and what makes them worthy of mentioning? I really really love Tiffany from Silver Linings, she's so complicated to me and I love her for it. She stole my heart.

10. Which book/s would you like to reread? TFIOS, as well as Zach's Lie and Jack's Run, 

11. Hardback, paperback or e-book? Whichever is cheaper or goes with the previous ones I have in a series. (if that makes sense lol)

Questions by the sweet athousandbookstoread :)

1) Which would you consider the most unusual book you’ve ever read? Hmm, probably And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard because it was so bland I died.

2)What was your favorite book or series between ages 7-12? I didn't read at this time of my life, I wish I did.

3) Which book or literature-related item in your possession would you consider a treasure?  I love all my babies! Every book of mine holds a special place in my heart ^-^.

4) Is there a really expensive book on your wishlist that you are dying to have? What is it? Right now, on my wish list, Parasite by Mira Grant is 20 bucks and I'll get that eventually lol.

5) What is your bookish or literary pet peeve? When people make jokes or say anything about the speed at which people read and insta-love in books.

Questions by the great thebookcafee :)

Do you borrow a lot of books? And do you lend out yours? I don't really have any friends in my town that read like me so no, I don't really borrow books. And it'll be a cold day in hell before I lend out a book of mine xD.

What is your favorite movie (or television series) that’s based on a book? Game of Thrones hands down.

Do you read multiple books at once, or just one? My attention isn't strong enough for so many at once! So I stick to one lol

What’s the first book you remember being your favorite? Identical by Ellen Hopkins blew me away.

Are your friends and family book lovers too? Lol never! It's just me.

Is there a literary trope that really annoys you? Yes. "I let out the breath I didn't even know/realize I was holding."

What’s the favorite book you own? (Because it’s a special edition, or signed, or has emotional value, or…) Nah, I don't have a favorite favorite, all my babies share my love equally :)

Do you reread books? I try not to, but I will every now and then :)

Do you have a preferred reading spot or can you read everywhere? I have this chair in my office that I read in or I read in bed just in case I want to fall asleep.

Who is your favorite author? Matthew Quick, and Chuck Palahniuk will be up there shortly.

Do you have a favorite collaboration between authors? (Or between an author and a different kind of artist) Not really, I haven't read anything by two authors besides Beautiful Creatures.

Totally to lazy to tag anyone or write question xD I'm sorry

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Book Tag!

Tagged by athousandbookstoread

Always post the rules! 1. Answer the questions. 2. Ask 5 new questions. 3. Tag 5 new blogs. 4. Message these blogs to let them know they have been tagged.

1.Do you have poetry books? If so, what is your favorite collection?

I have a few.  I just got Shakespeare's sonnets and haven't finished them.  I have a couple books by Kathleen Flenniken, but my all time favorite is "No Other Blue" by Craig Charles.  I got it because I was a Red Dwarf fan, but his poetry really speaks to me.  His poem about jail perfectly describes the last year of my marriage.

2. What is your favorite classic?  I'm never sure what people count as classics, since I didn't really have lit classes.  The Complete Novels of Jane Austen if that counts or The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.  For at least 20 years, I read it once a year.

3. How large is your book collection? I can't say for sure, since I haven't finished the inventory for insurance, but I estimate around 2000 books.  I have an entire room, most of my office at work, bookshelves in every room of the house.

4. What are the top 3 books on your current wish-list? This is a hard one because I have the bad habit of buying books on my wish list.  I would like Sandman by Neil Gaiman, but it's so expensive.  I want to get more Shakespeare plays in a readable edition - the complete collection is too heavy to read and I want to write in the margins so my ebook doesn't work.  I would like to find a good translation of the Canterbury Tales into modern English.

5. When did your love of books begin? I always liked books as long as I can remember.  I wasn't allowed to read fiction as a child. As soon as I got old enough to sneak it, I've been reading like crazy ever since.

My questions:

1.  Which of your values has come from a book rather than your parents?

2.  What book made you laugh the hardest?

3.  What book made you cry the most?

4.  What book are you reading right now?

5.  What do you want to say about reading that no one ever asks?

I'm not good at tagging, so if you're reading this, consider yourself tagged.  aseaofshells and octaviusresfacit both said they're bored tonight, so you should definitely do this!

[athousandbookstoread]

I Am by John Clare

I am: yet what I am none cares or knows:

     My friends forsake me like a memory lost,

I am the self-consumer of my woes-

     They rise and vanish in oblivious host,

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes-

And yet I am, and live - like vapors tossed

Into the nothingness of scorn and noise, 

     Into the living sea of waking dreams, 

Where there is neither sense of life or joys,

     But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems;

Even in the dearest, that I love the best,

And strange - nay, rather stranger than the rest.

I long for scenes where man has never trod,

     A place where woman never smiled or wept-

There to abide with my Creator, God, 

     And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept,

Untroubling and untroubled where I lie,

The grass below - above the vaulted sky.

(This poem was written, along with hundreds of other poems, while he was confined in the General Lunatic Asylum in Northampton, where he spent the last third of his life)

#athousandbookstoread #poetrychallenge #day8

[athousandbookstoread]

Would anyone be interested if i create a "poetry meme" or a "poetry challenge" in which participants can share their experiences and knowledge of poetry?