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[hkfthemes]

Theme  Four: Bookshelf

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Six (6) Links in SVG books

Image at the bottom can be changed!

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Thanks to @codingcabin members for your help and encouragement.

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When Calls the Heart || Book Covers || Season Four

You can view the collection here.

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[readerbookclub]

Themed Lists Update

Most of you seemed pretty enthusiastic about themed book lists, so we’re going to give it a try! Feel free to message me with any theme ideas or book recommendations. 

One quick question: Would you prefer me to tell you the theme beforehand (so you can suggest relevant books) or would you like the theme to be a surprise?

I think this will be a really fun idea to try out, and I’m looking forward to it!

[fairlycaught]

Hi, is there any way you could repost the code from your book theme? It links to a site where the account has been suspended.

Oh dear, I just realised I have a bunch of messages saying this, and because I rarely get messages and when I do I get unknown-message-anxiety, I had no idea. I am so sorry about this!

I don’t have that code any more, but I have a very similar one, that was an edited version of it, so should be a bit better. You can see a preview here on my book blog that I stopped updating in 2015, I’ve posted a version of the codes without all the images and links and you can find it here: https://freetexthost.net/oBwPWMK

Let me know if you have problems using it!

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[bethebride]

Vintage Library Card Wedding Invitation

A fun invitation design with a Library Card theme. Perfect for a literature loving couple, or for a wedding hosted in a historic library setting. Room for RSVP details on the back. Change the font colors by clicking the orange 'Customize It' button, above.

[moffat-rocks]

Sorry, But We Have Not Talked Enough About Moffat’s Books

I know I bring this up a lot, but seriously, Moffat’s book metaphor is so freakin’ pretty, and I feel I need to address it some more. Since “we are all stories in the end”, Moffat often uses books to represent people, and not seldom people who are no longer with us. And, typical Moffat, the details are what really gets you:  

For Instance Amy’s Novel 

When we meet Clara in series seven, we are reminded by this little scene that Amy, too, has become a story now. And of all chapters in her story, chapter “eleven is the best, you’ll cry your eyes out”, as Clara puts it. 

Indeed, Moff, indeed. 

Or Clara’s Mum’s Book

“101 Places To See” is the title of the book that Clara carries around, because it used to be her mum’s. The memory of her mum is a travel guide through Clara’s life. I love that little detail. 

Then There Is This Little Moment

There is that sweet little reference to River Song when Clara pulls the book “The Time Traveller’s Wife” out of one of the shelves in the TARDIS. 

And Melody Malone’s Book

This we definitely don’t talk about enough! With the departure of Amy and Rory, this is also the end of Melody Pond. They were the ones who called her "Melody”, and without them, that part of River has become a story, the last chapter of which is the farewell of her parents. 

I also have to point out the surname here: According to various sources, the name “Malone” means “descendant/servant of Saint John”, which in itself is a reference to the little “St. John Ambulance” badge on the TARDIS doors. 

The story of Melody Malone is not the story of Melody - kidnapped and raised by the Silence; the story of Melody Malone is the story of Melody - child of the TARDIS.

And, Obviously, River’s Diary

Personally, I think River’s diary does not so much represent River, as it represents the Doctor. Her Doctor. Which is why the diary is empty in The Big Bang, when the Doctor is stuck on the other side of reality.

And when in Let’s Kill Hitler, the Doctor gifts her with a brand-new diary, he is basically saying: I was no one important until now. My life so far has not been worth telling, because my story begins with River Song.  

And now the Doctor is constantly facing the question of who he is, and he is clinging to River’s diary like a security blanket. Whatever he is or whoever he is, being her Doctor is what matters. Her Doctor is the man he wants to be and that is the version he clings to, even when he is blind and cannot read a single line of their story.

And I’m sorry, but I felt this needed pointing out some more.