The Dust Jacket

News, reviews, and recommendations from a professional book schlepper and full-time nerd.

[camelidae]

Apparently Tuesday was Be Nice to Bugs Day, so here are some belated little bees~

[apesoformythoughts]

“One of the poets, whose name I cannot recall, has a passage, which I am unable at the moment to remember, in one of his works, which for the time being has slipped my mind, which hits off admirably this age-old situation.”

— P.G. Wodehouse

[the-dust-jacket]

[threeamserif]

instagram | photos are my own, reblogs fine, do not repost/reuse

[shirewalker]

         “So the fairy silver brought you a monster of fire for a husband,  and me a monster of ice.    We should put them in a room together and let them make us both widows.”

                                                      ― Naomi Novik, Spinning Silver

[alagaisia]

Hey. Why isn’t the moon landing a national holiday in the US. Isn’t that fucked up? Does anyone else think that’s absurd?

[alagaisia]

It was a huge milestone of scientific and technological advancement. (Plus, at the time, politically significant). Humanity went to space! We set foot on a celestial body that was not earth for the first time in human history! That’s a big deal! I’ve never thought about it before but now that I have, it’s ridiculous to me that that’s not part of our everyday lives and the public consciousness anymore. Why don’t we have a public holiday and a family barbecue about it. Why have I never seen the original broadcast of the moon landing? It should be all over the news every year!

[alagaisia]

It’s July 20th. That’s the day of the moon landing. Next year is going to be the 54th anniversary. I’m ordering astronaut shaped cookie cutters on Etsy and I’m going to have a goddamn potluck. You’re all invited.

[watermelon-converse]

Hey. Hey. Tumblr. Ides of March ppl. We can do this

[emi--rose]

Hell yeah moon holiday

[hello-delicious-tea]

Ooh coming up we should celebrate

[ariaste]

PITCH: We call it Moon Day, and then every 7 years when it falls on a Monday, that's an even BIGGER deal and we call that Moon Day Monday and go absolutely apeshit about it (the next Moon Day Monday is in 2026 so we have a couple trial runs first)

[sarostheghostcat]

MOON DAY MOON DAY MOON DAY

[wafflebloggies]

moon day is 20th July!!!

[silly-jellyghoty]

Scheduling this a day earlier to remind you all and myself about the Moon Day tomorow!

[sashaforthewin]

Happy moon day to all who celebrate

[kitsuneofthemist]

This is your reminder to prep for Moon Day on July 20th.

[bookishfreedom]

do you also buy yourself books as a reward for doing hard things, or are you normal?

[fluentisonus]

Stephen Maturin + Animals

[andallshallbewell]

[kata4a]

Ye knowe eek, that in forme of speche is chaunge With-inne a thousand yeer, and wordes tho That hadden prys, now wonder nyce and straunge Us thinketh hem; and yet they spake hem so, And spedde as wel in love as men now do.

chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde c. 1380

[lackadaisycal-art]

Some commissions I did recently, two scenes from The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer

[apricotflowers]

[noahhawthorneauthor]

In case you haven't heard, July is Disability Pride Month. Here is a collection of queer books with disabled characters and/or authors.

I've been doing this for quite some time, last time I did a post with this focus was Disability December and before that it was Disabled and Kicking Ass. Any recs I should include next time?

[macrolit]

Literary history that happened on 11 July

[forgedbybooks]

“Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library.” ― John Waters

[the-dust-jacket]

A moment of appreciation for this very informative note from Frances Hardinge.

[fuzzylogic-27]

Inspired by A Charm Of Magpies book series by KJ Charles