The Book Mouse

Some people dive into books, others hungrily sink their teeth into them. I nibble through the pages and savor each bite.

[allsadnshit]

Keeping an alive tumblr in 2026 is proof of one's sincerity and authenticity - a type of person who enjoys posting for the sake of it with absolutely nothing to be gained....just the enjoyment of curation and self expression untainted by opportunity and relevance

[depsidase]

[pistachi0n-deactivated20170826]

Sometimes when I go hundreds pages deep into people’s Tumblr archives, I find really funny posts and I weigh the pros and cons of liking/reblogging them.

Pros: I’ll have access to them later because they’re fucking hilarious

Cons: They might think I’m creepy. Despite the fact that it’s public and on the Internet, it is not socially acceptable to let anyone know the extent that you creeped their archives.

[taymonbeal]

I hereby extend blanket permission for anyone to creep on my archive, and to like and reblog posts from it if they want to. It’s really quite flattering.

[brennacedria]

“it is not socially acceptable”

Wrong. It is not only acceptable but expected here. Adhere to whatever “etiquette” you will on other sites. Share and be shared here.

[alarajrogers]

Yeah, this isn’t a Tumblr thing. Everyone here loves it when they wake up to 97 notifications and they’re all likes and reblogs from the same person of shit you posted five years ago.

[awesomebutunpractical]

I love it when someone is obviously going through a specific tag of mine.

[nights-at-crystarium]

User that exhibits the actively curious, reblog-spamming, tag-digging behavior is an endangered species that must be preserved at all costs. No seriously I view this kinda stuff as a big, massive, yuuuuuge compliment. Please don’t let this culture die.

[injuries-in-dust]

I’ve had people reblog stuff so old even I’ve forgotten i made it. It’s always amusing to me. It’s like “how deep into the basement did you go to find this?!” Keep digging you funky little weirdos.

[ace-aussie-asshole]

When I see old posts liked it honestly never even crossed my mind that it’s creepy. Like no, it means you think I’m cool and like what I have to say, that’s not creepy.

[1000-life-hacks]

[archeologist-prophet]

Lovely to see we have spaces where you can gain access to so much literature!

[ijustkindalikebooks]

“The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.” ― Alan Bennett, The History Boys.

[depsidase]

[myjetpack]

My latest Guardian Books cartoon.

[lilacsinthedooryard]

Willem Geets (Belgium, 1838-1919)

Young Woman Reading

[ebookporn]

Tom Gauld

[kosmogrl]

the day is gonna end anyway and your warm bed will be waiting so you might as well do the hard things and not let them ruin your day

[kosmogrl]

this is unironically how I push myself to do everything I dread

[colubrina]

[nevereverbird]

[writerswritecompany]

[iweon]

Bon voyage!

Illustration by  Pawel Kuczynski.

[reagan-slayer69]

“but what if you abort the baby who’ll cure cancer?!” sir the baby who will cure cancer is an organic chemistry major who works at a Home Depot because you use AI to go through your resumes

[mel-155-a]

"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." - Stephen Jay Gould, The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History

[blondebrainpowered]

The Open Book Fountain is a fountain of an open book with water used at regular intervals to give the illusion of a page being turned. Located at Egyetem Square (Egyetem tér), Budapest.

Created in 2012 by artist Kelecsenyi Gergely and engineer Jozsef Szita.

[claudiadiary]

I have this hc that James prides himself in being the responsible sibling. He likes to tease, yeah sure, he can make anyone laugh, but he’s no troublemaker. He loves his siblings but he sees how impulsive and thoughtless they can be and he doesn’t want to be like that. He doesn’t want his parents to ever worry about him. So yeah he’s the funny, helpful, friendly and responsible kid and will actively hide his problems to maintain this image

[dinogalad]

When Black characters appear in fantasy, they are typically marginal. The side characters who appear once or twice, rarely with depth or interiority. More as an afterthought than as a full character. This marginalization is not just oversight; it is a reproduction of the suburbs in the realm of imagination, where whiteness dominates the center and Blackness exists only at the edges.

When fans resist the inclusion of Black characters in fantasy (like some asks I've seen around artists' dashes, arguing for “historical accuracy” in worlds filled with dragons, wizards, and gods), they reveal the truth: Fantasy is not about realism, but about preserving a comfort zone. Including Blackness shatters the illusion of a timeless white world, forcing recognition of a reality many white people avoid in their daily lives. The fantasy must remain as segregated as the suburb.

This is why supporting Black-centered fantasy art is crucial. We need Black Lúthiens, a Black Maia Queen, Black kings, and Black warriors, not simply for “representation,” but to break the stranglehold of whiteness on the imagination. Why shouldn’t Lúthien, the greatest of Tolkien’s heroines, be Black? Why shouldn’t Ar-Pharazôn, the most powerful Númenórean king, be imagined as Black? Why shouldn’t the most cunning Nazgûl bear a Black face? Blackness carries beauty, power, tragedy, and depth. To see it only in the margins is to deny its rightful place in the center.