dorkward.

nutopiancitizen:

nolan-kane:

Codex Seraphinianus, 1976-1978

‘The Codex Seraphinianus is a book written and illustrated by Italian artist, architect and industrial designer Luigi Serafini, from 1976 to 1978. The book appears to be a visual encyclopedia of an unknown world, written in one of its languages, an alphabetic writing intended to be meaningless.’

- Wikipedia

source

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mehbil:

Want.

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A review for one of my all time favourite books.

evasjournal:

From the book, Disorder in the Court: Great Fractured Moments in Courtroom History

Kind of want to get me this book.

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mac-lovin:

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stopitsgingertime:

I AM SHRIEKING

Hey Harad.

“‘Since it’s so hot tonight,’ Father suggested, ‘why don’t we all cool off in the garden after dinner? It will also give us a chance to test Jackie’s obedience.’ He turned to Big Brother. ‘Go fetch one of those ducklings the Huangs brought. We’ll have some fun tonight!’”

- Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Cinderella, ‘Chapter 11 - PLT’

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justaguywitharrows:

spookyteen:

[a sign on a bookshelf, between two novels: “It’s OK. You have our permission. These books are from our Young Adult section. But it’s OK to read them even if you are no longer, by any stretch of the imagination, young. In fact, you’ll find they often have provocative themes and complex characters that are the equal of most of the books you’ll find on the “adult” fiction shelves these days. So don’t sheepishly tell us it’s for your kids. We’ve read them, and you can too.”]

Orca Books, Olympia, WA (by Sarah Enni)

asdfk

BORDERTOWN

GARTH NIX

LIBBA BRAY

I always feel immensely guilty when I wander into the young adult section.  I know some of these are pure wish-fulfilment, Twilight-esque stories with no gravitas.  But… I just really want to read them…  The guilt always stops me though.

also-not-mum:

imaginaryenemy-:

Oh my god yes, let me live here D’:

This is pretty much how I imagine heaven.

Yeah, I could work with this.

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utnereader:

Andrew Carnegie built an impressive 2,509 libraries around the turn of the 20th century. Now Rick Brooks and Todd Bol are on a mission to top his total with their two-foot by two-foot Little Free Libraries.

The diminutive, birdhouse-like libraries, which Brooks and Bol began installing in Hudson and Madison, Wisconsin, in 2009, are typically made of wood and Plexiglas and are designed to hold about 20 books for community members to borrow and enjoy. Offerings include anything from Russian novels and gardening guides to French cookbooks and Dr. Seuss.

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Brilliant idea, but I imagine all the good books would soon be taken and replaced with discount paperbacks with titles like ‘How to Write Your Father’s Biography’ and ‘Googly Gardening: Fun Backyard Projects for Children’.

carlesjo:

The magnificent Swedish Harry Potter covers.

Okay, yeah, these covers are pretty good as well.

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spazmo is finally nearing the end of the last Harry Potter book.  She has not seen the film, and has somehow managed to avoid all spoilers (I’ve been screening things for her).  So she has no idea what happens.  But it looks like she might finish it tonight (or at the very least tomorrow), in which case I’ll finally be able to post Harry Potter related things.

Also, these covers are the best covers and all the others suck