IDEAL SITUATION.
#shouldvebeenalitmajor #OMGBOOKS
Trong G. Nguyen replicates entire books on kernels of rice, each kernel with one word. The books are then divided in multiple clear mylar bags.
"Copy out things that you really love. Any book. Put the quotation marks around it, put the date that you’re doing the copying out, and then copy it out. You’ll find that you just soak into that prose, and you’ll find that the comma means something, that it’s there for a reason, and that that adjective is there for a reason, because the copying out, the handwriting, the becoming an apprentice—or in a way, a servant—to that passage in the book makes you see things in it that you wouldn’t see if you just moved your eyes over it, or even if you typed it. If your verbal mind isn’t working, then stop trying to make it work by pushing, and instead, open that spiral notebook, find a book that you like, and copy out a couple paragraphs."
Nicholson Baker on copying out passages of your favorite books by hand (via austinkleon)
Please reblog this! Censorship is a very important issue, even beyond books!
#freespeechmatters
SOOOOOOO GOOD. SO TRUE.
"How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book! The book exists for us, perchance, that will explain our miracles and reveal new ones. The at present unutterable things we may find somewhere uttered."
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), U.S. philosopher, author, naturalist (via misstransatlantic)
How lovely
this is one of those stories of connections that I just can’t get over. the smallest interaction can mean so much, it’s important to live intentionally. every moment. every day.
[Flash 10 is required to watch video]
found my next set of books :)
now if this essay would just write itself and I could memorize the characteristics of every organism that ever lived (yes that includes microorganisms) I would be perfect!
I read them this summer, and they are sooooooooooooooo good. I finished all three in a week on my commutes to and from my internship. addictive. fast-paced. dystopia.
you’ll love em! but definitely wait until school’s not so crazy :)
"If you truly love a book, you should sleep with it, write in it, read aloud from it, and fill its pages with muffin crumbs."
Anne Fadiman (via iwouldratherbereading)
Our friends at Random House Children’s Books have generously agreed to donate one brand-new book for each new follower we gain on Tumblr, Facebook, and Twitter this week. Those books will go to thousands of schools and programs serving kids from low-income families across the country.
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To learn more about First Book, please visit: www.firstbook.org
Kindle + Library Card = Free Books
Amazon announced today that Kindle and Kindle app users can now check out electronic books from 11 thousand local libraries around the United States.
You know, like we do with analog books. Except this time you receive the book via WiFi or USB.
Unlike analog books you can make margin notes and highlights and librarians won’t give you the stink eye for doing so.
Visit your local library’s Web site to see if it’s participating in the program.
"This is love, she thought, isn’t it? When you notice someone’s absence and hate that absence more than anything? More, even, than you love his presence?"
Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer (via loveyourchaos)
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.
:) BEST IDEAS. rain or snow! and also, any books you don’t need, “donate” to one of these :)
