“to be a closed book” by Distorted-time
“to be a closed book” by Distorted-time
Today kicks off Banned Books Week!
The pictures above are of some of my books that are frequently challenged or banned. There were actually a lot I forgot, such as some works by Shel Silverstein, Roald Dahl, The Giver, His Dark Materials and probably more.You can see some lists of banned or challenged books here.
Finished (or as finished as they’re going to get ><) pieces of Glinda and Elphaba from Wicked, one of my favourite books & adaptations, for the Ladies of Literature charity art project which will be coming out next month (organised by the wonderful Arielle!) :D
Whether that means linking to flickr or deviantart or only posting their own pictures, as far as I know these blogs never use weheartit or post anything uncredited. I’m sure I missed a lot, but here’s some.
Read the things people think you shouldn’t, prove you have an open mind.
Happy Children’s Books Week!
Books for reluctant young readers, part 2. See part 1 here.
Best Books I read in 2012
Another year is over and that means a yearly review in books. You can see my 100 book challenge for the year here, and this list is excluding rereads (which is why I’m not including amazing books like Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Paper Towns.) I thought this list would be easier/shorter since I read less than half as many books as I did in 2011, but no such luck.
1. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
2. The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
3. If I Stay by Gayle Foreman
4. Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
5. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
6. The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
7. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
8. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
9. The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
What were your favourite books read in 2012?

I counted and I have 470 books in total (plus a bag of 18 books I need to get rid of). That’s including cook books, doubles and old children’s picture books. You can see tagged pictures of my shelves here. I should take a bunch of new pictures soon- I’m waiting for a sunny day so that they’ll turn out.
"Books. People never really stop loving books. Fifty-first century. By now you’ve got holovids, direct-to-brain downloads, fiction mist. But you need the smell. The smell of books, Donna. Deep breath!"
— The Doctor, Doctor Who