“Love is a force unto itself, sayyidi. For love, people consider the unthinkable.. and often achieve the impossible.“ – The Wrath and the Dawn, Renée Ahdieh
Tag: books
from Alberto Manguel’s A History of Reading
Accurately-titled novels – part 2
(Part 1)
Two sides of the same bookshelf.
An old bookstore in Prague
“The most stable elements, Clarice, appear in the middle of the periodic table, roughly between iron and silver. Between iron and silver. I think that is appropriate for you.“
Hannibal Lecter.
“The Silence of the Lambs”, Thomas Harris
@ya writers: stop ruining my erotic novels throwing kids and sudden pregnancies in the last twenty pages just to make the characters feel “fulfilled”. they don’t need that. i don’t need that. i’m not here for that pal, i’m here for the dirty sex. please and thank you and have a nice day
an ember in the ashes by sabaa tahir.
Fear is only your enemy if you allow it to be.
book asks:
- book you’ve reread the most times?
- top 5 books of all time?
- what is your favourite genre?
- what sections of a bookstore do you browse?
- where do you buy books?
- what books have you read in the last month?
- is there a series/book that got you into reading?
- what is the first book you remember reading yourself?
- when do you tend to read most?
- do you have a guilty fav?
- what non-fiction books do you like if any?
- did you enjoy any compulsory high school readings?
- do you have a goodreads?
- do you ever mark/dog ear books you own?
- recommend and review a book.
- how many books have you read this year?
- top 5 children’s books?
- do you like historical books? which time period?
- most disliked popular books?
- what are things you look for in a book?
persephone's corner 