Tea, Coffee, and Books

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originalmeaningofalternative — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:17:07 -0700

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originalmeaningofalternative — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:43:48 -0700

fairytalemood: “The Mad Steampunk Tea Party” by Alexandra...

originalmeaningofalternative — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:27:07 -0700

fairytalemood:

“The Mad Steampunk Tea Party” by Alexandra Malysheva

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originalmeaningofalternative — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:10:23 -0700

teachingliteracy: Books by ~DarknessSpirit

originalmeaningofalternative — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:53:49 -0700

teachingliteracy:

Books by ~DarknessSpirit

Storm In A Teacup - t-shirt design, please vote to help get...

sophiehayes — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:37:09 -0700

Storm In A Teacup - t-shirt design, please vote to help get printed on QWERTEE

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originalmeaningofalternative — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:20:15 -0700

arizuna: this is actually genius

originalmeaningofalternative — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:04:10 -0700

arizuna:

this is actually genius

"Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like..."

phoenixfaery — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:47:03 -0700

“Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it.
Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.”

- William Faulkner (via mellifluousbookshelf)

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phoenixfaery — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:30:19 -0700

5 Ways to Teabag--without involving tea

snooteaperson — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:13:40 -0700

The Snooty Tea Blog offers up some nifty tricks for unwanted teabags. Bet you never thought that god-awful gift blend could turn into something useful, eh?

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phoenixfaery — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:57:13 -0700

"I still love the book-ness of books, the smell of books: I am a book fetishist—books to me are the..."

originalmeaningofalternative — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:40:24 -0700

“I still love the book-ness of books, the smell of books: I am a book fetishist—books to me are the coolest and sexiest and most wonderful things there are.”

- Neil Gaiman (Locus, February 2005)

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phoenixfaery — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:23:54 -0700

"We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel…..."

originalmeaningofalternative — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:07:10 -0700

“We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel… is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.”

- Ursula K. Le Guin (via thegirlandherbooks)

theclotheshorse: jazmine of jazzabelle’s diary

originalmeaningofalternative — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:50:19 -0700

theclotheshorse:

jazmine of jazzabelle’s diary

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phoenixfaery — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:34:14 -0700

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originalmeaningofalternative — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:17:08 -0700

What are you guys reading right now?

originalmeaningofalternative — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:05:03 -0700

North and South by Elisaeth Gaskell currently. Although I don’t know about Erin or Alestier but if I know them (and I do) they’ve no doubt have something.

I've heard alot about game of thrones books but I'm hesitant, should I read them or not?

originalmeaningofalternative — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:02:56 -0700

It depends upon what you like. I find they read very much like a traditional fantasy novel, lots of exposition, switching of character perspective, tendency towrds description and a more languid pace throughout (aside of course from the battle scenes) Be warned it does have a great deal sex and violence that is quite descriptive so if you’re uncomfortable with those things I’d steer clear. If you’re from the HBO show be warned the pace is very different and much of it is covered in the show itself so you may be simply reiterating what you know from the show and that can cause the reading process to be bit slower and less engaging.