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godzilla-reads · 3 days
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T. Kingfisher is doing a book signing at my local bookshop and I’m getting my stack together for the event!
I don’t have everything but I think it’s a pretty hefty stack 😅
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feli-artblog · 2 months
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Etsy
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murakamijeva-muza · 5 months
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Seems legit
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intothestacks · 3 months
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Comic by Tom Gauld
I feel very called out.
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thebookhoard · 5 months
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Title: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes & other Lessons from the Crematory
Author: Caitlin Doughty
Pages: 272
"Armed with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre, Caitlin Doughty took a job at a crematory and turned morbid curiosity into her life's work. She cared for bodies of every colour, shape, and affliction and became an intrepid explorer in the world of the dead. In this best-selling memoir, brimming with gallows humour and vivid characters, she marvels at the gruesome history of undertaking and relates her unique coming-of-age story with bold curiosity and mordant wit. By turns hilarious, dark, and uplifting, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes reveals how the fear of dying warps our society and "will make you reconsider how our culture treats the dead" (San Francisco Chronicle)."
I partly read this book as research for my own story ideas, but also because those things (that other people might think of as macabre) always have interested me.
It's quite fascinating. Doughty talks about how we see and cope with death as well as our misconceptions and stereotypes.
I can only recommend that you read it - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes will answer questions and make you question your perception of death simultaneously.
Two quotes from the book:
"But ignorance is not bliss, only a deeper kind of terror."
"The meaning of life is that it ends." (quoted after Franz Kafka, as mentioned in the book as well)
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entertheflame · 2 years
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Books have taken over our living room
@craftymiraclepeach
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zanewillows · 5 months
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This is an appropriate amount of books for a person to own. I have no idea what you are talking about. By the way none of these picks are mine if this was my book hoard it be more organized (i hope)
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zsaaaaszhoney · 2 years
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I just bought 8 books at Barnes and Noble and the cashier said, "This should keep you busy for a while."
Sir, I'm not going to read these. I'm going to hoard them for 5 to 10 years before then.
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enbeeanon · 6 months
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I'm a bit of a book hoarder, as reading is one of my favourite hobbies, but today I did a big thing!!! I gave away/ donated over 200 books (I think- I'm not counting). I had a full bookshelf and 4 piles that were as tall as my waist, PLUS some stashed under my bed. Now I've reduced it to just the bookshelf. It's time to let other people experience the joy that I felt.
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the-honey-dukes · 2 years
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​Things bookworms are upset about:
- sequels coming out in a different size than the first book
- damaged book mail
- that we can’t read through our tbr pile before we die
- that time the Library of Alexandria got burned down
- the book waiting list in our local library
- bad movie adaptations of our favorite books
- no ribbon bookmarks in hardcover books
- STICKERS ON BOOKS
- When the book covers change in the middle of the series
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admiralgiggles · 1 month
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I haven’t read a book in a while, and instead of grabbing one from my massive TBR pile, I went to the bookstore and bought another one instead. I really wanted something different.
The overall story was interesting and kept my attention. The light romance aspects were great. She has a gruff exterior, but it’s just a facade she uses to fit in, and he hates her for it but also wants to be her protector because he only wants to see her happy. Then it gets spicy. Like so spicy, I blushed.😳 I don’t blush. It was definitely the language they used to describe what was going on. I can’t imagine talking like that to anyone when I was 18.
I’d definitely check out another one off by this author (she tends to write series) and recommend this book if you’re looking for a good time.
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ahedderick · 4 months
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I have GOT to find some kind of clever upcycling art project to use these gold-covered books. I cannot bear to toss them.
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This was . . about a THIRD of the book that were in the house when I started cleaning. There was another shelf like this on the other side of the room, and the piles and stacks and shelves of books in every other room in the house except the bathroom. I need to remind myself that I HAVE made progress. I got rid of almost two shelves of elderly (but good condition) encyclopedias to a high school art program so the teacher could offer them to the kids for book-origami or those fancy , sculptural cutting projects. There were quite a few outdated sciency things or political books I outright tossed. A couple big boxes went to a book exchange to find new homes.
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I have made progress. But wow.
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the-emerald-wyrm · 1 year
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A book! About! Dragons!
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tcmreads · 2 years
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thebookhoard · 3 months
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Title: The Count of Monte Cristo
Author: Alexandre Dumas
Pages: 1243
"Thrown on prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to use the treasure to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. Dumas' epic tale of suffering and retribution, inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment, was a huge popular success when it was first serialised in the 1840s."
The book club strikes again. I have to say that I needed some time to get into the story. The plot summary (above) didn't quite convince me that it's enjoyable, BUT I stand corrected. Although I was able to guess many plot points and relations between the characters I had fun in doing so and even more when I was right. As someone who doesn't speak French I sometimes had difficulties with pronouncing the names of people and places, but it was only a small hindrance.
Which amused me the most was that a book written 180 years ago uses the saying "cool as a cucumber" (at least the English translation, I don't know how it was written in French).
Memorable quotes:
'So remain a fisherman, don't dream of things that will make reality seem even more terrible to you - and be content with my friendship, because I cannot give you anything else.'
'In business, Monsieur, as you very well know, one has no friends, only associates.'
'But there are twenty-four hours in a day, sixty minutes in an hour and sixty seconds in a minute. A lot can be done in eighty-six thousand four hundred seconds.'
'Human justice is inadequate as a consolation: it can spill blood for blood, that's all. But one must only ask it for what is possible, not for anything more.'
'(...) all human wisdom is contained in these two words: 'wait' and 'hope'.'
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tallgrassstore · 4 months
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These patches are finally back in stock!!
Shop: TheTallGrass.etsy.com
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