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Books: Do they matter?

This week, Josh sent me an email with this question:  Why does reading books matter? I used to read...

The Post-It Note Reading Series is one of my new favorite...

#40: The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox A couple of weeks...

…and then I took a nap.

Hello dream home, it’s nice to meet you. (via...

#39: In My Skin by Kate Holden  In this...

You know what’s awesome? Mail!

Real quick:

furth: 52books: Can someone tell me how to clean the lens of a Canon Powershot camera? I think I...

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“I want to edit the Neville Longbottom article on wiki from...”
— my friend Ben (via scout) This...

from Ratatouille

Emile: W-w-wait. You read?
Remy: Well, not excessively.
Emile: Oh, man. Does dad know?
Remy: You could fill a book - a lot of books - with things Dad doesn't know. And they have. Which is why I read. Which is also our secret.
Emile: I don't like secrets. All this cooking and-and reading and TV-watching, while we read and cook. It's like you're involving me in crime and I let you. Why do I let you?

#38: The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the...

I want this book. (via)

rainy summer saturday

Best book title seen on the subway...

How To Find The Will To Do What You Need To Do 

It's Hot!

It’s hot!I can’t get cool,I’ve drunk a quart of lemonade,I think I’ll take...

paperbackgirl: Wasserman: Right. And do you remember what it was about the physical contact with...

#37: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John...

“When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I...”
— Desiderius Erasmus

Library Camp (via)

#36: 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff I am absolutely...

“Great bookshops are the heart of every literary culture, the...”
— Andrew O’Hagan...

#35: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey I...

#34: The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa...

Last night as I was posting an add to Cragislist (anyone...

Breakfast for dinner is my favorite of all favorites.

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I’m going on a small vacation tomorrow. See the lack...

Update: Nicole Krauss book talk

So I went down to Bay Ridge for the book discussion with Nicole Krauss. She is quite lovely,...

Book Talk Tonight

Nicole Krauss, author of one of my favorite books The History of Love, is speaking at the Brooklyn...

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From today’s Postsecret. 

#33: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the...

“I just got out of the hospital. I was in a speed-reading...”
— Steven Wright

Seriously, who doesn’t wish for this? (via)

BOOKNAPS

“A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile...”
— Edward P. Morgan (via...

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#32: If on a winter’s night a traveler by Italo...

#31: Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis This book is a mash-up...

This is a fabulous piece of furniture. Do yourself a favor...

“How can you keep up with her, this woman who is always...”
— Italo Calvino, If on a...

I'll admit it...

Some days I just don’t feel like reading. So I watch movies, listen to music, and talk to the...

“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire...”
— Emily Dickinson

#30: Spy Wars: Moles, Mysteries, and Deadly Games...

For the love of books. (via)

Note to self:

Do not read about secret government operatives right before bed. It makes you have crazy dreams.

The Great Gatsby summed up in three...

NICK: I love being rich and white. GATSBY: Me, too, but I’d kill for the love of a...

#29: The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster Now, as books go,...

balltillifall: anyroad: Library Parking Garage.

Yesterday, in the afternoon.

Do you live in New York? Do you enjoy bookstores? If so,...

Pretty. (via)

slaugh: i have this desire to walk into the bookstore, wave my wrist and say, i’ll take one of...

#28: No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July The...

“Do you have doubts about life? Are you unsure if it is worth...”
— The Shared Patio by Miranda...

27 Down, 25 To Go

This year I started a book project. The idea is to read fifty-two books in fifty-two weeks. I keep...

balltillifall: Bike rack at the Wicker Park Public Library

#27: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Have you ever had the...

Today, before the rain.

“Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a...”
— Mark Twain

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I need a cat. (via)

#26: Straight Man by Richard Russo I really connected to...

Bookmark anyone?

Unnameable Books in Brooklyn is displaying some of the items they have found in used books....

#25: Dracula by Bram Stoker Dracula will probably go down as...

“Gutenberg’s generation thirsted for a new book every...”
— the one and only Mr. Feeney

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Who would win in a fight: Potter or Vader? (via)

#24: Killing Yourself to Live by Chuck Klosterman It is my...

“Give me books, fruit, French wine and fine weather and a...”
— John Keats

#23: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Now this was a great...

Books are always better when they are surrounded by sand. 

“Outside of a dog, a book is your best friend. Inside of a...”
— Groucho Marx

(via we heart it)

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#22: Rant by Chuck Palahniuk I honestly have no idea what...

#21: Seeing by José Saramago Seeing is the follow up book to...

Will Ashford takes old books and makes new art.

If you know me, love me, and want to buy me a $17,000...

“Sometimes I wonder about my life. I lead a small life. Well,...”
— You’ve Got Mail 

#20: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness...

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“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this....”
— Julian Barnes, in Flaubert’s...

#19: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë  When I was in college,...

I would like to browse and read here while holding a huge...

via jean jullien

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#18: Half Life by Shelley Jackson When reading this book, it...

“In old days books were written by men of letters and read by...”
— A Few Maxims for the...

#17: White Noise by Don DeLillo I really wanted to like this...

 #16: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James Yay, first...

#15: The World to Come by Dara Horn This book was an...

#14: High Fidelity by Nick Hornby High Fidelity has been one...

#13: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David...

#12: Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain Anyone who has...

#11: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers To say...

#10: Imagining Robert by Jay Neugeboren This was a school...

#9: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde I finished...

#8: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller I’ve used the phrase “it’s a...

#7: The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman This one...

#6: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini  I think a...

#5: Love is a Mixtape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time by...

#4: The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger  I can’t...

#3: Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris You know how on...

#2: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz If...

 #1: Atonement by Ian McEwan This is the first book...