C.C.Ballard

Today my coworker said The Great Gatsby was getting bad reviews because everyone said it was mostly just narrative and the main character wasn’t even Gatsby and really it was too much like the book.

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Really, world? Really?

Just spilled a glass of tea and grabbed my book out of the way instead of my iPhone.

#priorities

The Literary Snob: Things I Learned From Opening a Book Store

dorkygiraffe:

1. People are getting rid of bookshelves. Treat the money you budgeted for shelving as found money. Go to garage sales and cruise the curbs.

2. While you’re drafting that business plan, cut your projected profits in half. People are getting rid of bookshelves.

3. If someone…

If someone comes in and asks for a recommendation and you ask for the name of a book that they liked and they can’t think of one, the person is not really a reader. Recommend Nicholas Sparks.

Coworker: Kenny went to see Iron Man last night.
Me: Good for Kenny.
Coworker: And we got to talking about movies and a question came up. I told them I'd ask you because I figured if anyone would know it would be you.
Me: Ok
Coworker: What is the Great Gatsby about?
Me: Um.
Me: Well. There's this guy who lives next to Jay Gatsby. He's pretty normal. Gatsby is not. Neither is anyone else in the book. But anyway, this guy lives next door to this mansion...
Coworker: Wait, isn't Gatsby the main character?
Me: Well. Kinda. Except, it's not told from his viewpoint. But the story revolves around him.
Coworker: So what's the book about?
Me: I mean. It's not really about Gatsby.
Coworker: Thanks for clearing that up.
Me: Look, it's about a bunch of really horrible people and this guy named Nick who is not horrible.
Coworker: So should I see it? Is it good?
Me: Well I don't know if it's good, I haven't seen it. The book is really good.
Coworker: You just said it was horrible.
Me: No I didn't. I said the characters were.
Coworker: This is why I don't read. It's too complicated.
Me: It's only like ten pages long. Give or take.
Coworker: Well, then, how horrible could they be?
Me: Just wait for the movie.

mikkaybear:

sunflowersanddaffodils:

thisisthelist:

sarlaccvagina:

brainbowunicorn:

“Not round my neck, round the bedpost” - Peter and Wendy
omg

“The green phosphorescence foamed and boiled in the bow-wake, and reflected in his glittering eyes.” - Fast Ships, Black Sails

o_O uhh

^yessss

closest to me was my english text book and I refuse so second closest;

“I just enjoy watching people have fun.”

“Still, at least she had come.”

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I never reblog these things but I always do them and this one… I just… I’m going to leave that here…

“There is war in Ghealdan, war and madness.”

Hmm.

1. thechoiceismine replied to your post: Please explain for my American brain…

It’s like a giant dumpster thats open… its used when houses are throwing lots of stuff away. It comes, gets filled and then goes to the dump.

2. booksandghosts replied to your post:

It’s a big metal bin (trash can), usually the size of a small car (automobile). You hire one when you have a lot of rubbish (trash) to throw out. Apparently also when you want to get rid of things that are not rubbish like books.

Oh, ok. We call them roll offs here. I think I have heard that term before and had a vague idea. Thanks for clearing it up! And who does that? Those poor books. :(

Even Damon has read this book, and he’s only read two books in his entire life.

prussia-me:

theoceansandthecities:

read the book, kids

i should read the book

(via catpins-and-celerysticks)

(Source: justtouchedawkwardly, via thingssheloves)

me: [walking past book store]
me: [bREATHES HEAVILY]
mom: no
I totally did this tonight when we drove past McKay Used Books and all Damon said was "No."

deaneggsandsam:

Why isn’t there like a Pandora for books? Like you type in a genre or title of a book and it gives you related searches to books that you might find interesting.

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