According to LibraryThing, if I buy at least 8 books a month, I’m gonna have 1322 books in my library by the time I’m 30.
Yesssssss Owo
does anybody else just like
research things for fun
like you’re curious about something so you go read the whole wikipedia article on it and then read all the stuff the wikipedia article references and go to the library and read some books on it until you have all this new knowledge about a subject that actually has no real bearing on your life you were just kind of interested in something
More books for the stash!
I’ve already read Oliver Sacks’ Hallucinations and it was fantastic, so I can’t wait to read the other two!
And I’ve read the Death of King Arthur, but this one is a retelling by Peter Ackroyd! *-*
If you like these little bookstore posts, let me know, because I feel like there’s hardly anything personal on this tumblr and I’ve had it for more than a couple years now.
Nothing like an incredibly violent and gory manga to get your blood pumping in the morning.
Thank you Jack the Ripper by Je-Tae Yoo. >D
(and nobody correct me, because the book is labeled manga, not manhwa, although I suppose it could be either.)
Pet Peeve #106
I hate when people use books as a decoration.
Oh you found a 19th c. Jules Verne at a flea market? I bet it’ll look great under your lamp. 8[
Chippendale mirror in an elaborate, oval frame of carved and gilt wood formed of symmetrical scroll-work.
Great Britain, UK
ca. 1765
Although here labelled as a mirror, this type of object in the 18th century was described as a girandole or sconce. The mirror glass reflects the candlelight to increase the volume of light. Here, the girandole frame has become a vehicle for elaborate Rococo carving, with flowers, leaves, and birds (cranes often called ho-ho birds). The gilded carved surfaces also reflect candlelight.
A tapestry made by Marie Antoinette and Madame Elisabeth in 1791-1793.
Tapis dit de Marie-Antoinette (by Conseil général des Yvelines)/© RMN-Grand Palais / Ch. Millet
