BOOK TRAVELING THURSDAYS (#12): BOOK TRANSLATED FROM ANOTHER LANGUAGE

 

"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

CHARACTER DRESS UP (#5): SNOW WHITE

 

“Lips Red As The Rose, Hair Black As Ebony, Skin White As Snow.”

― Snow White

CHARACTER DRESS UP (#4): MR. & MRS. CLAUS

“Santa Claus has the right idea: visit people once a year”

― Victor Borge

FANDOM MASHUP (#6): FICTIONAL SLYTHERIN CHARACTERS

"You could be great, you know, it’s all here in your head, and Slytherin will help you on the way to greatness, no doubt about that."

TOP 5 SATURDAY (#1): BOOK TO MOVIE ADAPTATIONS

"Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit, but taste completely different."  

Stephen King

TOP 10 TUESDAY (#23): BOOKS ON MY FALL TBR LIST

"I'll have enough books when they fill my room like the stars fill the sky." 

E.V. Fairfall

BOOKMARK MONDAY (#18): PENNYWISE / IT

"Everything's a lot tougher when it's for real. That's when you choke. When it's for real."

COVER CHARACTERISTIC (#19): CARS

"Money may not buy happiness, but I'd rather cry in a Jaguar than on a bus."

Françoise Sagan

BEST COVERS OF THE MONTH: JUNE 2017 (Part II)

"There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts."

Charles Dickens

COVER CHARACTERISTIC (#18): FORTUNE COOKIES

"Everybody, even those that don’t like Chinese food, knew that you had to eat the cookie for the fortune to come true. And so he did." 

Justin Swapp, The Magic Shop

HYPE OR LIKE FRIDAY (#2): FICTIONAL COUPLES I DIDN'T LOVE

"It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company." 

George Washington

BEST COVERS OF THE MONTH: JUNE 2017 (Part I)

"Books are carnival rides for your imagination." 

Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons

COVER CHARACTERISTIC (#17): MARILYN MONROE

"We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle."

TOP 10 TUESDAY (#22): SERIES I'VE BEEN MEANING TO START

"The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones." 

Joseph Joubert

FANDOM MASHUP (#5): CHARACTERS I WOULD LIKE TO GAZE AT THE STARS WITH

"I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars." 

Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

COVER CHARACTERISTIC (#16): SWAMPS

"Hell is a swamp, to me - not as something fiery, but as something dank, moist, and wet."

Avey Tare

TOP 10 TUESDAY (#21): WORST FICTIONAL FATHERS

"Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes."

Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

BEST COVERS OF THE MONTH: MAY 2017

"If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone?" 

E.A. Bucchianeri

COVER CHARACTERISTIC (#15): CLOCKS

"Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting." 

Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

TOP 5 WEDNESDAY (#17): BOOKS FOR MY HOGWARTS HOUSE

"You could be great, you know, it’s all here in your head, and Slytherin will help you on the way to greatness, no doubt about that." 

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone