arsauroprior:

Detail of A Calm at a Mediterranean Port by Claude-Joseph Vernet, 1770.

mansfield park is so underrated!!

YES! I think there’s so much in it that people just can’t appreciate. And the fact that there hasn’t been a decent cinematic/television adaptation of it probably doesn’t draw anyone to it, unfortunately! 

themaebee asked: The Book Thief

haven’t heard of it | will check it out | will not read it | haven’t read it yet | didn’t like it | it was okay | a must read | this book is my life | LIFERUINER

I LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH, I’LL ANSWER FOR IT TWICE. 

Lucy, once again, ruined my life (and made it infinitely better) when she recommended this book to me. 

reader-and-dreamer asked: The Book Thief?

haven’t heard of it | will check it out | will not read it | haven’t read it yet | didn’t like it | it was okay | a must read | this book is my life | LIFERUINER 

TEARS, TEARS EVERYWHERE!

This book ruined my life and then built it back up again.

scarletraviere asked: Mansfield Park (:

haven’t heard of it | will check it out | will not read it | haven’t read it yet | didn’t like it | it was okay | a must read | this book is my life | LIFERUINER

JANE AUSTEN BOOKS ARE MY LIFE, ALL OF THEM!

Oh wow, that’s quite dreadful. So… would you recommend these books (in the old covers, naturally)… I’m always on the hunt for new material!!!

That’s why I want to reread them - I LOVED these books when I was younger, but I haven’t read them in almost a decade! So I want to reread them and decide if it’s something I can press onto other people. I own the sequels Trickster’s Choice and Trickster’s Queen so I think I’ll just start by rereading those and then move onto the first series. 

I will write the books, you can pick beautiful, perfect covers. Yes?

PERFECT! 

(My friend and I always threw around the idea of being a children book writing duo. She would write and I would illustrate, but that was back in the days when I thought I was actually decent at art. I haven’t kept up the practice…)

romancejunkie21 asked: Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers?

haven’t heard of it | will check it out | will not read it | haven’t read it yet | didn’t like it | it was okay | a must read | this book is my life | LIFERUINER

I’ve seen this book out and about for at least a year now, and it’s always looked interesting to me. I’ve always meant to read it! I keep meaning to pick it up, I just get sidetracked! 

rosenest asked: The Mists of Avalon

haven’t heard of it | will check it out | will not read it | haven’t read it yet | didn’t like it | it was okay | a must read | this book is my life | LIFERUINER

When I was in middle school, I was a little taken with the Arthurian legends. One morning, I rented the movie (ugh) and decided to read the book. I enjoyed it, and I like to hear other people’s opinions on the interpretation of the myth and the fleshing out of the female characters, which is why I put it as a must read. 

thisbrilliantsky asked: The Outsiders?

haven’t heard of it | will check it out | will not read it | haven’t read it yet | didn’t like it | it was okay | a must read | this book is my life | LIFERUINER

I LOVED this book when I was in the 7th grade! We had to read it for my Language Arts class and I read it multiple times after that. 

thisbrilliantsky asked: The Tale of Desperaux?

haven’t heard of it | will check it out | will not read it | haven’t read it yet | didn’t like it | it was okay | a must read | this book is my life | LIFERUINER

Is there a simple ‘liked it’ option? I honestly can’t remember much about the book other than I read it in the 2nd grade (maybe??) and like it! 

acqua-di-fiori:

Blackberry Gatherers, 1914 - Arthur Rackham

Painted in late summer 1914, the flock of black birds over the peaceful landscape is taken to be a sign of the coming war.

Put a book/series in my ask!

escapingintoabook:

haven’t heard of it | will check it out | will not read it | haven’t read it yet | didn’t like it | it was okay | a must read | this book is my life | LIFERUINER

singing-fireflies:

TV SHOW MEME → [1/7] Ships (Lady Sybil Crawley & Tom Branson)
Look, it comes down to whether or not you love me. That’s all. That’s it. The rest is detail.

We could start a petition for better book covers.

YESSSS. 

Or, I mean, I could stop complaining and get a job where I design them, I suppose…

Or maybe just oversee and veto the crummy ones. 

gatzzby:

hannahsneakers:

why don’t they have big hyped up award shows for books

i mean

best male/female character

best antagonist

best plot development

best plot twist

come on

#book you threw across the room the hardest