brevity is the soul of lit.



A pile of books about books: An old picture from my freshman year at Harvard. Seems appropriate to blog.

11:16 pm, by ifthisbookwasasentence
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I think it’s nice that Voldemort always waits until the end of the school year to try and kill Harry.

Despite his flaws, Voldemort really cares about Harry’s education.

(Source: facepimp)

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Infinite Jest

(David Foster Wallace)

Infinite Jest : brain : whale penis : mouth.

random, related tumblr link: http://peopleholdinginfinitejest.tumblr.com/

2:42 pm, by ifthisbookwasasentence
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Choose Your Own Adventure (Series)

(R. A. Montgomery)

Using all ten fingers as bookmarks makes it kinda hard to turn pages.







The Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle

Turns out the only thing C.S. Lewis hates more than subtlety is Arabs.

2:38 am, by jayhankedlyon
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Green Eggs and Ham

Sam am I, I Sam am, am I Sam?

10:59 pm, by jayhankedlyon
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One Hundred Years of Solitude

(Gabriel García Márquez)

It’s like the slow parts in the Bible with all that genealogical lore and incest, but with a more satisfying version of Revelations.







Question for my followers

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, dare I even bother?

2:55 am, by ifthisbookwasasentence
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Tree of Codes

(Jonathan Safran Foer)

 I guess this is what was left after he cut and pasted the longest f***ing ransom note in the world.

10:39 pm, by ifthisbookwasasentence
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Stargirl

(Jerry Spinelli)

Every time a guy rejects you romantically, just pretend you’re far too good for him anyway.

11:28 pm, by ifthisbookwasasentence
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