The Beauty of Reading – Part IV

I never stop looking for art on the subject of reading, and I was a bit surprised to realize it’s been over a year since I did one of these posts!

The third one focused on children being read to; this time around, I chose paintings of young girls reading by themselves.

Oh, the magical world of books!

Small Young Girl Reading by Seymour Joseph Guys, 1877

Ethel Reading Bluebeard by Alfred Morgan 1881

Reading Girl by Bremen Johann Georg Meyer Von (19th century)

Reading Girl by Bremen Johann Georg Meyer Von (19th century)

Young Girl Reading by the Window by Walter MacEwen

Home reading by Elliot Bouton Torrey

What I like about all these paintings is that they all seem relax, like they’re enjoying their reading and not forced to study. I relate to these children with a sweet touch of nostalgia; books were a wonderful comfort to me as a kid and…

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QA’s!

Hi everyone. I was bored, so here is the qa.. Hehehe, sorry my life is soo boring and I have nothing better to do.. XD

Will you marry me? Sorry I had to ask…. (That was actually from many fans)
Jace: I don’t think Clary would be pleased, but you can put your name on the list — it’s in alphabetical order.

LALALA

I don’t have anything to say, except to provide you guys with the qa’s. XD

So, Dirty Sexy Club Scene…
Jace: What can I say? I’m a giver.

Honey Chicken…nom nom nom

The Perfect Whole Grain Scones

Tart to Heart

As you may know, I have a serious travel bug. If money and time and, you know, life allowed me to, I would hop on a plane every time I got the inkling to go off somewhere. But sometimes you don’t need an airplane to travel to far-off destinations. Sometimes all it takes is a bite of a particular food to transport you. A bite of baguette smeared with butter takes me back to France, a taste of manuka honey brings me to New Zealand, a sip of a mango margarita flies me down to Mexico. A buttery scone dolloped with jam, washed down with a warm drink, is my ticket to Ireland.

I’ve made many, many versions of scones in my life, always trying to recreate that ubiquitous Irish teatime treat. And although I’ve made some delicious “scones”, as we Americans might refer to them, they weren’t quite right…

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Filling the Shelf – 47

LOOOVED Starcrossed! Loved Helen and Lucas!

Filling the Shelf is basically Mailbox Monday (this month hosted by At Home With Books) or In my Mailbox (created by The Story Siren ), but with a title that suits my blog 😀 If you’re interested in joining the fun or seeing what other bloggers added to their shelves, I invite you to visit those two awesome features!

Happy Monday everyone!

If the first month of 2012 is any sign, it seems my reading will be very YA oriented this year – which is surprising because, despite the appearances, I did get more adult books last year than YA. I thought maybe I was getting tired of the younger books, but I think it has a lot to do with my being back in school. When, for instance, you spend hours reading and analyzing a book on the representation of torture in art and media, it feels really good to then…

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2012 Debut Author Challenge : My Reading List

Again this year, The Story Siren is running her Debut Author Challenge, an event challenging you to read over the year 12 YA books published in 2012, by authors debuting in the US. I didn’t participate in the previous years, but I always thought it was a fantastic idea. After all, debuting authors of today could become some of my favorites, and I love discovering new voices.

If you wish to participate or are curious about the debuting YA authors of 2012, there is more information on the challenge’s page (click on the banner at the top of this post to get to it!) or this great list of books on Goodreads.

There are easily more than 12 that I would want to read – my personal challenge might be not to read them all! I couldn’t select only 12, so I included all the titles that interest me the…

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Comic : Bookmarks

I’ve learned this the hard way.

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This Is The Post In Which I Whine Cause My Smoothie Wasn’t Green

Busy busy busy

Hi everyone. Sorry I haven’t been blogging often, I’ve been busy busy busy! Can’t believe that it’s already February! Time flies, doesn’t it? I certainly can’t wait until City of Lost Souls come out, by Cassandra Clare, my number one favorite author! Kudos to you! Keep your calendars marked everyone! Hunger Games is coming out on March 23rd! You can be sure I’ll be at the el cine movie theater there!

BTW-What did Clary say about you winning the tournament?
Jace: I believe she said, “Oh, great, now you’re going to be intolerable.” What she meant of course, was, “I love you even more now than I ever thought possible”.