The Finer Things Club

art history meme | 1/4 colours: blue

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:27:44 -0400

art history meme | 1/4 colours: blue

65 Books You Need To Read In Your 20s

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:02:29 -0400

The books that will move you, inspire you, make you cry, make you think, make you laugh. Even if you read them in high school or college, you’ll have a different perspective on them now that yo…

BookLamp

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:45:01 -0400

BookLamp:

yeahwriters:

Website for finding books based on writing style instead of theme/content

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:49:52 -0400

"The complexity of texts students are being assigned to read has declined by about three grade levels..."

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:20:24 -0400

““The complexity of texts students are being assigned to read has declined by about three grade levels over the past 100 years. A century ago, students were being assigned books with the complexity of around the ninth- or 10th-grade level. But in 2012, the average was around the sixth-grade level.””

- What Kids Are Reading, In School And Out

Walk into any bookstore or library, and you’ll find shelves and shelves of hugely popular novels and book series for kids. But research shows that as young readers get older, they are not moving to more complex books. High-schoolers are reading books written for younger kids, and teachers aren’t assigning difficult classics as much as they once did.

Children are reading significantly less challenging material in school every year. Read more or listen to the full report at NPR.

(via pacificstand)

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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:53:57 -0400

midnightrants: A book lover’s paradise. Cafe turtle in Khan...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:21:36 -0400

midnightrants:

A book lover’s paradise.

Cafe turtle in Khan Market (New Delhi).

Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys by cat411 featuring a marc by marc jacobs bracelet

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:58:29 -0400

Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys by cat411 featuring a marc by marc jacobs bracelet

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Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:39:44 -0400

anythingyoucanshipicanshipharder: multishipperpirateking: 5thce...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 20:19:47 -0400

anythingyoucanshipicanshipharder:

multishipperpirateking:

5thcellarofthetardis:

jlm-be-spooky:

tthe-masterr:

s-p-a-n:

nikoniku:

luckyclive:

rochielle:

appeasingclouds:

A new vending machine has been released which can print any book within minutes.

The Espresso Book Machine has access to 500,000 different books - the same as 23.6 miles of shelf space - and can even churn out a fresh copy of Crime and Punishment in just nine minutes.

Pages are printed at a rate of over 100 per minute and are then pressed, glued and cut to produce a pristine book.

Users simply pick the book they would like on a screen and wait for it to be printed … it certainly is a novel way of getting a new book.

WHO WANTS TO ROAD TRIP WITH ME TO THIS VENDING MACHINE Y/Y?

I think Johannes Gutenberg’s mind would turn to mush and come out of his ears and eyes if he ever saw this.

GRABBY HANDS I WANT

GIVE IT HERE

I might just have died

They installed one of these in my local book store THE WEEK AFTER I MOVED AWAY.

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Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:18:37 -0400

Scott Pilgrim! by cat411 featuring a checkered belt

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:50:59 -0400

Scott Pilgrim! by cat411 featuring a checkered belt

apatheticbastion: How I feel about getting a job this summer.

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:07:49 -0400

apatheticbastion:

How I feel about getting a job this summer.

List of Free Science Books

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:09:46 -0400

List of Free Science Books:

Loads of free science books, including books on physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy and mathematics. Enjoy!

borntobeanoldsoul: Ugh so much love

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 19:25:09 -0400

borntobeanoldsoul:

Ugh so much love

circumlocute: Books that people read romantically but shouldn’t because they’re missing the...

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:34:15 -0400

circumlocute:

Books that people read romantically but shouldn’t because they’re missing the point:

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

lisasimpsonbookclub: geekyjessica: Lisa Simpson has been my...

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:43:34 -0400

lisasimpsonbookclub:

geekyjessica:

Lisa Simpson has been my hero since 1990

This is, and forever will be, the matter.

Audrey, Wait! by cat411 featuring a three quarter sleeve cardigan

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:11:46 -0400

Audrey, Wait! by cat411 featuring a three quarter sleeve cardigan

Enna Burning: Warrior by cat411 featuring palazzo pants

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:10:39 -0400

Enna Burning: Warrior by cat411 featuring palazzo pants

cinderellainrubbershoes: -Joyce Carol Oates

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:55:32 -0400

cinderellainrubbershoes:

-Joyce Carol Oates