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book blog by a teenage girl who does not just read "books written for girls" although obviously she does sometimes.

  1. I DON’T POST HERE ANYMORE

    realised this was no longer my top post on my old tumblr/the tumblr associated with my account. it’d probably be easier if i just shifted all the stuff i post to here, but i don’t want to do that, since i want to keep my old writing journal up. but if you DO want to see what i’m posting, which is mostly about telly and books and things, and if you’re not already following my proper tumblr, then go here:

    ungainlysweaters.tumblr.com

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  3. museumkunstkabinett: liquidnight: Russian soldiers wearing costumes for an impromptu performance behind the lines during a lull in the World War I fighting, March 22, 1916 [From the LIFE Magazine Photo Archive] how amazing’s this?!

    museumkunstkabinett:

    liquidnight:

    Russian soldiers wearing costumes for an impromptu performance behind the lines during a lull in the World War I fighting, March 22, 1916

    [From the LIFE Magazine Photo Archive]

    how amazing’s this?!

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  4. Camera in the Kitchen: Kofoo - Gothamist »
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  6. iyoupapa: Kemah power lines (via S. J. Alexander) (c) 2009 S. J. Alexander under CC-BY-NC-SA license. god i love this. there are power lines in our bloodlines, and all that nonsense.

    iyoupapa:

    Kemah power lines (via S. J. Alexander)

    (c) 2009 S. J. Alexander under CC-BY-NC-SA license.

    god i love this. there are power lines in our bloodlines, and all that nonsense.

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  7. i read this for dystopia week, but just realised that i never mentioend it here! i read it in one day, it’s well short, but it’s sooo good. seriously. he manages to write largely in this invented, slangy, bastardised language and you know what’s going on, even if you don’t know what each word means you can work it out, and it’s so MENACING. also this cover is awesome, i have this edition and it’s so much better than other covers. for once.

    i read this for dystopia week, but just realised that i never mentioend it here! i read it in one day, it’s well short, but it’s sooo good. seriously. he manages to write largely in this invented, slangy, bastardised language and you know what’s going on, even if you don’t know what each word means you can work it out, and it’s so MENACING. also this cover is awesome, i have this edition and it’s so much better than other covers. for once.

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  8. this is the second novel that i’m reading for dystopian week next term - i’ve already done a clockwork orange and loved it. i’m almost halfway through 1984 and it’s SO GOOD. i didn’t think i’d like it this much - dystopian novels aren’t really my kind of thing, and the idea of animal farm (the other orwell book i have to read) just really annoys me. i love the way orwell writes. i like all the stuff about the invented language, the antique shop, his clandestine meetings with julia, everything. it’s so awesome. wish i had this cover, though, my edition is weirdly shit-looking.

    this is the second novel that i’m reading for dystopian week next term - i’ve already done a clockwork orange and loved it. i’m almost halfway through 1984 and it’s SO GOOD. i didn’t think i’d like it this much - dystopian novels aren’t really my kind of thing, and the idea of animal farm (the other orwell book i have to read) just really annoys me. i love the way orwell writes. i like all the stuff about the invented language, the antique shop, his clandestine meetings with julia, everything. it’s so awesome. wish i had this cover, though, my edition is weirdly shit-looking.

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  9. THE WASTE LAND so okay, i didn’t read it in a book by itself. it’s one poem in a book of ts.s. eliot’s poems that i have yet to finish (the four quartets are just sitting there, mocking me). but it’s so incredible. i love the stuff at the end, all the broken things, all the vulgarities… everything. beautiful.

    THE WASTE LAND

    so okay, i didn’t read it in a book by itself. it’s one poem in a book of ts.s. eliot’s poems that i have yet to finish (the four quartets are just sitting there, mocking me). but it’s so incredible. i love the stuff at the end, all the broken things, all the vulgarities… everything. beautiful.

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  10. i’ve just started reading this - what a headfuck! crazy. but i do quite like it, which is a good thing, right?

    i’ve just started reading this - what a headfuck! crazy. but i do quite like it, which is a good thing, right?

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