As far as I can tell, it is completely legal. But don’t be afraid to do a little research yourself if you still feel uncomfortable! They have a very informative F.A.Q page. But if you don’t trust that, google them.
JK Rowling created seven Horcruxes. She put a part of her soul in every book and now her books will live forever
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After I posted my thoughts on big book causality, I received this question in my ask box:
The Short Answer
My short answer to the question of whether or not I find it disingenuous to suggest that being male might have had some effect on John’s success is… no. Not even a little bit. Not…
I’m only reblogging this as a link because it’s very long, but you should absolutely save it and take the time to read it when you can, because it is a very strong argument to something I hear often, and not only with regard to literature.
(See: “But I work in a place that employs mostly women, so your argument that women have a more difficult time finding highly-paid work in this field is defeated!” or “Many Black people are super successful in rap and hip-hop, so it’s pretty nit-picky of you to point out the white rappers who swoop in to receive huge press and success in that genre basically for existing.”
“Beneath this mask there is an idea… and ideas are bulletproof.” - V for Vendetta (Alan Moore)
I need book rehab.
(via quotesfromfiction)
harry potter.
Not only beautiful, but beautifully true.
(Source: jane-e-doe, via booksandhotchocolate)
I hope you have a book like this, a book that makes you feel sane when other forces conspire to loosen your bearings, a book that values what you value, a book that makes you laugh and nod and gives you comfort. If you think that books don’t have the power to confer validation upon their readers, then I’m afraid we’ve had very different experiences. Because although of course validation comes from a dozen other places in my life, books have their own way of reaching those hard to scratch places right in the middle of my soul (sometimes when I don’t even know that there’s a place in need of a scratch) in a way few other things can. They are intensely personal in this way, these books, and one that speaks to me with power and clarity might sound tinny and distant to you. This exclusivity is one of the reasons they’re so powerful: it sometimes feels as though they were written with us in mind.
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(Source: serendipitousreadings, via quotesfromfiction)
(Source: loveasinine)
In reality, every reader, while he is reading, is the reader of his own self. The writer’s work is merely a kind of optical instrument, which he offers to the reader to permit him to discern what, without the book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself. The reader’s recognition in his own self of what the book says is the proof of its truth.
(via teachingliteracy)
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I just have to share because this is the coolest of all the websites. You type in a book that you liked and it brings up a list of at least 10 books that you would probably enjoy as well.
So if you’re looking for a good read, check it out.
www.whatshouldireadnext.comPerf for summer
