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jubilantics:Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas...

jubilantics:

Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. — Alfred Whitney Griswald

Banned Books Mugshots: Alaska Young (Looking for Alaska), Janie Crawford (Their Eyes Were Watching God), Holden Caulfield (The Catcher in the Rye), Harry Potter (Harry Potter), and Hester Prynne (The Scarlet Letter).

Banned Books Week is September 22 - 28! Visit Banned Books Week’s site or the American Library Association’s banned books page for more information!

The 2013 Fall TV Lineup: Shows Based on Books

The 2013 Fall TV Lineup: Shows Based on Books:

+ bonus Kobo coupon! 

"A very famous writer once said, ‘A book is like a mirror. If a fool looks in, you can’t expect a..."

““A very famous writer once said, ‘A book is like a mirror. If a fool looks in, you can’t expect a genius to look out.’ People tend to find in books what they want to find. And I think my books are very moral. I know they have absolutely nothing to do with what this lady is writing about, so I’m afraid I can’t give her much help there.””

- JK Rowling on banned books (via thesecretbooksociety)

My evening with Steven Spielberg and John Williams. For reals....

My evening with Steven Spielberg and John Williams. For reals. (!!!)

http://heidirkling.com/blog/

delenasherondale:Damon and Elena + Wide Shots in season 4 Is...

delenasherondale:

Damon and Elena + Wide Shots in season 4 

Is it New #TVD Thursday yet?

Mr. Gruff is my new favorite.Honestly, if this is a real...

Mr. Gruff is my new favorite.

Honestly, if this is a real pamphlet, I can’t help but laugh as it is so horrifyingly outrageous: “If you find an Atheist in your neighborhood TELL A PARENT OR PASTOR RIGHT AWAY.”

God help us all. ;)

Discovered via Bookalicious Pam. 

Study food! Brain food! Writing food! (I know I don’t...

Study food! Brain food! Writing food! 

(I know I don’t have to convince you guys about the dark chocolate.)

;)

"Children’s and YA books are about being brave and kind, about learning wisdom and love, about that..."

“Children’s and YA books are about being brave and kind, about learning wisdom and love, about that journey into and through maturity that we all keep starting, and starting again, no matter how old we get. I think that’s why so many adults read YA: we’re never done coming of age.”

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Betsy Cornwell, interview in Uncommon YA (via betsycornwell)

(via macteenbooks)

"On September 11, 2001, we were in Southern California saying goodbye to my husband’s dear..."

“On September 11, 2001, we were in Southern California saying goodbye to my husband’s dear grandfather who was dying, had left and were visiting my grandparents. That night we got the phone call that his grandfather had passed away. With heavy hearts we went to bed and were woken by my grandfather his face red, his eyes heavy with the words, “We’re under attack.” We sat together, the four of us, two WWII generation and two 20-somethings, and watched the news all day long. Then we attended a funeral. My husband always says he was so glad his grandfather, who escaped a Nazi prison camp in Holland and fled to America to raise his family, didn’t live to see the towers fall. My grandfather, who was a Colonel in WWII, had. For us, this was the first time witnessing violence of this kind on American soil, for others around the world, it’s a daily occurrence. Today I’m thinking of everyone harmed by war and violence, on our soil and beyond. To honor those lost and still losing, choosing kindness and tolerance and understanding whenever possible isn’t going to fix everything, but it’s a start.”

- Heidi R. Kling, September 11, 2013

I'm on Wattpad!

Well, technically, Spellspinners is on Wattpad, but you know what I mean.

I’m currently trying to follow everyone back, so come on over!

http://www.wattpad.com/user/Spellspinners