quotation: on reading

"there is only one way to read, which is to browse in libraries and bookshops, picking up books that attract you, reading only those, dropping them when they bore you, skipping the parts that drag-and never, never reading anything because you feel you ought, or because it is part of a trend or a movement. remember that the book which bores you when you are twenty or thirty will open doors for you when you are forty or fifty-and vise versa. don’t read a book out of its right time for you."  [doris lessing]

and a beautiful image to accompany the quotation . . .

^ that's pretty much me.  except with glasses.  and lighter, less frizzy hair.

but her expression, deep in thought; her hand on the page that initiated this expression; the newspapers stacked up waiting to be read; the posture, slumped on the floor even though there is a comfy couch empty...

me.

[and i kinda love it]

by recently discovered [by me] photographer, lucie hugary - her official site

image via

quotation found on wet behind the ears

pretty pictures: springtime relaxation

it's gross out here in the midwest. dark & gray with slush on the ground rather than green. certainly no blossoms.  so it is no surprise that i am captivated by this photoshoot ~

 love that george gross polka dotted dress!

 

i would be laughing too if it were that beautiful out! 

i can't put into words how much i wish this were me right now! :

:: sigh ::

only 5-6 more months!

by photographer corrie bond for country style AU dec 2010

all images found on dustjacket attic - click the link to see more of the editorial.

pretty pictures: vintage vixen at the pool

summer is coming to a close & i'm heartbroken. 
these pictures make me even more heartbroken:

and especially this one:

there is nothing better than reading near the water on a sunny day.  well, maybe reading near the water on a sunny day and looking like a vintage vixen!

fab.

[but boy-oh-boy do i already miss summer.  and it's only mid-september.  damn.]

by photographer allanah hill

via dustjacket attic

quotation: paradise is...

“i have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library.”

– jorge luis borges

agreed.

first found on serendipity in the stacks

random: read your newspaper...

...while sitting on the newspaper!

my fave is the longer one:

this bench is made of newspapers.   woah.

perfect for lovers of the written word such as myself.

amazingness is by designer oscar lhermitte

see more here

[via 16 house]

celeb style: book nerds - pt.3

gwenyth

piles & piles of books = uber book nerd.  

= uber happy me

vogue aug 2010

see also:

book nerds - pt. 1 [marilyn]

book nerds - pt. 2 [gisele]

pretty picture: pensive shopper

outside an adorable book shop

just l.o.v.e. this photograph.  and the kinda falling apart doorway.  and her outfit.

but of course, i mostly love the piles of books.

via the alternative wife via everything fabulous [unsure of original source]

celeb style: book nerds - pt. 2

gisele

one of the sexiest women alive, reading and snuggling up with a cat. 

yessssssss!

elle italy feb 2009

via dress, design & decor via tfs

see book nerds pt. 1 [marilyn]

pretty picture: fairy princess reading

my idea of heaven:

 don't you just love the cute pair of pumps thrown aside?!  i love how this photograph really tells a story....

lovely.

by corrie bond [who also is responsible for this gorgeous shot]

via caroline in the city

celeb style: book nerds

marilyn :

 

by eve arnold;  via popsugar

do i really need to say anything? 

reading is sexy.

marilyn monroe is sexy.

end of story.

xo