1. therumpus: What was the last book you loved? Tell us! Starting February 1st, we’ll be posting our absolute favorite submissions by Tumblr users about the last book (any book!) they loved—an extension of The Rumpus’s ongoing series. Part book review, part love letter, your piece should communicate everything that’s wonderful about your chosen title. Every Friday, one submission will go up on Tumblr Storyboard, The Rumpus, and of course, your humble Rumblr. Submit today! (image via) If there is one group of people I know who excel in talking up much-loved books (preferably Satanism), its you, my much-loved tumblarians. <3 <3 <3

    therumpus:

    What was the last book you loved? Tell us!

    Starting February 1st, we’ll be posting our absolute favorite submissions by Tumblr users about the last book (any book!) they loved—an extension of The Rumpus’s ongoing series. Part book review, part love letter, your piece should communicate everything that’s wonderful about your chosen title. Every Friday, one submission will go up on Tumblr Storyboard, The Rumpus, and of course, your humble Rumblr.

    Submit today!

    (image via)

    If there is one group of people I know who excel in talking up much-loved books (preferably Satanism), its you, my much-loved tumblarians. <3 <3 <3

  2. Book gif. Book gif. Book gif. (Helen Mirren gif.)

    Book gif. Book gif. Book gif. (Helen Mirren gif.)

    (Source: readinouterspace)

  3. melvillehouse: Hey, who wants books? Ahhhh! (This happens to me in the book room a lot and so this gif is mildly traumatic.)

    melvillehouse:

    Ahhhh! (This happens to me in the book room a lot and so this gif is mildly traumatic.)

  4. I would say GPOLJ but to be honest none of us here can do this.

    I would say GPOLJ but to be honest none of us here can do this.

    (Source: maudit)

  5. (Source: greatinfinites)

  6. An adorable book gif: Ben Goldacre feeling up his new book Bad Pharma.* *Ed. note: maybe this gif is too big for Tumblr. I am not sure. Either way, click through to see the full adorable.

    An adorable book gif: Ben Goldacre feeling up his new book Bad Pharma.*


    *Ed. note: maybe this gif is too big for Tumblr. I am not sure. Either way, click through to see the full adorable.

  7. theartofgooglebooks: Reanimated ink stain. From The Elements of Book-Keeping by Patrick Kelly (1805). Original from the University of California. Digitized December 13, 2007.

    theartofgooglebooks:

    Reanimated ink stain.

    From The Elements of Book-Keeping by Patrick Kelly (1805). Original from the University of California. Digitized December 13, 2007.

  8. Seems like the evil stepmother from Snow White doesn&#8217;t do enough reading. Anyone with books that cobwebby would fail in their magical endeavors.

    Seems like the evil stepmother from Snow White doesn’t do enough reading. Anyone with books that cobwebby would fail in their magical endeavors.

    (Source: vintagegal)

  9. gunstreet: The Twilight Zone episode 08, “Time Enough At Last” We unfortunately know how this ends. (He finds another pair of glasses in a nearby ruined optometrist&#8217;s.)

    gunstreet:

    The Twilight Zone episode 08, “Time Enough At Last”

    We unfortunately know how this ends. (He finds another pair of glasses in a nearby ruined optometrist’s.)

  10. classicpenguin: The newest Penguin Threads—The Wind in the Willows, Little Women, and The Wizard of Oz—will publish on April 24 in beautiful covers from Rachell Sumpter, and early copies have arrived. Oz got so excited to be in the world that it did a little dance.  Book gif book gif book gif.

    classicpenguin:

    The newest Penguin Threads—The Wind in the Willows, Little Women, and The Wizard of Oz—will publish on April 24 in beautiful covers from Rachell Sumpter, and early copies have arrived. Oz got so excited to be in the world that it did a little dance. 

    Book gif book gif book gif.

  11. Book gif just because.

    Book gif just because.