this is my blog's alter ego. I tumbl quotes, graphs, science-y things, and quite a lot of harry potter/doctor who/etc/etc. Sometimes I also pin, and tweet, and find crafty things to do.

“The world’s beauty is in soap bubbles, little specks of dust, galaxy shards, tiny things swept under the rugs that we stomp on day after day because we’re too busy to notice small treasures...The busy ghost presses his hands into my back and pushes me one way or the other to do this or that. I want to stop to see, to think, to breathe. I want to put my ear to the soil and listen for the ants. I want to daydream, fly a kite, run my hands through thick, green grass...” (Ophelia Blooming)

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Maureen Johnson: ASK AUNTIE MJ: "BUT...THE INTERNET IS ON!" →

maureenjohnsonbooks:

navigatefreedom asked you:

How am I supposed to motivate myself when I have the wide world of tumblr sitting here?

Dear navigatefreedom,

You are fortuitously named! This might be my shortest answer yet, and perhaps the single most important one I write.

I realize that I said before that…

so when she says she is turning the internet off, she does LITERALLY mean it.

From HelloGiggles: WHAT TO READ NOW THAT YOU’VE FINISHED THE HUNGER GAMES by Kate Spencer You finished the entire Hunger Games trilogy in just 48 hours, existing only on Chinese take-out and your Peeta-loving tears. Congratulations! But now you’re stuck in a post-THG depression, craving more dark, dystopian young adult fiction. Maybe you’re even feeling a little embarrassed about this new desire. After all, you’re a high-functioning, stable and successful adult with great hair and a casual but cool wardrobe*. Is it normal to want to read about angst-y teens fighting oppressive future-governments while making out with each other? The answer is YES and I am here to drag you out of the darkness and into the arms of a whole new pile of thick books with giant fonts written for people half your age.  read the rest. I just don’t like how they call books in YA Lit written for people “half your age.” There is definitely a negative stereotype hangin’ around this genre.  

From HelloGiggles:

WHAT TO READ NOW THAT YOU’VE FINISHED THE HUNGER GAMES
by Kate Spencer
You finished the entire Hunger Games trilogy in just 48 hours, existing only on Chinese take-out and your Peeta-loving tears. Congratulations! But now you’re stuck in a post-THG depression, craving more dark, dystopian young adult fiction. Maybe you’re even feeling a little embarrassed about this new desire. After all, you’re a high-functioning, stable and successful adult with great hair and a casual but cool wardrobe*. Is it normal to want to read about angst-y teens fighting oppressive future-governments while making out with each other? The answer is YES and I am here to drag you out of the darkness and into the arms of a whole new pile of thick books with giant fonts written for people half your age. 

read the rest.

I just don’t like how they call books in YA Lit written for people “half your age.” There is definitely a negative stereotype hangin’ around this genre.