A Velocity of Being: Letter to a Young Reader | 
Just loved holding this book 😇 ! Maria Popova puts so much effort in her work , which can be seen in her website, brainpickings.org.
pickBetween a so-so and a like
The illustrations bring this book to a whole other level, and just for them, it is worth it to pick up this book.
I must admit to be a little disappointed with the letters. They are very repetitive, and most of them are quite lame. Only a few are original in their form and content...
So far, my favorite letter from this book... What a beautiful definition from Susan Orlean 😍
#WindsOfMarch Day 24: Perfect for #Windy. As Tippett said in her essay here: “To read is to take a stranger‘s hand and plunge into experiences you want and don‘t want, learning all the while to navigate the unexpected places real life will take you. To read is to experience the most humanizing of surprises...” My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-n6X
#ShowSomeLove Day 27: #SpellHEARTWithBooks reminded me of this book that shows a lot of 💕 for books and reading. My review is forthcoming!!
#InspiredNewYear Day 31: My love for our weekend seafood meal is #Sincere - with baklava cheesecake too.
Thank you so much for these beautiful books!
@KarenUK - I haven‘t seen the tagged book before but it has gorgeous illustrations! I started reading a few of the letters and couldn‘t put it down.
@Mitch - you know how much I love America and I‘m really looking forward to reading this. I already read about “turkey” candy that a Litten had on their feed yesterday!
I hope you both have a lovely Christmas! 🎄❤️
#ThankfulThoughts Day 23: Picturebook love qualifies as #ArtAppreciation - and that is beautifully highlighted in tagged book.
When you're near books, amazing things happen. They can call to you just by being in the same space as you. It can be a feeling, the color or texture of a cover, or the way it somehow sets itself apart from its neighbors and asks you to open it. Then comes the crack of the spine, the random, or not-so-random-at-all page you open to, and finally the completely surprising and unexpected words you read. --Regina Spektor
Illustrator: Benji Davies
When you love the same book as someone else, it's like sharing a secret without saying a word. --Maud Newton
Illustrator: Peter Brown
If you read a book, you are never alone. You can go anywhere. Be anyone. Do anything. If you read a book, you will be all right. Even if you only read one book. Even if you read the same book over and over. Inside that book is a whole world. Inside that book, you have friends waiting for you. Inside that book is sanctuary. --Shonda Rhimes
Illustrator: Matthew Forsythe
Harry Potter reference by illustrator Liniers. 😊
We wouldn't need books quite so much if everyone around us understood us well...Even those who love us get us wrong. They tell us who we are but miss things out. They claim to know what we need, but forget to ask us properly first. They can't understand what we feel--and sometimes, we're unable to tell them, because we don't really understand it ourselves. That's where books come in... ⬇️
#alphastack #letterU & #letterV
Combined these mini stacks for U & V today.... 3 great novels, a cookbook (surprise!) and a lovely book about the joys of reading 💕📚
pickThis book is a feast. Every other page is a letter to young readers from an author accompanied by images by illustrators. Both capture the essence and wonder of loving to read.
I‘ve been spending a lot of time with children‘s books lately and this encourages me to go farther.
#NamasteNovember #SpinePoem1 #Day3
Being Mortal
A Velocity of Being
Becoming
The Long Flight Home
today we go home
To the Bright Edge if the World
Before Ever After
pickI loved this beautifully illustrated collection of “letters to a young reader.” It contains more than 100 letters on the topic of the joy of reading, featuring letters by (among others) Jacqueline Woodson, Neil Gaiman, Jane Goodall, Ursula K. Le Guin, Richard Branson, and Judy Blume. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I've exhausted my renewals and must return to the library. I read only the introduction and a smattering of letters, but I looked at all of the art at least twice through. It's impossible to pick a favorite—there's a lot of fun and gorgeous work.
". . . libraries are bastions of democracy and oxygen for the life of the mind, which, as my great-grandfather knew, is our single most ferocious frontier of resistance to inequality and injustice." [from the introduction]
“Words-just words! They line up, one after the other, scratches of black on white... but keep them close, my young friend. Keep them within reach, always. They contain nothing less than the entire world. Opulent. Staggering. Rich beyond your imagining. Waiting for you to crack it open.” - Dani Shapiro. Art by Cindy Derby.
pickThis is a beautiful book for anyone who knows that books and reading are the gifts that just keep giving. I believe all readers should have this book in their collection. My full review can be found at theludicreader.com
“Dear Person-Who-Is-Afraid-Of-Books,
Don‘t forget: You don‘t have to finish every book you start...books aren‘t like a plate of vegetables that you‘re supposed to eat because they‘re good for you. Books are like an enormous ice cream sundae...You can eat as much of a book as you want and when you‘re full...you can put the book down and walk away.” - Amanda Palmer. Art by Taeeun Yoo.
Hi, everyone! It has been a long time since I posted on Litsy...something I hope to rectify this month. I had to talk about this book, though. It is the most BEAUTIFUL book (physically and content-wise) that I have ever owned.
Currently reading this beauty. A love letter...well a lot of love letters... to reading.
Happy Friday #bookmail !
Look what arrived in my mail box today, Laura. Thank you for your wonderful gift in your 56,789 #giveaway . I can‘t wait to dive into this beautiful book that has been on my wish list for a long while. Thank you so much ! @cobwebmoth ❤️😘❤️
This is a book for book lovers. It is a series of letters from various authors to the young reader, that discuss the joys of reading. 📚
A rare limited-edition drink for a rare limited-edition book. Mid-week happiness. Editors are women - Maria Popova from Brainpickings is an absolute fave, hence I will still categorize this under #WomenReadWomen2019. 🧚🏼♀️📚💕
I have the best colleagues! Look what they gave me as a late birthday gift! ❤️❤️❤️
I read a lot of #graphic stories this month. 29.
7 poetry.
45 total.
#AprilWrapUp #SpringIntoReading
pickBooks are our friends, tutors, borrowed minds, wings, refuge, doorways, portals, weapons, magic, save lives, want to be loved.
Reading is an escape, a connection, a superpower, gives hope & inspiration, is for the brave.
Readers have power.
I want to own this beautiful tribute to reading from a diverse range of humans.
5⭐️!
Book 149/165 4/27/19
What I wish I was doing all day: laying around reading with you guys for #24b4monday
Vs what I‘m doing: 🍷 & 🍫 walk with friends.
Why did I agree to this?
It‘s been a week with something extra to do everyday since last Friday and it‘s taking a toll. Tonight and tomorrow, nothing but reading for me.
Picture from tagged book.
Reading has always gotten me through life‘s tough times.
One of my favorite tv producers, Shonda Rhimes, on what books meant to her.
Artwork accompanying Jane Goodall‘s letter to a young reader
I had the same arrangement with my mom. Anybody else?
I love the artwork in this book. It captures the feelings of readers. You can be in a crowded place surrounded by people physically but mentally be far away in another world.
“My entire life is traced by the books I have read.”
I can already tell I‘m going to love this book of Letters to a Young Reader from authors and others from all walks of life. Looks like another to add to my granddaughter‘s rapidly growing collection.
#readinglife
