Tattoo Tuesday!

Hey there Marauders!! It's our favorite time of the week once again!!

For those of you who are new to the site here's a bit of background. Tattoo Tuesday was started by our good friend Tara over at 25HourBooks and celebrates our love of literature plus the people like us who are obsessed enough to ink something literary on their body! Every week we feature a literary tattoo that interests or compels us. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the ink.

Padfoot, here. Today is the start of summer classes (BOOOOO). But I'm currently sitting waiting for my Contemporary Lit class to start (YAYY). Today's Tattoo comes from a repost on The World Made Flesh From: Shel Silverstein’s “Underwater Land” Who doesn't want to see an Octopus in a pirate hat, I mean come on!

Remember, if you have a literary tattoo of your own we would love to see it! Just e-mail a photo along with a brief description of why you chose it to:
gbooks.inc@gmail.com

Tattoo Tuesday!

Hey there Marauders!! It's our favorite time of the week once again!!

For those of you who are new to the site here's a bit of background. Tattoo Tuesday was started by our good friend Tara over at 25HourBooks and celebrates our love of literature plus the people like us who are obsessed enough to ink something literary on their body! Every week we feature a literary tattoo that interests or compels us. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the ink.

Padfoot, here. Today is the start of summer classes (BOOOOO). But I'm currently sitting waiting for my Contemporary Lit class to start (YAYY). Today's Tattoo comes from a repost on The World Made Flesh From: Shel Silverstein’s “Underwater Land” Who doesn't want to see an Octopus in a pirate hat, I mean come on!

Remember, if you have a literary tattoo of your own we would love to see it! Just e-mail a photo along with a brief description of why you chose it to:
gbooks.inc@gmail.com

Summer readin' had me a blast!

Hey there Marauders. Padfoot and Prongs here bringing you a Saturday afternoon post. We figured since we are finally getting into the swing of summer, post graduation and mandatory reading assignments, we would celebrate the next few months of 'free reading' time with throwing up our list of planned books for the summer. Both Padfoot and Prongs have been trying to stretch their own literary canon by branching out in new authors, genres, and even mediums of literature.

Below you will find our combined list of fiction, non fiction, short stories, and graphic novels that we have on the TBR list for the next few months. Feel free to post your own list in comments, as well as any suggestions you might have for us. We would love to see your own Summer Reading posts, and if you decide to make one be sure to let us know so we can link you up.

Fiction:
American Gods - Neil Gaiman (BOOK CLUB CHOICE!)
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane
Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - Mitchell
The Book Thief - Zuask
Grat House - Krauss
The Snowman - Nesbo
Big Machine - LaValle
West of Here - Evison
The Painted Bird - Kosinski
White Teeth - Zadie Smith

Non-Fiction
The Warmth of Other Suns - Wilkerson
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Skloot
Rework - Fried
The Glass Castle - Walls
The Naked and the Dead - Mailer
Devil in the White City - Larsson

Short Story Collections
The Elephant Vanishes- Murakami
Smoke and Mirrors - Gaiman
The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
Jesus' Son - Johnson
The New York Trilogy - Paul Auster
The Pugilist at Rest - Thom Jones
Stranger things Happen - Kelly Link

Manga/ Graphic Novels

The Sandman Collection - Neil Gaiman
Watchmen - Moore
Scott Pilgrim 'Precious Little Box Sex'
20th Century Boys (manga)
Pluto Series (manga)
Monster (manga)

That's it for us. A bit ambitious but should make for an amazing literary summer. Now its your turn. Lets see those TBR lists!

-mischief managed-

Summer readin' had me a blast!

Hey there Marauders. Padfoot and Prongs here bringing you a Saturday afternoon post. We figured since we are finally getting into the swing of summer, post graduation and mandatory reading assignments, we would celebrate the next few months of 'free reading' time with throwing up our list of planned books for the summer. Both Padfoot and Prongs have been trying to stretch their own literary canon by branching out in new authors, genres, and even mediums of literature.

Below you will find our combined list of fiction, non fiction, short stories, and graphic novels that we have on the TBR list for the next few months. Feel free to post your own list in comments, as well as any suggestions you might have for us. We would love to see your own Summer Reading posts, and if you decide to make one be sure to let us know so we can link you up.

Fiction:
American Gods - Neil Gaiman (BOOK CLUB CHOICE!)
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane
Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - Mitchell
The Book Thief - Zuask
Grat House - Krauss
The Snowman - Nesbo
Big Machine - LaValle
West of Here - Evison
The Painted Bird - Kosinski
White Teeth - Zadie Smith

Non-Fiction
The Warmth of Other Suns - Wilkerson
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Skloot
Rework - Fried
The Glass Castle - Walls
The Naked and the Dead - Mailer
Devil in the White City - Larsson

Short Story Collections
The Elephant Vanishes- Murakami
Smoke and Mirrors - Gaiman
The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
Jesus' Son - Johnson
The New York Trilogy - Paul Auster
The Pugilist at Rest - Thom Jones
Stranger things Happen - Kelly Link

Manga/ Graphic Novels

The Sandman Collection - Neil Gaiman
Watchmen - Moore
Scott Pilgrim 'Precious Little Box Sex'
20th Century Boys (manga)
Pluto Series (manga)
Monster (manga)

That's it for us. A bit ambitious but should make for an amazing literary summer. Now its your turn. Lets see those TBR lists!

-mischief managed-

NEW HARRY POTTER ANNOUNCMENT?

Hey there Marauders. Padfoot and Prongs here bringing you a brief post on the latest magical news from J.K. Rowling.
As most of you hopefully know J.K. has launched a new site entitled
Pottermore
but has not released any real details on what is to come.
She also has put up a youtube countdown video letting us all know exactly when this exciting new development will be revealed.

So loyal fans, we want to hear from you. What do you think the big news will be? Here are just some of our speculations:

1. Dumbledore's History: We would love to see a 'prequel' chroincialling Dumbledore's adolescence/adult hood, his friendship and subsequent downfall with Grindelwald and more on his history with younger Voldemort.
2. A spin off with Harry's Children: As we all know from the epilogue, Harry and Ginny are married and have three children. We wouldn't mind re-visiting Hogwarts through the eyes of Harry's children. We can only assume they would all be on adventures with Ron and Hermoine's children as well.
3. Harry Potter from Snape's Point of View: While this seems like the least likely option, Padfoot wouldn't mind seeing the entire series re-told from Snape's perspective. We would get a big insight into the inner workings of the dark side, as well as get to see the entire series through new eyes.

4.) Harry Potter the Musical: Hey you never know.

Those are just some of our musings, but there are thousands of possibilities awaiting us fans. What are you placing your bets on?

-mischief managed-

NEW HARRY POTTER ANNOUNCMENT?

Hey there Marauders. Padfoot and Prongs here bringing you a brief post on the latest magical news from J.K. Rowling.
As most of you hopefully know J.K. has launched a new site entitled
Pottermore
but has not released any real details on what is to come.
She also has put up a youtube countdown video letting us all know exactly when this exciting new development will be revealed.

So loyal fans, we want to hear from you. What do you think the big news will be? Here are just some of our speculations:

1. Dumbledore's History: We would love to see a 'prequel' chroincialling Dumbledore's adolescence/adult hood, his friendship and subsequent downfall with Grindelwald and more on his history with younger Voldemort.
2. A spin off with Harry's Children: As we all know from the epilogue, Harry and Ginny are married and have three children. We wouldn't mind re-visiting Hogwarts through the eyes of Harry's children. We can only assume they would all be on adventures with Ron and Hermoine's children as well.
3. Harry Potter from Snape's Point of View: While this seems like the least likely option, Padfoot wouldn't mind seeing the entire series re-told from Snape's perspective. We would get a big insight into the inner workings of the dark side, as well as get to see the entire series through new eyes.

4.) Harry Potter the Musical: Hey you never know.

Those are just some of our musings, but there are thousands of possibilities awaiting us fans. What are you placing your bets on?

-mischief managed-

Just a Little Hello

Hello there faithful readers!

Padfoot and Prongs just finished with finals week, so our brains are a tad foggy here lately. But here's a nice little list of top 10 most disturbing books:

Top 10 Most Disturbing Novels

Between the two of us, we've read most of them and we'd have to say we agree!

What do you think?

Just a Little Hello

Hello there faithful readers!

Padfoot and Prongs just finished with finals week, so our brains are a tad foggy here lately. But here's a nice little list of top 10 most disturbing books:

Top 10 Most Disturbing Novels

Between the two of us, we've read most of them and we'd have to say we agree!

What do you think?