About Me var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-29436890-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @thepenandthepaintbrush)http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/““Late nights and early parades, Still photos and noisy arcades …”” -...http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/43963031165http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/43963031165Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:05:09 -0900<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9hzlteQOr1qcfqdxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This person is a really talented artist!</p>http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/43273272394http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/43273272394Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:15:29 -0900samandriel: wishingonalightningbolt: kidswithhats: if anne hath a will, anne...http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/43271037380http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/43271037380Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:12:20 -0900<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e77add8b7d98990272dff0b892c78ea0/tumblr_mic7p5trdQ1rosh4eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happiness Is A Good Book</p> <p>Enjoy a tour of a Victorian London cemetery and meet an interesting, amiable, peaceable ghost in Audrey Niffenegger’s novel Her Fearful Symmetry. Read a full review of the book soon at The Pen and the Paintbrush Wordpress blog (thepenandthepaintbrush.wordpress.com).</p>http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/43265404475http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/43265404475Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:33:54 -0900Niffeneggernovelsghost storiesfictionnovels with ghosts<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1b33076ec516b4823be729ac314c2645/tumblr_mic6g1xuHB1rosh4eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>-from the novel Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger</p>http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/43263447997http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/43263447997Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:23:54 -0900Niffeneggerpictures from novelsnovelsfictionHer Fearful Symmetry<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a3de8e6322fe56ce70c74e546cf7a481/tumblr_mic652gol61rosh4eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>-from the novel Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger</p>http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/43262961022http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/43262961022Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:16:37 -0900NiffeneggerHer Fearful Symmetrypictures in novels<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f8bdb7854509537f71cb352eb5f85e49/tumblr_mh3ynjLWnE1rfxsv0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/43063732262http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/43063732262Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:39:39 -0900<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1b5dfa78fd1657e297a33b3b0191fe6b/tumblr_mf0xujgJsr1qarf0ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Iceland 2012 | by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/avanwijk/7496759666/">Arnold van Wijk</a> | via <a href="http://endorfins.tumblr.com/post/42647268963">endorfins</a></p> </blockquote>http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/43063646073http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/43063646073Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:37:33 -0900<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f2283e8076669c761d22beb0266cfe3c/tumblr_mg2n77D6bL1rosh4eo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy birthday J.R.R. Tolkein and thank you for the great books!</p>http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/39599689786http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/39599689786Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:43:33 -0900“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” - J.R.R. Tolkeinhttp://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/39599448477http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/39599448477Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:40:33 -0900TolkeinTolkein quotes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meb7vutuSA1qz4d4bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/39415977207http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/39415977207Tue, 01 Jan 2013 13:48:47 -0900<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9uvyzXWpU1ql5k7ro1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://freshlybrewedbookreviews.tumblr.com/post/30995268555/the-fantastic-flying-books-of-mr-morris-lessmore" class="tumblr_blog">freshlybrewedbookreviews</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><em>The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore</em> by William Joyce</p> <p>I read this book after seeing the short film of the same name (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLlOB1X72rc"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLlOB1X72rc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLlOB1X72rc</a></a>), and found the read even more delightful than the short, if that is possible. A sweet story about a man and his books, it’s a must-read for any and all book lovers. The story and the illustrations are absolutely gorgeous. This is one you’ll want to have on display, to adore along with your other beloved books.</p></blockquote> <p>Try reading this on the iPad with the app for the book. Amazing and very fun experience!</p>http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/39414736100http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/39414736100Tue, 01 Jan 2013 13:32:53 -0900<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ef06ca408391901d3cd1f1a95d09a789/tumblr_mfyolzDY6M1rosh4eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Number of pages read in 2012: 6696 (In addition to the books in the photo I read The Family Fang and The Great Gatsby, and I snuck in The Hobbit and Into The Wild at the very end of the year). Set your reading goal for this year!</p>http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/39398914021http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/39398914021Tue, 01 Jan 2013 10:11:37 -0900pages read in 2012reading goals<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/04212d9a2ea2421c0090dde7fb8de9fd/tumblr_mfvpbhmHm01rosh4eo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Now Reading. Love Niffenegger’s books!</p>http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/39279552941http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/39279552941Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:46:38 -0900<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6d86fd37543cc2372acfac5b3b772e35/tumblr_mfvopzf2sY1rosh4eo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Recently Read</p>http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/39278581650http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/39278581650Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:38:02 -0900McCandlessgood reads nonfictionnonfiction<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/13e6f1371a0ccc09d377c8af83dcb12b/tumblr_mfpi05bjvw1rosh4eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Last book of the year!!</p>http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/38973675007http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/38973675007Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:12:14 -0900HobbitTolkeinbooks read in 2012<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb51gqyric1rosh4eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>2011 NOVELS</p> <p>Pictured are the novels I chose to read this year, in the order in which I read them (from bottom to top; I started in January with Inheritance). All of them except two were published in 2011.</p> <p>Pages read so far this year: 5532</p> <p>Goal for year (with full-time job): 6000 pages</p> <p>Not read yet: The Call, The Marriage Plot</p> <p>Books read this year that aren’t pictured: The Family Fang; The Great Gatsby</p>http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/32560186308http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/32560186308Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:05:08 -08002011 novelsnovels of 2011best books of 2011best novels of 2011recommended novels of 2011yearly reading goalsreading goals<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb4snezYJV1rosh4eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Now reading.</p>http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/32548760531http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/32548760531Sat, 29 Sep 2012 13:51:55 -0800Now readingcurrent readThe sense of an endingjulian barnes<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb4shsx03g1rosh4eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Finished. Read something everyday. Literature enlightens.</p>http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/32548549774http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/32548549774Sat, 29 Sep 2012 13:46:40 -0800REAMDE““Death is an ascension to a better library. ”” - ― John Donnehttp://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/31173954231http://thepenandthepaintbrush.tumblr.com/post/31173954231Sat, 08 Sep 2012 19:43:58 -0800libraries