Literary tattoos

I find tattoos fascinating and have contemplated getting one myself someday.  For me it's an issue of finding something that is meaningful.  I'm still on the hunt for "my" tattoo.  But this blog, 'Words Made Flesh' is a tumblr of literary tattoos.  They have a book, too.  The dream is a little closer after looking at this.

Literary tattoos

I've wanted a tattoo for a long time.  But I'm a wimp when it comes to needles.  Since a tattoo is effectively permanent, I would want my tattoo to have personal meaning that will hopefully last my lifetime.  I also am a book addict.  So when I discovered (a) a book of literary tattoos and (b) the corresponding website, I was transfixed.  I will thoroughly enjoy looking through them.  If I ever do get a tattoo of words, I would want the tattoo artist to be as much of a spelling perfectionist as possible.  When I saw this tattoo, I was horrified.  I would hate to get a tattoo that I could never show anyone simply because of that.  I would feel so ashamed because of it.  But that's me.  Maybe other people don't care.

Read on,
Paula

P.S. In case you didn't notice it, I was horrified by the misspelling of 'through' (spelled 'thorough' in the tattoo).  Supposedly that's how it was spelled in the original of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" but if it had been me, I would have made them spell it correctly.

Want!

Links lead to links lead to links.  And that's how I found Uncommon Goods.  And that's where I found this book clock and these record bookends that I'm putting on my birthday/christmas wishlist.

It's the beginning of Day Two of my week-long staycation and I haven't done as much reading as I would like.  In fact, the only reading I did last night was from a book off my shelf and not from my intended pile.  Oh well.  I learned some very interesting information that will hopefully make a big impact on my health and wellbeing.  I'm a bit excited about that.

I've closed all my internet windows and am logging off to go do some chores and I WILL READ.  I promise.

Read on,
Paula

Bon voyage...sort of.

I've never done this before and I'm both excited and nervous.  That's right, I'm taking a whole week off work and have NO plans.  I tend to only take time off for statutory holidays and special events, for visiting family, etc.  But work has been stressful and I finally decided to take one whole week off work and stay home.  Although I say I have no plans, I mean no big plans.  I have vague plans like 'read' and 'tidy my apartment'.  Nothing too specific, nothing too taxing, nothing that absolutely HAS to be done.  So it's all going to be a new experience for me.  I imagine that with so much time on my hands, I'll probably bore easily and flit from one thing to another.  I recognize this in myself and accept it.  Hell, I am prepared even to flit from one book to another.  I have 10 library books and 5 books I own (not including the other books in my personal collection) that I would really like to read this week.  In case you're curious, here are some of the titles:

*"Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading" - Maureen Corrigan [own]
*"Rebellion" (Matthew Hawkwood #4) - James McGee [library]
*"Hunchback Assignments" (Hunchback Assignments #1) - Arthur Slade [library]
*"Eyre Affair" (Thursday Next #1) - Jasper Fforde [ library]
*"Lost Art of Walking" - Geoff Nicholson [own; I've been reading this one off and on]
*"Devil in the White City" - Eric Larson [library]
*"Phoenix Rising" (Books & Braun #1) - Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris [own]
*"100 Cupboards" (100 Cupboards #1) - N.D. Wilson [own]
*"The Name of This Book Is Secret" (Secret #1) - Pseudonymous Bosch [library]

In fact, all of the books I have planned to read fall into any of three categories: historical, steampunk, and/or books about books.  Even the non-fiction ones.  Weird.  I totally didn't plan that.  Thankfully, I have a collection of books that do not fall into those categories that I can fall back on should I get bored of the other ones.  I'll let you know what happens.

Read on,
Paula