“How readily our thoughts swarm upon a new object, lifting it a little way, as ants carry a blade of straw so feverishly, and then leave it…” - The Mark On The Wall, Virginia Woolf This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.Tumblr (3.0; @sissysuicide)http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw6j219giR1r1jx43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Alice, the Little Prince, and Dorothy and company</p>http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/14205203395http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/14205203395Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:54:01 -0500NotebooksAliceThe Little PrinceOz“Once you pass a certain age, life is just a continuous process of losing one thing after another. One after another, things you value slip out of your hands the way a comb loses teeth. People you love fade away one after another.”<br/><br/> - <em>Haruki Murakami (1Q84)</em>http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/14171631232http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/14171631232Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:35:06 -0500<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://misswallflower.tumblr.com/post/13118040331">misswallflower</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>“Only my books anoint me, </strong><br/><strong>and a few friends, </strong><br/><strong>those who reach into my veins.”</strong></p> <p><em><strong> ― Anne Sexton</strong></em></p> </blockquote>http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/13875039977http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/13875039977Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:47:28 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvub5lAOQf1r1jx43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Plath, Sexton, Bishop, Hughes. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.</p>http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/13874620854http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/13874620854Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:32:09 -0500PoetryBooksPlathBishopHughesSexton<a href="http://scifi.icanhascheezburger.com/2011/12/02/sci-fi-fantasy-doctor-who-cast-members-read-bedtime-stories/">Put the little girl to sleep, Time Lord (and friends) style</a>http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/13786559668http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/13786559668Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:59:42 -0500Doctor WhoBBCDavid TennantChristopher EcclestonJohn Barrowman<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/reader-i-marinated-it-6267609.html">The cherries would not be pitted! </a>: <p><span>Virginia Woolf, Geoffrey Chaucer and Raymond Chandler as food writers? Mark Crick of the Independent imagines the contents of the celebrity cookbooks of yesteryear</span></p>http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/13623028297http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/13623028297Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:48:21 -0500Virginia WoolfRaymond ChandlerGeoffrey ChaucerCookingBooksReading<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvjeta8RRI1r1jx43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Never thought I’d enjoy this book so much. It’s the best “self-help” book I’ve ever read!</p>http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/13595624816http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/13595624816Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:17:34 -0500BooksHow to live safely in a science fictional universeCharles Yu“Have a life. And grow a heart.”<br/><br/> - <em>Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe</em>http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/13595499132http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/13595499132Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:13:14 -0500QuoteCharles YuHow to live safely in a science fictional universeBookReading<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvj9kkmxNi1r1jx43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Haven’t bought a single book in the last two months after getting a Kindle. While I still prefer reading in the traditional book form, I find it quite surprising that I was able to finish four books in a month with the Kindle. And here’s the latest book I’ve read, Julian Barnes’s “The Sense of an Ending”, the winner of this year’s Booker Prize. </p>http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/13592481049http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/13592481049Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:24:20 -0500Sense of an EndingJulian Barnes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvj96qS7z21r1jx43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Aside from books, I’m a big fan of notebooks. Especially the little ones which you can easily slip in your bag. Here’s some of my overused and unused ones (yes, there’s no middle ground): Moleskine cahiers, Venzi design journals, Muji notepad, and a flipbook a friend got me from Korea.</p>http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/13592260870http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/13592260870Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:16:02 -0500Notebooks<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lttxr2Lyud1r1jx43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/12071131063http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/12071131063Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:35:26 -0400World War ZBooksMax BrooksZombie<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltpbdlzIHF1qzhokmo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/11980890926http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/11980890926Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:35:56 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltlskf8h4r1r1jx43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/11896085061http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/11896085061Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:02:38 -0400Steve JobsKindleApple<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt8ugsbRSk1r1jx43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/11602346395http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/11602346395Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:14:52 -0400QuoteJust KidsPatti Smith<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt7cnm82Im1r1jx43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/11565786617http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/11565786617Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:52:33 -0400Just KidsPatti SmithBooksReading<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsyuz2mJNv1r2mheeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/11436545429http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/11436545429Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:56:01 -0400Doctor WhoCrayons<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsywa8VIQr1r1jx43o1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/11362435497http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/11362435497Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:18:00 -0400MillenniumStieg LarsonThe Girl With The Dragon TattooComics<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lswlchQLsG1r1jx43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A great book to have in your library. </p>http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/11315376359http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/11315376359Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:26:41 -0400Lydia DavisBooksLitReading<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsu8jfIdaa1r1jx43o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Love this red dress! </p>http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/11265911351http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/11265911351Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:54:00 -0400New GirlZooey DeschanelTV<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lst35pQx811r1jx43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Spent the past two days reconnecting with friends. Seeing them reminded me of this book, which I finished reading around March this year. Another great read.</p>http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/11229894939http://sissysuicide.tumblr.com/post/11229894939Sun, 09 Oct 2011 12:01:01 -0400A Visit From The Goon SquadBooksLitJennifer Egan