jonathan strange & mr norrell (by croquisdenico)

(Source: reader-utopia)

"Read for pleasure. Read junk. Read every kind of book. But read for pleasure. The reason the Puritans wanted to stamp out poetry was because it gave pleasure. It’s about things you love, things that you care about. Sir Philip Sidney, in the generation before Shakespeare, said, “Poetry begins in delight and ends in wisdom.” And it will never end in wisdom if it doesn’t begin in delight and continue in delight. When you read a poem and you think, “God, that is so beautiful, I don’t want to forget that,” and you go on saying it to yourself because you love it, that’s pleasure."
— W.S. Merwin (via thebronzemedal)

(Source: progressive.org)

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Lowboy by John Wray

A 16-year-old paranoid schizophrenic named Will believes he can save the world from global warming. How? He must lose his virginity within 24 hours. Unbeknownst to his mother, Will hops on the New York subway to find a special girl. Elliot says, “Will’s illness is a lens through which we view love—the obsessive, end-of-the-world-is-nigh kind of love that is typical of adolescence. This is a thrilling page-turner and a lyrical, well-researched evocation of schizophrenia, yes, but it’s also a gut-wrenching love story that feels totally universal. I mean, aren’t we all kind of crazy when we’re sixteen?” (via Goodreads which is my fav website)