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If you want to write a novel but don't know where to start or are already writing a novel but feeling lost, READ THIS.

"An American detective’s philosophical cul-de-sac: If a drug dealer falls in West Baltimore and no one is there to hear him, does he make a sound?"

“'We clear our minds and open our hearts to the Lord,' Brother Ralston and I echo." - CLEAR EYES, FULL HEARTS, CAN'T LOSE.

I'm like in love with this protag.

Altered, hun, you're the first book of the class of 2013 that I'm reading and if you thought I'd sport my cute fixes-all-novel-mistakes Ray-Ban half-frame reading glasses to honor this, you're wrong. If you don't get it together, you're not going on the class trip to Gstaad in March. Make. Good. Decisions.

I love this book but the subplot with the secret arms deal just seems so unnecessary.

"Hi. I’m Heather Heather, and I’m famous but I can’t remember what I’m famous for. . .'You’re perfect just the way you are' is what your guidance counselor says. And she’s an alcoholic."

“Ahem. Dear Jesus,” Taylor intoned more fervently. “We just want to thank you for gettin’ us here safe —”
There was a loud, gurgling groan. Somebody shouted, “Oh my gosh! Miss Delaware just died!”
“— for gettin’ some of us here safe,” Taylor continued. - FuckfuckfucK, it's still early in the book and you can't buy my love with humor, Libba, YOU CANNO-just kidding, buyalltheloveicangive.

Reading everything Cate Tiernan has ever written after this.

The roads were rutted and muddy. I glanced down into one puddle and thought, “This is me, on my wedding day.” My long hair was in braids on top my head. My clothes were clean. Momer had made me a wreath of laurel.
I looked up and saw ----- and his father waiting for us at the church. So that’s what he looks like, I thought, studying his broad farmer’s face.
That had been in 1567.
I had looked like this.

"I shied away from showing too much skin, partly because of my own modesty, and partly because I felt kind of bad for boys. Unlike other girls, I had to see firsthand that most boys were having a hard enough time concentrating on anything besides their overpowering hormones."

RME into oblivion.

If it existed, I'd want to read An Imperial Affliction even though I know it'd crush me and make me feel like how Mischa Barton must feel after she watches her herself on The O.C.

Wait, is it copyright violation if you post too long a quote? Whatevs.

“I have been wanting to call you on a nearly minutely basis, but I have been waiting until I could form a coherent thought in re An Imperial Affliction.” (He said “in re.” He really did. That boy.)"

I'm not the biggest fan of John Green butbutbut maybe that'll change with this bewk?

"'Who wants to start?' she asks, positioning her fingers close to his.
'I will,' a boy in a ridiculous fez announces. She can’t remember his name, but she’s heard he has a habit of inviting girls into his rumble seat for a petting party." - This book and I. We're engaged.

"'Look how big it is,' Mom added."

Goosebumps September just b/c i can

Mention your inner goddess or subconscious one more time, bitch, I dare you.

*Cocks head, arches eyebrow* I'm going to need chemicals to finish this, aren't I.

"Why haven’t you asked me to call you by your first name?” “The only people who use my given name are my family and a few close friends. That’s the way I like it.” Just... *Exits eBook reader for the night*

After I'm finished with this, I'm throwing myself beneath 20 ft El Niño waves off Santa Cruz come this November.

'Haven't you ever heard that modesty is an attractive trait?'
'Only from ugly people,' Jace confided." aHAHHA

Jeffrey Lu is everything. everythANG.

why is the opening scene like 50 pages long, just

this one can wait

this book is so apt to Generation Y, Z, etc.

this book is depressing, what have i done

pimsleur: scottish slang