The Bookworm's Haven

Mia Claire. 16 going on 17. Ravenclaw. Avid Reader. Lasallian. Organizational Communication and Legal Management.

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This is my book blog as well as my personal blog because I found it hard to manage two blogs at the same time. My personal life seems to be tied up with books and reading.

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Mia's bookshelf: currently-reading

Fishing for CluesThe Sea of MonstersThe Lightning ThiefThe Adventures of Tom SawyerAnimal FarmThe Revenge of the Wannabes

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Mia's currently-reading book recommendations, reviews, favorite quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists

Mia Claire's classics book montage

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Little Women
The Secret Garden
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Heidi
The Little Prince
The Magician's Nephew
The Adventures of Robin Hood
White Fang
A Little Princess: The Story of Sara Crewe
Kidnapped
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Avonlea
Much ADO about Nothing
The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer
Prince Caspian
Pride and Prejudice
Animal Farm
Les Miserables


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2011 Reading Challenge

Mia has read 7 books toward her goal of 111 books.
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hogwartsradio:

Photos of J.K. Rowling’s notes in rare ‘Philosopher’s Stone’ book released

The Guardian has published photos of three pages containing a sketch and handwritten notes by J.K. Rowling from a first edition… READ MORE

Absolutely Beautiful!

I feel my life is so scattered right now. Like it’s all these small pieces of paper and someone’s turned on the fan. But talking to you makes me feel like the fan’s been turned off for a little bit. Like things could actually make sense. You completely unscatter me, and I appreciate that so much.
John Green and David Levithan (via lovecanleave)

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8 Minutes of the Earth’s Rotation

How I wish our planet’s movement was this apparent while staring at the night sky. It could probably make a lot more people realize just how tiny we are compared to this vast unexplored galaxy above our heads.

This is a stack of 70 pictures with a 5 second exposure each at ISO 3200 and f/2.2.

Photographed by: Paolo Nacpil

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And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (via bookmania)
At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader.
Alberto Manguel (via thelifeofabookjunky)

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It is not our abilities that show what we truly are, it is our choices.
Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets)

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The sadness will last forever.
Suicide note of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)

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  • Book: I will be one of the best things you read this year.
  • Book: You will fall in love with my characters.
  • Book: I'm so good, you'll lose sleep over me.
  • Book: I'm part of a series.
  • Book: So you can feel the pain of a character dying in each book.
  • Book: I will break you emotionally.
  • Book: I will make you forget the real world.
  • Book: I will ruin all potential future love interests for you.
  • Book: You will be emotionally attached to me.
  • Book: You are mine.
kingofwesteros:

What The Fault in Our Stars has taught me.

kingofwesteros:

What The Fault in Our Stars has taught me.

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