somethingmoreexciting

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The only solution [to social media addiction] is not one that most people want to face, which is to become lovers of solitude and silence… I love to spend time alone in my room, and in my ideal world the first hour of every day would be in bed, writing down thoughts, harvesting dreams, before anyone phones or you have any internet access. I write on paper, cause if you write on a laptop, it’s too tempting to go online. You look up a word and then an hour later you remember why you went on…

— V. Vale (via austinkleon)

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20th May 2012

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May I introduce to you…

…my new friend George the Sgt Pepper Mill! Ha! Bought at Vintage and Very Nice with my profits yesterday. I’m in love : )

9th May 2012

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Yes! Love it

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2nd May 2012

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‎In an ideal world, no one would talk before 10 am. People would just hug, because waking up is really hard.

— Zooey Deschanel (via awful-tough)

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23rd April 2012

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10 Books Every Girl Should Read in Her 20s →

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I am a girl, well into her 20s and could not disagree with this list more! It makes me so angry!!! Ugg, Jane Austen and Chick lit, no thank you! So this is, in my opinion, 10 books everyone should read ever.

1. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski - its just an experience you need to have really, unsettling but brilliant. This book actually forces you to turn the page, even if you don’t want to. It will take you over.

2. Room by Emma Donoghue - another experience you have to have. I actually had a physical reaction during the scene where they try to escape - proper heart-pumping, out of breath moment. I stayed in the bath for about 2 hours reading this - got cold and wrinkled but it was worth it!

3. You Shall Know Your Velocity by Dave Eggers - To learn the real value of money.

4. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman - One of my favourite short stories…just don’t stare at your wallpaper for too long!

5. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell - totally deserved the hype…brilliantly complicated, just don’t let the first chapter put you off and don’t be afraid to flick forwards and backwards to remind yourself whats going on in each section - that’s the beauty of it, to feel like you’re drowing in these strange worlds.

6. There But For The by Ali Smith (or anything by Ali Smith) - The characters are amazing - I loved the chapter with the old lady flitting through her past and present, and also the scene with the infuriating dinner party. I just love her voice really.

7. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer - just a fantastic narrator, it even translates well to film (unlike Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)

8. Life of Pi by Yann Martel - although I haven’t finished it yet, it’s quite brilliant. I love the technical details of surviving on a lifeboat - even with a Bengal tiger!

9. Slaugherhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut - yes, it was banned in Footloose, but surely thats even more of a reason to read it! It’s bleak and stark and horrible but also strange and wonderful and you have to read it, now, go!

10. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath - although this was written in the 50s it still feels so current. Young girls trying to carve a path in the big city, only for it to go horribly wrong and have to have electric shock treatment…this sense that we feel of wanting to belong in the huge world but also being stuck inside this tiny, frustrating mind. I think I’ve read it at least 3 times…now I feel the need for another go.