Ray

I like condiments, kindness, and the color blue. Also a big fan of autumn, arm bars, and arctic exploration.

[Unfiltered @quotesdaily100]

50 WEBSITES FOR BOOK LOVERS:

1. goodreads. com — track every book you've ever read
2. literaturemap. com — find authors similar to ones you love
3. whichbook. net — mood-based book recommendations
4. openlib. org — free books, millions of them
5. gutenberg. org — classic books, completely free, forever
6. bookbrowse. com — expert reviews before you commit
7. librarything. com — catalog your entire personal library
8. storygraph. com — goodreads but actually better
9. readng. app — track reading habits and streaks
10. bookriot. com — recommendations for every type of reader
11. fivebl. com — five books on any topic you want
12. shepherd. com — authors recommend their favorite books
13. nexpart .io — find your next book in 30 seconds
14.1000novels. com — the ultimate reading bucket list
15. bookdepository. com — free worldwide book delivery
16. libgen. is — every book ever, just saying
17. printsforsale. com — book-related art prints
18. openlibrary. org — borrow digital books for free
19. readanybook. com — read books online free
20. bookcrossing. com — leave books in public, track them worldwide
21. abebooks. com — rare and secondhand books
22. paperbackswap. com — swap books with strangers
23. novellist. com — "if you liked X, read Y"
24. yourlocallibrary. com — find your nearest library
25. bookscouter. com — sell your old books for the best price
26. manybooks. net — free ebooks in every format
27. bookish .com — celebrity book recommendations
28. readera. com — read anything on any device
29. fantasticfiction. com — complete series reading order
30. isfdb. org — every sci-fi and fantasy book ever published
31. buzzfeed. com /books — viral book lists for every mood
32. bookmarks. reviews — best reviews from top critics
33. bookpage. com — new releases worth your time
34. booksloth. com — social reading community
35. completelibrary. co — track series completion
36. howlongtoread. com — know exactly how long a book takes
37. wordery. com — cheap books delivered worldwide
38. mybookcave. com — clean reads recommendations
39. ebookfriendly .com — best ebook deals daily
40. theliterarycat. com — bookish lifestyle and reviews
41. readlist. com — curated reading lists by experts
42. authorama. com — public domain classics online
43. standard- ebooks. org — free ebooks made beautiful
44. booklovers .com — community reviews and ratings
45. digitallibrary. io — public library ebooks on your phone
46. bibliobd. com — track books by country of origin
47. tbrchallenge. com — tackle your to-be-read pile
48. unshelved. com — daily comic strip for book nerds
49. shortform. com — book summaries done properly
50. blinkist. com — full book in 15 minutes

[O’Shea Jackson Jr @OsheaJacksonJr]

I saw it. Now you have to see it. His name is Samuel. And he…is a king.

[Alex & Books 📚 @AlexAndBooks_]

Virginia Woolf on reading being the ultimate reward:

[Ray @MeanRay22]

Man this so good!

[PUNS @ThePunnyWorld]

My daughter and I were watching Star Wars. She asked why Luke was climbing inside the Tauntaun.
“To keep warm,” I said.
She thought about it for a second, then asked, “How warm is it in there?”
I looked at her and replied, “Lukewarm.”

[Katherine Argent @effthealgorithm]

Search is full of ads and wrong answers. Every other email is an ad. Prime Video charges you and shows ads. Paramount? Ads. Peacock? YouTube? Hulu? Ads followed by more ads. Netflix full of ads. Meta and X, every other thing is an ad. Pinterest is nothing but ads. AI is in everything. AI finishes sentences incorrectly and won’t stop. AI reads your email and search history to target you with more ads. Every time you open an app or visit a site there’s an update making it worse. In a hurry? First, click here to agree to terms you don’t have time to read and must accept. You need an account to do that. Change your temporary password. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email and enter that code. Now use a passkey. Your password is too simple to remember. Change it. No, not like that. Now log on. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email for a code… Welcome back! We’ve updated our terms of service and privacy policy (you have none). Subscribe to the site. Subscribe to Netflix. Subscribe to toilet paper. Subscribe to these groceries. Pay a membership fee for the right to subscribe then tip your driver who delivers the subscriptions your membership lets you subscribe to. Time to work? We’ve got to update your laptop and will slow down everything you do until you agree to update. But first, click here to agree. Update installed — your laptop’s broken now. It doesn’t matter, since your boss just replaced you with AI. Go to your phone to complain on social media. Wait, your phone needs an update so we can add more AI. Click here. Oh sorry, your phone can’t handle this update. Now it’s useless. Go get the newest phone. Here’s a text from a friend, an email, a voice mail they left three days ago but you didn’t see until now because of sync problems with the cloud. It’s their GoFundMe. Their MLM. Their Patreon. Never mind, you didn’t respond to their text within 9 minutes and now you’re no longer friends. They blocked you. Make new friends. Download this app to find people in your area. In your neighborhood. On your street. Two doors down from you. Do you know this person yet, we think you’d get along. You need an account to use this app. That username is taken. Enter a password. Not that one, you used it on another site. You need to be connected to WiFi to download the app. Allow the app to connect to other devices on your network. Allow the app to access your contacts, know your precise location, store your credit card details. Oops, sorry, we got hacked now all that info is available on the web. There’s a class action suit. You can join. It’ll take a decade to get your $3.73 share of the ten billion settlement. We’ll send it via PayPal or deposit it to your bank, just tell us those details. Oh no, another hack. That info is circulating now, too. Here’s a spam call, a spam email, a spam text. Why are you angry? Why are you talking about getting rid of your phone? Why don’t you like AI, it lets us make all of this easier? Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? This is progress. You’ll be left behind. Do you want to be left behind? Do you???

[Alex & Books 📚 @AlexAndBooks_]

"Think not of the books you’ve bought as a “to be read” pile. Instead, think of your bookcase as a wine cellar. You collect books to be read at the right time, the right place, and the right mood."

–Luc van Donkersgoed

[Rogelio Galván ll 🇩🇪🇲🇽 @GalvanPero55796]

“A home library is a quiet gift to yourself.”

-Haruki Murakami-

[Alex & Books 📚 @AlexAndBooks_]

"I have this weird obsession about buying books and looking at them with a smile, even if I won’t read them soon. At least they are mine now."

–Anaïs Nin

[project hail dado ⚢ 🎱 @astrasdoctor]

public speaking skills 10/10

[Ray @MeanRay22]

So damn good!

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

One of the giants of Windsor Castle’s Royal Library: John James Audubon’s Birds of America.

4 volumes, 435 hand-coloured, life-size bird prints—so big they were made on rare “Double Elephant” paper.

[📹 royalcollectiontrust]

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

The moment when a sheep that grew up with goats realizes that he’s not a goat.. 😅

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

Tsundoku ftw

[Elle Lookbook @EvaLovesDesign]

In Japanese, "tsundoku" means collecting books and letting them pile up,
not from neglect,
but for the joy of knowing they're there,
full of untold stories.

[Clotilde I.🌻🔱🦩🧬 @Cloclozazaprive]

@Acyn

[The Disrespected Trucker @DisrespectedThe]

I laugh harder at this video every time I watch it.

[sim 🇧🇷🇲🇽🇸🇳🇫🇷🇭🇹 @simscircuit]

Did not expect a question that starts out 'Do you think before you speak?' to go so well. A+ question from Charlotte Harpur A++ response from Eileen Gu.

[B/R Open Ice @BR_OpenIce]

Connor Hellebuyck with one of the best saves you will EVER SEE 😱❌🇺🇸

(Via @NBCOlympics)

[Ray @MeanRay22]

@latimesfob @todgoldberg gets my vote!!