every fairytale needs a good old-fashioned reader

about books and dreams book nerd

 

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“So, I just went and counted my books. I own 610 books (lots of those bought recently), not to mention my 200+ ebooks. Yeah, so, problems with that.”

Márcia, Brazil <I read books and I blog about them>

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Ok.

 

 

This is first and foremost about a young blogger … Marcia in Brazil … who has a nifty tumblr blog called – http://about-books-and-dreams.tumblr.com/
In my eyes it is kind of an aspiring http://a-thousand-words.tumblr.com/ blog.

 

Close … but not there yet.

She, and her blog, are a nice work in progress.

 

Doesn’t really matter though because I like to see young people … especially readers … take action and build a site where they can share book reviews and quotes and thoughts.

 

 

Oh.

 

And just in case they read this post … while I love the quotes and books and images … I wish they would write some of their thoughts on occasion.

 

They should use a quote … or a line from a book … and tell us what they think about. Both these young ladies seem to love words … and they should begin sharing their own.
Anyway.

 

The author of ‘about books and dreams’ is a reader … “I accidentally read for 11 hours.” <which made me chuckle>

 

 

Her main thought is every fairytale needs a good old-fashioned reader.
And I love that thought <and she should write about it … often>.

 

 

I love the double entendre.

book fairy

There is the obvious written fairytale, the books and such, which should never be lost for a reader.

 

 

And then there is the not so obvious … the fact that everyone, everywhere, has a fairy tale … and someone should be able to hear it, listen to it … read it as it were.

 

 

Ok.

It may not be a fairy tale <as such> … but suffice it to say everyone has a story to tell.

 

Nuts.

Let’s be real.

 

Everyone has a fairytale.

 

Everyone deserves to have someone care enough to sit down … open the cover … and read what lies inside.

 

It’s a nice thought.

 

 

Regardless.

 

Why I am writing about this tumblr blog.

 

She plays a really nifty game with her followers. … “Let’s play Burn Read Rewrite.”

 

It is an awesome challenge.

 

It’s like ‘Kill Fuck Marry’ … but with books.

The game is … you give someone the name of three books and they have to choose which one to burn … which one to rewrite … and which one you just read as is.

 

 

What a great fucking game.

 

What a fucking difficult game <at least for people who love books>.
You are choosing the fate of sometimes the best of the best.

 

Here is an example of what she faced:

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what-is-your-perspective asked: A Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes

Oh, you are an evil person haha

Burn: A Game of Thrones

Read: Harry Potter

Rewrite: Sherlock Holmes

Thank you! 🙂

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about books and dreams logic

Here is another:

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Anonymous asked: Harry potter, The hunger games & The lord of the rings.

Mmmmm… Difficult!

Burn: The Hunger Games

Read: The Lord of the Rings

Rewrite: Harry Potter

Thank you! 🙂

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Yikes.

 

It’s like choosing amongst your children if you are a reader.

 

Here is where it really hit me.
The ‘rewrite.’

 

I kept pulling a book out of the ‘burn’ category because I felt there was something worth saving … and could make it spectacular if rewritten <or at least portions rewritten>.

 

The ‘rewrite.’
Well.

 

How dare me … but … even with some classics I found myself thinking ‘geez … if they could only rethink/edit/redo this section it would be awesome.’

 

 

Regardless.

 

What a fun game.
Even more fun if you have to explain your choices.

 

When using really good books in this game there are rarely really good reasons to place one book under one ‘fate’ … but the reason you have create discussion and thinking.

 

And that is what great books do.

 

Force the mental gymnastics which exercise the mind.

 

 

Aw.thousand words book

 

It may be a silly game.

But it’s the kind of silly game I like.

 

 

Well done ‘about books and dreams’ writer.

 

I will continue to follow the site as it matures.

 

Oh.

 

Every fairytale needs a good old-fashioned reader … there is something to really think about.

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