Friday, July 16, 2021

Quotes every book lover will appreciate

Bibliophiles, this one is for you! If you are a lover of books then you will love these quotes curated by the Readplot review team on the importance of reading in your life.

It’s better to have a small bookshelf and a big mind than the other way around.

I see a book, I see a coffee, I see a good day ahead.

Pretending you read books is worse than admitting you don’t.

Sometimes between the lines of a book you can find the meaning of your entire life.

Books are the deadliest enemies of your ignorance.

A book is a social network for your thoughts.

An algorithm to live a good life is coded between the lines of the books you have read.

Delete old files and read new books.

My world consists of two parts: places that are close to my library, and places that are not.

Read books before robots do.

Owning a Kindle and not reading books is like owning a theme park and sitting at home.

Book lover’s Sunday dream: to read in bed as if there were no Mondays.

Life is lighter with a heavy bookshelf.

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Thursday, July 15, 2021

Two classic books from school that are definitely due for a re-read

A good book can do just about anything; from taking you on a wild and fantastical adventure to making you feel like an all-knowing super sleuth. Here are a few great classic books curated by the Readplot review team for you to enjoy.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Enigmatic, intriguing and fabulously wealthy, Jay Gatsby throws lavish parties at his West Egg mansion to impress Daisy Buchanan, the object of his obsession, now married to bullish Tom Buchanan.Over a Long Island summer, his neighbour Nick Carraway, a writer and a cousin to Daisy, looks on as Gatsby and Daisy’s affair deepens.

Matilda by Roald Dahl

Matilda is the world's most famous bookworm, but definitely not thanks to her ghastly parents. Her father thinks she's a little scab. Her mother spends all afternoon playing bingo. Her headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, is the worst of all - a big bully, who thinks all her pupils are rotten and locks them in the dreaded Chokey.

Despite these beastly grownups trying to push her down, Matilda is an extraordinary girl with a magical mind. A great read for everyone in the family!

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Thursday, June 17, 2021

Dramatic lines in literature

If you love classical literature then you will love these powerful lines from great reads, curated by the Readplot review team.

Middlemarch

Author: George Eliot

Year: 1874

“We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, “Oh, nothing!” Pride helps; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our hurts— not to hurt others.”

Beloved

Author: Toni Morrison

Year: 1987

“You are your best thing”

Breakfast At Tiffany's

Author: Truman Capote

Year: 1958

“Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.”

The Sound And The Fury

Author: William Faulkner

Year: 1929

“Clocks slay time… time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.”

Snow Falling On Cedars

Author: David Guterson

Year: 1994

“None of those other things makes a difference. Love is the strongest thing in the world, you know. Nothing can touch it. Nothing comes close. If we love each other we’re safe from it all. Love is the biggest thing there is.”

In A Free State

Author: V.S. Naipaul

Year: 1971

"The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves."

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time

Author: Mark Haddon

Year: 2003

“Sometimes we get sad about things and we don’t like to tell other people that we are sad about them. We like to keep it a secret. Or sometimes, we are sad but we really don’t know why we are sad, so we say we aren’t sad but we really are.”

Moby Dick

Author: Herman Melville

Year: 1851

“I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.”

Rita Hayworth And The Shawshank Redemption (Different Seasons)

Author: Stephen King

Year: 1982

“Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.”

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The best classic films to watch now

Looking to sit down with a good movie to take your mind off things? Then choose one of these great American films, selected by the Readplot review team, and get your popcorn popping!

His Girl Friday by Howard Hawks

It's not just what Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell say, it's how they say it. A newspaper editor and his ex-wife reporter step on each other's lines as only true lovers can in this updated version of the classic play "The Front Page."

Amadeus by Milos Forman

With glorious music and gorgeous costumes, this smart drama asks a profound philosophical question: Why does God overlook his servant while bestowing talent upon an apparent simpleton?

Taxi Driver by Martin Scorsese

Robert De Niro solidified his reputation as a top actor with his searing portrayal as an increasingly unhinged cabbie. The film also solidified the reputation of its director, Scorsese.

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Sunday, May 30, 2021

Inspirational words from some of the greats

Feel inspired by these powerful words said by some very wise individuals, curated by the Readplot review team.

Being a great teammate is work, hard work. It requires intention and discipline, just like becoming a better hitter or a better salesperson. But it is a skill set that I believe others, like me, can learn. – David Ross

It's not about working hard, it's about working together. You have to care more about the team than you do about yourself. – John Calipari

I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down. – Abraham Lincoln

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these. – George Washington Carver

I decided a long time ago that if I was going to hold grudges in business, it would turn into a full-time job. – LaVell Edwards

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. – Lou Holtz

Have a fierce resolve in everything you do. Demonstrate determination, resiliency, and tenacity. Do not let temporary setbacks become permanent excuses. Use mistakes and problems as opportunities to get better-not reasons to quit. – Jamie Dimon

We are surrounded every day by people who do thankless but important work. – Brian Kilmeade

Discipline is the highest form of love. If you really love someone, you have to give them the level of discipline they need. – Tom Izzo

The hardest habit to develop is to win. The people who develop this habit never take winning for granted, they never feel entitled to victory. – Mike Krzyzewski

If we study what is merely average, we will remain merely average. – Shawn Achor

A winner is someone who can look in the mirror at the end of the day and say in pursuit of my goal and dreams I gave my best. – Dick Vitale

Every day we have an opportunity to create a living masterpiece. – Michael Gervais

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Powerful closing lines from literature

Fans of literature may be familiar with a few of these powerful closing lines curated by the Readplot review team.

"The white floodlight shines through the wispy tule and makes thin shadows. A sudden breeze over the Tigris forms a tiny whirlwind. It floats through the balcony doors and makes the curtains dance."

A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal, Asne Seierstad

"It was then that I began to sit on my bed and stare out at the nibbling squirrels, and to make up powems from intense abstraction, hour after unmarked hour, imagination scarcely faltering once, rhythm hardly skipping a beat, while sisters called me, suns rose and fell, and the poems I made, which I never remembered, were the first and last of that time…"

Cider with Rosie, Laurie Lee

"And presently, like a circling typhoon, the sounds of battle began to return."

Vile Bodies, Evelyn Waugh

"It begins like this: Barrabás came to us by sea…"

The House Of The Spirits, Isabel Allende

"He now has more patients than the devil himself could handle; the authorities treat him with deference and public opinion supports him. He has just been awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honor."

Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert

"But the naming game involves only male names, because if it's a girl, Laila has already named her."

A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini

"But this is how Paris was in the early days when we were very poor and very happy."

A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway

"He turned away to give them time to pull themselves together; and waited, allowing his eyes to rest on the trim cruiser in the distance."

Lord of the Flies, William Golding

"And then we continued blissfully into this small but perfect piece of our forever."

Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer

"She looked up and across the barn, and her lips came together and smiled mysteriously."

The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck

"Of course, it's only superstition, just for fun. But see how fast the smoke rises--oh, even faster when we laugh, lifting our hopes, higher and higher."

The Kitchen God's Wife, Amy Tan

"And here she is, herself, Clarissa, not Mrs. Dalloway anymore; there is no one now to call her that. Here she is with another hour before her. 'Come in, Mrs. Brown,' she says. 'Everything's ready.'"

The Hours, Michael Cunningham

"The broken flower drooped over Ben's fist and his eyes were empty and blue and serene again as cornice and facade flowed smoothly once more from left to right, post and tree, window and doorway and signboard each in its ordered place."

The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner

"'Rest assured, our father, rest assured. The land is not to be sold.' But over the old man's head they looked at each other and smiled."

The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck

"This stone is entirely blank. The only thought in cutting it was of the essentials of the grave, and there was no other care than to make this stone long enough and narrow enough to cover a man. No name can be read there."

Les Miserables, Victor Hugo

"Slowly, very slowly, like two unhurried compass needles, the feet turned towards the right; north, north-east, south-east, south, south-south-west; then paused, and, after a few seconds, turned as unhurriedly back towards the left. South-south-west, south, south-east, east ... "

Brave New World, Aldous Huxley

"I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it. I been there before."

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain

"But now I must sleep."

Atonement, Ian McEwan

"Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood: and how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland of long ago: and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days."

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

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Thursday, April 22, 2021

Lines that say it all

Ever read a line in a book which essentially sums up the entire story? Well, this is what these lines do. The very best lines from the very best books, curated by the Readplot review team.

Ask no questions and you’ll be told no lies.

Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

I will wear him In my heart’s core, ay, in my heart of heart.

William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Lying in bed, he would think of Heaven and London.

Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at the bottom.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

For years after Lydgate remembered the impression produced in him by this involuntary appeal—this cry from soul to soul, without other consciousness than their moving with kindred natures in the same embroiled medium, the same troublous fitfully-illuminated life.

George Eliot, Middlemarch

Whatever souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

The air brightened, the running shadow patches were now the obverse, and it seemed to him that the fact that the day was clearing was another cunning stroke on the part of the foe, the fresh battle toward which he was carrying ancient wounds.

William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

“Do you know—I hardly remembered you?”

“Hardly remembered me?”

“I mean: how shall I explain? I—it’s always so. Each time you happen to me all over again.”

Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence

In his deepest heart there surge tremendous shame and madness mixed with sorrow and love whipped on by frenzy and a courage aware of its own worth. Virgil, The Aeneid

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