scrimshander: one who carves scrimshaw (scrimshaw is decoratively carved whalebone)

—Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

This came today.  Welcome home, child. Welcome home.

—The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht

Look what I got!

doing stupid homework. (sort of)

reading Madame Bovary at lunch

The Cult TV Book ed. by Stacey Abbott

Reading The Subtle Knife in a garden

Abarat: Absolute Midnight by Clive Barker

Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War by Clive Barker