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49 reviews for:
The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide
Eva Talmadge, Justin Taylor
3.41 AVERAGE
49 reviews for:
The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide
Eva Talmadge, Justin Taylor
3.41 AVERAGE
This book presents peoples literary-based tattoos and their stories behind them. Loved the pictures. Most of these works I've never read and a few I've never heard of, but it does make me want to take a stab at a few again.
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as the owner of a literary tattoo i really enjoyed reading other's explanations of their literary works. good editing and compilation.
It was okay but far too short for my liking; it wasn't a broad enough range of tattoos and literary references. Before I really got into it; it was over. A few interesting ideas but mostly there are websites offering better eye-candy out there!
I currently don't have any tattoos, but I may get one in the future . (Of course, it would need to be small and easily concealable for work - I'd probably get it on my foot.) I've been obsessed with the idea of literary tattoos ever since I came across contrariwise.org. I could browse it for hours!
You can imagine my excitement when I received a copy of The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide by Eva Talmadge and Justin Taylor (thanks HarperCollins!). The book features color photographs of literary tattoos and tells the stories behind the tattoos. I loved reading what the tattoos meant to the people who got them. In fact, my only complaint about this book is that some of the photographs do not have stories to accompany them. I wish I knew the reasons behind each one of them!
My favorite tattoo was an illustration from Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. There are a lot tattoos inspired by children's book characters, actually! I also enjoyed perusing through all the quotes that people chose to tattoo on themselves. I definitely recommend this book for book lovers - it would make a great gift!
You can imagine my excitement when I received a copy of The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide by Eva Talmadge and Justin Taylor (thanks HarperCollins!). The book features color photographs of literary tattoos and tells the stories behind the tattoos. I loved reading what the tattoos meant to the people who got them. In fact, my only complaint about this book is that some of the photographs do not have stories to accompany them. I wish I knew the reasons behind each one of them!
My favorite tattoo was an illustration from Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. There are a lot tattoos inspired by children's book characters, actually! I also enjoyed perusing through all the quotes that people chose to tattoo on themselves. I definitely recommend this book for book lovers - it would make a great gift!
I thoroughly enjoyed reading about the significance and literary associations of all the tattoos represented in The Word Made Flesh. I'm still not sure what I would get if I were ever to give in to my tattoo temptation, but I'm fairly certain it would be something literary. Some of the tattoos weren't executed extremely well, but others were very well done. The coolest (highest quality art) was the Franz Kafka sleeve.
A cool collection of photos and stories from individuals who have opted to have literary quotes, images, and ideas inked into their skins, forever linking themselves with these words and thoughts. I love this idea, and I was hugely interested in seeing which authors would make an appearance in the collection. Some that I expected- Shakespeare, Twain- were there, and others- Eric Carle- surprised me. There were definitely some obscure quotes and authors, which still intrigued me as much as those with which I'm strongly familiar. This book has me thinking...
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fail. What a disappointment. None of these tattoos were cool or interesting to me. Except maybe the hungry caterpillar tat...