Monthly Archives: October 2007
Stacks…
Writing about cabinet hardware on my main blog has me super-aware of the fact that our house is filled with stacks of books, not because we’re making a decorating statement by making piles of paperbacks or covering the floors in acres of hardcovers, but because we still haven’t bought enough shelving. We want the library … Continue reading
The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue (Again)
Last week, I wrote about my frustration with the book The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue, by Barbara Samuel. I’m please to report that we’ve worked out our issues, and I’m in a place of enjoyment with the book. Any frustration I had is partly my own fault. The cover art features a cafe table with … Continue reading
Radiohead-y
This entry comes not from the book stacks, but the audio racks. I’ve been grooving to the latest offering from RadioHead, “In Rainbows,” for the past few days, downloaded from their website. You’ve probably heard about the deal already – you can pre-order the physical disc in a fancy box to be delivered in December, … Continue reading
A Little Mystery
We went shopping on Saturday night, not for diamond rings, but for books and coffee, and while I went in looking only for a pair of Vampire Romance novels by Carol Gleason, I left disappointed – they’d just returned them to their distributor (I’ve since grabbed them from Amazon) – and a little excited, because … Continue reading
Snapshots Untaken
It was a cool wet day today, so the dogs and I raced around the house playing fetch and dog-tag, and other indoor games between bits of my job, but when I went out to check the mail, I saw one of the neighbors’ teenagers chatting with her young man. He was driving a vintage … Continue reading
The Junk Room
I’ve been thinking a lot about our library lately. Not the library around the corner, which has a reading porch, rocking chairs and free (if not particularly good) coffee, but the fourth upstairs bedroom in our home that was clearly designed to be a second living area (the closet is a token space, but technically … Continue reading
Branching Out
Every generation has one. The Book Aunt. The person you can always count on to send you fascinating things to read at Christmas and your birthday, with the corners of the dust covers cut off so that you can’t see the price, and a warm message scrawled in peacock blue ink on the inside cover. … Continue reading
Five for Friday: Magazine Rack
While I generally prefer books, especially thick novels with vivid characters, I have a special fondness for magazines. I only indulge in really girly magazines in the salon, I try to avoid things that feature ads for cigarettes or incontinence products because neither fits into my life, and I don’t have any more subscriptions (must … Continue reading
Book Geeks in Love
October evenings make me cook more, because it’s actually cool enough to use the oven. Also, I just re-read Julie Powell’s book about cooking her way through Mastering the Art of French Cooking, a book I’ve drooled over while visiting others, but have yet to acquire a copy of. Tonight, as I made midwestern food … Continue reading
Booking Through Thursday: Live and In Person
The folks at Booking Through Thursday asked: Have you ever met one of your favorite authors? Gotten their autograph? I’ve never really seen the point in autographs on slips of paper, but I do like to attend signings when I have the opportunity. I’m also not really one to just interrupt someone and goggle at … Continue reading
