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I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm a little burnt out on the fashion rags of late...I think it's time to dive into something with a little substance (dare I say it, an actual book - just kidding, I do love to read just can't seem to find the time) So what's on your nightstand these days? I've been wanting to pick up Steve Martin's Object of Beauty
and Patti Smith's Just Kids
has been getting rave reviews...Chris has Keith Richard's new autobio
that I could snag while he's buried in one of his history tomes...speaking of history, I love a good historical fiction novel - the Josephine trilogy
is pretty fantastic if that's your thing...I've always wanted a good Frida bio
and have picked up Life with Picasso
at the library but never started it...any recommendations? Mind you, not too much substance and I like to steer clear of anything too tragic - incest, rape, child kidnapping, etc do not make a good read for moi...
and Patti Smith's Just Kids has been getting rave reviews...Chris has Keith Richard's new autobio that I could snag while he's buried in one of his history tomes...speaking of history, I love a good historical fiction novel - the Josephine trilogy is pretty fantastic if that's your thing...I've always wanted a good Frida bio and have picked up Life with Picasso at the library but never started it...any recommendations? Mind you, not too much substance and I like to steer clear of anything too tragic - incest, rape, child kidnapping, etc do not make a good read for moi...
On the store front, I just restocked Dream Collective, so if you've been pining away for one of Kathryn's AHmazing cuffs they are back...(and new goodies for spring soon!)
xoxo, M
ps - thank you, thank you for all your lovely, amazing comments yesterday - you girls are my favorite thing about this little space...
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Hmmm, well I love reading about food so I just bought "Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink."It's a collection of food oriented essays and stories from the New Yorker (which I also love) dating back from the '30s to now. So far I love it.
ReplyDeleteI also bought "The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris." I haven't started it yet, but Garance Dore just gave it a shout out on her blog so I have high hopes.
the book club i'm in is reading object of beauty for this months book- great so far! what a lovely bracelet:)
ReplyDeletequite possibly my favourite book of all time is 'heat' by bill buford. he was a writer for the new yorker for a while, and he wound up sort of interning for mario batali (i think the technical term used was 'kitchen bitch') and winds up traveling to italy to learn firsthand the arts of pasta-making & butchery. the content is really interesting (and it makes you want italian food all. the. time.), but the kicker is his writing style; he's so engaging and smart about what he's writing. very interesting, very entertaining, and quite funny. i highly suggest it.
ReplyDeletein other news (in regard to yesterday's post), hurrah for you and your up-and-coming blog! you absolutely deserve it. you're one of my daily reads! (up there with simple lovely, for me for you, & oh, joy!) keep up the great content and beautiful little shop!
I just started actually reading a book again since having my son, who is now two. Isn't that crazy?! I'm FINALLY reading "Eat, Pray, Love." I know I'm a little behind, but better late than never when it comes to reading. I actually feel like an adult again:)
ReplyDeletei am reading object of beauty and totally loving it!
ReplyDeletetory -- i loved heat too! it was fantastic!
"Just Kids" was a book I didn't want to ever finish. It was moving and inspiring, detailing an eternal love story not restricted by sexual orientation or even death. And a passionate love for art and life.
ReplyDeleteYou gotta get it. As the mother of a spirited toddler, it was my saving grace at the end of a hard day - laying in bed with a glass of wine and a good read.
i really love this cuff bracelet...going to the site now! :)
ReplyDeleteBel Canto by Ann Patchett was a great read, beautifully written, too. Also, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer is a quick read that instantly went to the top of my favorites list. It was witty and touching and just wonderful.
ReplyDeleterecently read "freedom" by jonathan franzen, and could NOT put it down!
ReplyDeletep.s. congrats on being an "up and coming" blog!! you deserve it!!
Just finished JUST KIDS this morning. If you've ever lived in NYC and love photography it's worth giving a once over. You can never go wrong with Joan Didion... #1 quote from JUST KIDS - ” It was a good day to arrive in New York City. No one expected me. Everything awaited me.”
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