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The warm and fuzzies.
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008For anyone with a bent for crochet and kawaii, take a peek at Tiny Yarn Animals by Tamie Snow, to be published in early August. I got a sneak peek at the book this week - 21 round-bodied and beady-eyed critters assembled with (what I am told are) basic stitches cavort through the pages [...]
Drool drool drool.
Monday, June 2nd, 2008I keep eyeing this hefty tome at my local bookshop, and over time I’ve gone from simply admiring it to fully-blown coveting it. 1080 Recipes, by mother-daughter team Simone and Inés Ortega, has been Spain’s best-selling cookbook for the past 30 years. This bible of Spanish cookery is impressively comprehensive - sauces, stews, [...]
Books for cooks.
Friday, May 23rd, 2008From Angela Liguori, a gorgeous accordion-fold book that looks just as delicious as the Italian recipes printed upon it. Its beauty really lies in the details - a little modern, a little Victorian… I like it!
Angela was originally trained in book arts in her native Rome, but now resides in Boston, where she runs [...]
Diorama diaries - and a book giveaway!
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Maira Kalman.
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007Two new-ish books out with the work of Maira Kalman that were published just this past month… First up is The Principles of Uncertainty, based on her monthly illustrated blog that ran from May 2006 through April 2007 in the New York Times. I love the droll narrative that goes along with her [...]
An update on HP7.
Monday, July 23rd, 2007Ok, I’m going to be at the Cape until Thursday on a much-needed vacation, and will try to update when I return. May I never work another 80-hour week.
Incidentally, I finished Deathly Hallows. I sat down with it Saturday afternoon and read through the night. I don’t want to spoil it here [...]
The day Voldemort dies, Snape is redeemed (but also dies), and Harry and friends live happily ever after. I HOPE.
Saturday, July 21st, 2007Oh, I think Hagrid will probably die too. Alas.
I’ve spent the past week in increasingly feverish agitation over the impending release of the final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. My preordered copy is being delivered tomorrow morning, and I will continue to carefully guard my unspoiled state until then.
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