Does anyone else have my problem? The pile of books on my bedside table keeps getting bigger and bigger, almost blocking out natural light ... and before I know it I am having nightmares of being drowned in a room of books, and I'm woken up by a crash and the books are all over the bedroom floor.
So this is my current pile of books, fortunately not yet at the teetering stage, but if my friends and family keep it up with the birthday book-giving it may get there. The New Testament according to Stephanie Alexander was given to my by a fellow gardener and cook. It's a magnificent book, and unlike the Old Testament (Cooks Companion) it has photos. Yes, I'm a shallow woman, and I like the pretty pictures. I think this will be a very useful book for years to come. Not too practical for reading in bed though, unless I'm sitting up.
My parents sent me Material Obsession Two - it's a patchwork book, so enough said! The usual Sew Hip, Peppermint and World Sweet World are there. Does anyone else get World Sweet World? If so, how good is this mag? Brilliant-good, I say.
The top two books were presents from friends and they are both fantastic. I have the teeniest littliest crush on Daniel Vosovic from Project Runway season 2, and this book is all about design and inspiration. I'm not a designer or an artist, but there is so much in this book to be happy about. I love it. And the Paumes book! Oh my goodness - I finally have my very own Paumes, and this one is on London Ateliers. I got this one today, and I can't wait to read it tonight.
Mind you, I was painting outside all morning in the hot wind, and then I had lunch which included bubbles and chocolate cake. It might almost be nap time, except I have to pick the Mister up from work. I might not stay awake long enough to read tonight!
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oh, you are very wise to put stephanie at the bottom, you wouldn't want that one falling on ya!
ReplyDeleteMy pile is actually 2 piles and neither is quite as highbrow as yours - but yes - I have the pile.
ReplyDeleteAnd the nightmare!
Oh, I have serious book envy - Stephanie Alexander's new one is on my wish list (and I hear you on the pretty pictures). I also suffer from the teetering piles of boks but who can resist a good book?
ReplyDeleteI have a similar situation, except my books are banked up on the floor next to my bed. So there is a high risk of me slipping and breaking something, namely my ankle, if I get up in the middle of the night to go to the loo.
ReplyDeleteThat is a lovely book collection, and you have a Paumes — lucky you.
Serious envy factor going on here...! Happy belated birthday :) K
ReplyDeleteDon't be overwhelmed Michelle. The books wont drown and will wait paitently for your attention.
ReplyDeleteLovely Daniel V, he was tops!
ReplyDeleteAm still thinking about new Stephanie bible. I think I probably have to have a kitchen garden to make the best use of it!!
I had to remove them from the bedroom. They were stressing me out.
ReplyDeleteDid I say Happy Birthday? I don't think I did. Well consider it said.
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Oh yes, the bedside table pile, I know it well.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could get a copy of Material Obsession 2. It's really hard to get here in the States. That and Sew Hip. My pile of books and magazines is way past the teetering stage - no longer pretty to photograph.
ReplyDeleteI used to pile mine on the bedside table but then the pile got too high and I started getting images of Flat Stanley.
ReplyDeleteSo now they're under the table next to the bed. All 8 piles of them. *sigh*
Yes towering, dust gathering piles of book, being added too all the time. I actually looked at my pile a few days ago and I swear I don't know where on of those books came from ( or how it got there ) but it looks like something I'm interested in. LOL.
ReplyDeleteI've got a tower about to topple on my bedside table...sigh.
ReplyDeleteHey Michelle! What an honour to have made it into your book pile. Nice selection! Thanks, Thomas from WSW
ReplyDeleteThe Kitchen Garden Companion?! That's going straight onto the wish list (I think I'm a bit behind the Steph book times it seems).
ReplyDeleteDo you recommend Peppermint mag? A couple of my subscriptions have lapsed that I won't be renewing, so there might be room for another magazine in my life.
Given I'm lucky enough to last three paragraphs before I'm sleep-drooling all over a book, I'm mighty impressed at all this aiming high bizzo! (don't let the New Testament fall on you, Stephanie doesn't do anything by halves).
ReplyDeleteOoh yeah. Daniel V... He is gorgeous! Might have to track down a copy of that book...
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