pickThis book on bringing plants 🌱 into your home shows many of the author‘s clients‘ homes. He goes into how to layer plants and how to create an interesting mix. The last 1/3 goes into caring for plants as well as some of his favorites. I wish I could have a Fiddle Leaf Fig, as they are striking and beautiful, but they need more light than my studio gets 😢. One day! Lots of beautiful full page photos.
This book is about bringing plants 🌱 (lots of them) into your space and how to care for them. There are lots of beautiful photos in this book, but I couldn‘t resist posting this one of the author‘s cat.
pickThis oversized picture book was very informative about Honey Bees 🐝. It talked about how cultures throughout history viewed the bees. For instance, the ancient Egyptians thought they came from Ra‘s tears. It goes into the evolution of bees, pollination, and bee keeping. Great book!
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My new bookish tote from Obvious State, plus lots of paper goodies! Love all the bookmarks 🔖. This was a great little sale set. 💕
1. I have 5 cats 🐱. I was born in Japan 🇯🇵. I‘m a certified scuba diver. 🌊
2. Many people have told me I‘d love Anna Karenina, but no I cannot get past the 1st 50 pages and I‘ve tried several times.
3. Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Amy Tan
4. Too hot (unless I am trying to sleep).
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pickWow! ❤️
This was a great blend of history of the library and true crime. The description of the Los Angeles Central Library fire was heartbreaking.😭
Susan Orlean‘s childhood memories of the library reflected my own experiences visiting the library with my mom so that was especially touching for me. As for the history, I was surprised to learn how political a position head librarian was. Highly recommend.
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#TIY Well, another shameful fact about how Native Americans were treated. “Slavery was permitted under an 1850 California law that allowed white people to buy Native American children as “apprentices,” and to “bid” on Native American children who were declared “vagrant” and oblige them to work off the bid.” It wasn‘t repealed entirely until 1937! 😱
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Okay, Kitcat may try to steal my snacks, but she is a lovely reading companion. 🐱📚#catsoflitsy
And a Happy Veteran‘s day to all that have served! 💕
Reading about all the things that have sparked fires in libraries has made me so paranoid that I just got renter‘s insurance (although I actually probably have to worry more about burst pipes in my tenement building. 😱🔥💦
I‘m going to go ahead and post this. I didn‘t quite make 24 hours because I took a lovely 3 hour nap today.
I‘m stopping now because I have a bookshelf to put together. I‘ll probably read a bit before I go to bed, but I fall asleep 😴 a lot reading, so before I mess up my timer...Happy reading to everyone else in #Litsypartyof1 #24B4Monday #MrBook1inaMillion
My cheese plate for lunch. Continuing to read The Library Book. It has already had me tearing up several times.
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“I wanted to have my books around me, forming a totem pole of the narratives I‘d visited.”
I am already loving this book! 💕
And finally I am starting an actual book from my TBR pile for this #readathon 😂
Also, does it drive anyone else crazy that there is a non-removable “sticker” in the middle of the cover? Ugh, why couldn‘t they print it in one of the corners.
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pickThese recipes are inspired by Jane Austen‘s letters + novels. Many of the recipes are reworkings from cookbooks from that time. For each section, she includes excepts from Austen‘s letters/novels.
This is a lovely cookbook with a cloth cover, thick matte pages, + numerous color photos. There are informative two pages descriptions on things like mealtimes (General Tilney), servants, table arrangements. The best recipes are the deserts and breads.
These are Baked Compote Apples. The Bates‘ twice-baked apples 🍎 would have been left for 2-3 nights in a baker‘s cooling brick oven, but these can be made in a conventional oven.
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pickI could just post pictures from this all day. I love books like this. As expected in a book like this, many of the home libraries shown here are from very expensive houses. There are a fair number of authors like Art Spiegleman, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Larry McMurtry. The book is arranged by collection type: Sentimentalist, Intuitives, Arrangers, Professionals, and Collectors. There is a good mix between traditional and modern.
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There is actually a two page spread of Coralie Bickford-Smith‘s Library. 💕 And I want it all! 💕 She has designed so many beautiful books. 📚
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Gasp, there is a speakeasy bookstore run out of someone‘s apt in NYC! This secret bookstore‘s address is provided on a need-to-know basis only. The owner lost his bookshop due to rising rents and then ran it out of his apt until zoning officials caught him. Now, his new secret location holds occasional readings and is also his personal apt.
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Just realized I forgot to do my #TIL yesterday. Phillis Wheatley was taken from her home in Africa when she was 8 on the slaving ship, the Phillis 😢.
She traveled to England to publish her first book, making her the first African American woman poet to be published. She corresponded with George Washington and Voltaire.
She was freed in 1767 but struggled with poverty for the rest of her life because she couldn‘t find a US publisher.
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pickLoved this retelling of the Santa Claus myth. His white wolf, Lilli, was my favorite. 🐺💕. Great art in this.
The graphic novel itself is really nice with gold edges and metallic etching.
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Loving the illustrations and Lilli, 🐺 💕.
Round 2 of defending my snack, nacho tots, from Kitcat. Drink: Blood Orange 🍊 soda.
Finished all my school 🏫 work for the week, so now I can just enjoy the #readathon 📚! Excited to start Klaus as I‘ve seen a lot of good posts about it.
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pickJust lovely.
Loosely a story of friendship between a boy, mole, fox, and horse. It is also a message about being kind to yourself and others. It is filled with beautiful ink drawings and watercolor. Really, I would love prints of some of the illustrations.
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This was too lovely not to share. Reminds me a bit of Christopher Robin and Pooh.
Look at this adorable endpaper! I wish publishers would do this more often. ❤️
Kitcat checking out my early lunch while I start this new book.
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This non-fiction book is a compelling read. Highly recommend.
Another disaster title that I think is fantastic is “The Worst Hard Time.”
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Oh, I‘ve been wanting this one. Yay! I‘ve really enjoyed the Grady Hendrix titles I‘ve read.
pickThis covers 40 black women who were pioneers. Each woman has one page explaining her life and then a full page illustration of her.
The entires are inspiring although some are a bit heartbreaking. The illustrations are charming. Also, I liked that the book was arranged chronologically as it helped making connections. The back includes a list of 12 more women she wanted to include.
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pickThis oversized book is a feast for the eyes.
It has beautiful textile print endpapers and red metallic edges. It is not a design book so much as a collection of vibrant photos. The photos range from expensive interiors to everyday outdoor market stalls. Some of the photos are saturated with color while others are muted. The only text is the 2 page intro and the rest are full page photos (there is also a index that gives some details).
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Another lovely reading spot.
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This book is gorgeous! Look at this lovely reading nook 💕
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pickThis book was created by the owners of Juniper Books, who put out gorgeous but expensive dust jacket sets. I love books on books, so this was an easy pick for me. While it‘s not my style to cover all my books with a theme dust jacket, I think for books that don‘t have a cohesive look, like Stephen King, it can be nice. While they have quite a few shots of libraries with their covers, quite a few do not. I also like their attitude 👇
This has a lot of thoughtful ideas about organizing your books, but when I buy books like this, it is to see pretty personal libraries like this. ❤️
Most of this book has photos of individual shelves and but there are a few library shots.
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One nice thing about waking up at 2am and not being able to get back to sleep is you can start your #readathon !
This one made me laugh although I think it is close to their “to read one day” reason. Maybe one day I will be that person who will read all those Medieval 🏰 History books. 😂
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I probably won‘t stick strictly to this, but at the moment these titles are the plan for the weekend.
For snacking, I‘ve loaded up on supplies for nachos and a cheese 🧀 🍐🍇 plate.
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1. Reviews. I have discovered a ton of great reads here. With Litsy, I read more and more broadly. Right now, I am really enjoying NFNov, which is pushing me to read a lot more NF.
3. I wish I could make a short comment on my TBR. Sometimes someone‘s review sparked my interest + later I forget why.
4. Varies. Daily unless reading slump then I ghost Litsy.
5. I ❤️ readathons. Had some great swaps. Like read alongs.
6. 😀
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pickRookie reporter, Madison, is trying to make a name for herself at the Boston Lede during her internship. When a Dahalia Kennedy is accused of a shocking murder and only agrees to speak to Madison, it looks like her big break.
I have mixed feelings in this one, almost a so-so. II really liked the noir feel of this. However, I had a problem with rapid character development/shift, other characters‘ actions/motivations, + the info dump ending. 👇
pickSet in Lagos, Nigeria, Koerede‘s beautiful sister, Ayoola, easily captures the attention of men while plain Koerede is overlooked. The sister‘s share a dark secret, though, Ayoola‘s boyfriends have a way of turning up dead. When Ayoola turns her attentions to Koerede‘s secret crush, Dr. Tate, it tests the bond of sisterhood.
Quick read. I kept trying to steal moments throughput the day to read it. Well written with dark, sharp style.
Congrats to @MrBook for hitting this awesome milestone. 🎈Check out his page for all the #MrBook1inaMillion festivities! 🎉
Readathons are one of my favorite things about Litsy.! This is going to be awesome 👏 #readathon #litsypartyofone #24B4Monday
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There were a lot of things I learned from this book like three dogs were also killed in the Salem Witch Trials 😢.
I also did not know that Elizabeth Proctor lost everything after John‘s death because a forged will cut her out. The court refused to hear her case because she had been charged with witchcraft and was dead to the law.
pickThis small book with black etchings was packed with facts about the Salem Witch trials.
I hadn‘t realized how much my understanding of the Salem Trails over the years had been colored by my many readings of “The Crucible.” This was a great informative read. I especially liked the entires at the end about what happened to everyone after the trials. However, the blatant greed and lack of justice is hard to take. #NFNov
pickI have to admit I have a weakness for cookbooks. I buy way too many of them considering the amount of cooking I do, but I just love pouring over a cookbook and marking the recipes I want to try.
This is a high quality cookbook with a full page color photo for each recipe. Three of the recipes I am most interested in trying are asparagus tartlets, morels on toast, and Labskvos (a cooked mash with meat).
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pickThis is a pick as long as you are fine with 3/4 of the book being recipes. I‘m really curious to try the pictured “The Ultimate Grilled Cheese” which has hazelnuts in it! The beginning of the book talks about the importance of getting outdoors and the last slim section is on design. She does include some helpful lists, like best plants to improve air quality. Note the print is small in this. #NFNob
Starting this one now while I have a little lunch. Hale & Hearty‘s Fall Apple Cheddar Soup with a slice of sourdough bread. Heaven!
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pickThis book is a series of letters to her two daughters, which they are not to read until they are 21. She talks about growing up in San Fran, moving to NYC, dating, Vietnam, parents, being a working mom, and more.
I picked this up because I think her stand-up is hilarious, even if a bit too explicit for me. The book was the same although she touched on some difficult topics like her miscarriage. Brutally honest. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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