Reviews, opinions, random chatter
Sep 01
On Read Street I read about this unique jewellery made from books. Jeremy May creates pieces of jewellery from pages of books that are laminated in a special way. No idea how he does it, but it looks pretty awesome. Visit his littlefly website to see lots of pictures and to order your own custom [...]
Sep 01
It’s September and the Book buying ban is in effect. And already I am planning what to buy AFTER the ban. You see, Wallace from Unputdownables has bought a Nook. The Nook has nothing to do with me, of course, but Wallace was contemplating what books to buy for it and mentioned one that sounds [...]
Aug 31
Are you looking for a specific book over? Would you just like to browse different book covers from various time periods? Or are you in search of covers by a specific designer? Have a look at Alexander S. Budnitz’ Cover Archive! You can search for covers starting from the year 1900 up to now. [...]
Aug 29
We finally decided to sell some of our used books. We have tons of obscure books (and not so obscure) that we want to get rid off and considered selling them from our own blog. However, a friend told us about booklooker, a site where you can sell your used books for a small commission. [...]
Aug 29
Mailbox image by taj at www.sxc.hu Hosted by The Story Siren “The Gargoyle” by Andrew Davidson for the Unputdownables Book Club September Read on Goodreads “Fit for Life” by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond “Annie and the Ripper” by Tim Champlin. A Jack the Ripper tale with a Western twist featuring Annie Oakley. [...]
Aug 28
I know, I know, I don’t even use bookmarks that much, but I like to have them. DROPS which is a great website with lots of free patterns for crochet and knitting – they also produce great yearn – have a few nice patterns up for making your own bookmarks. So get out your crochet [...]
Aug 27
Judith from Leeswammes Blog has given me this absolutely cute looking Happy Award. My taste is pretty girly, I’m afraid to say, so this pink image is totally my thing. Thank you so much, Judith! My task is to write down 10 things that make me happy and pass on the award to fellow blogger(s). [...]
Aug 26
It’s “The Gargoyle” today. Possibly this book will be the September book of the Unputdownables Book Club at Goodreads. But I am planning to read it in the buying ban month September anyway. I managed to finally get a copy at my book swapping site, a copy with my favourite cover, I might add. Even [...]
Aug 24
Today the postman brought all kinds of goodies to my door and I am totally excited. First I received a gigantic package from Carin. We swapped tote bags and other nice things and look what she got for me: A big tote bag from a local Austin book store called Book People and three more [...]
Aug 24
For our book buying ban in September I went through my TBR pile and decided what books I am going to read in September. I’m planning 7 books, but I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to read them all, since my reading time is limited. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson This might be the [...]
