A week of worms – from both the death and book genera. While Farrier’s Deathworm fundraising party and all the other social events this week were marvellous, what I’ve enjoyed the most was being geeky. Winter is a great time to hunker down and catch up on reading.
On Saturday I braved the rain with Laza and went to a monster book fair – there were some glorious finds:
Vogue Body and Beauty – an AMAZING book from 1977. I found this, along with an 80’s era Vogue More Dash Than Cash. Stay thin with the enticing “Wine & Egg” diet!
Other reading material of late:
Essential Militaria, The Celestine Prophecy (borrowed from Laza), Success through a Positive Mental Attitude, small biz book (from my Mum) and Nine Winning Habits of Successful Authors ($2 at the book fair).
My pile of Voodoo. Marketing, astrology, creativity and Karen Walker. Could there be a deadlier mix?
Standard issue Murakami, Anne Lamott’s essential writing book, a guide to vintage…
Also, several well thumbed magazines; including Real Groove, and the much missed Nest & Staple titles. Yes, champagne on my desk too, that’s how I roll.
Anyway, more importantly, what are you reading at the moment? Don’t be shy!
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I just finished that Murakami today! Coincidence. I’m also going through a little bit of a J.D Salinger phase. P.s that vogue book is a great find, and I miss Staple too!
Actually was going to tell you… I am about to start Pattern Recognition! A good friend mailed his copy to me. I loved your remark about the deadly combination; marketing indeed!
Monica: Sigh, Staple. It was so nice and DIY. I guess there’s Frankie & Yen now, but I miss having a quirky not-so-fashion bent NZ mag around.
Johanna: Awesome, let me know what you think of it! What a good friend.
oh goodness! bookfairs! i have been known to line up rather early in the morning to get into these… i am going to be on the lookout for that vogue body and beauty book next time. funny you mention it, as i was just admiring scans of some makeup and hairstyles from that book on some blog or other quite recently. i like the biba girl.
i’m reading love in a cold climate by nancy mitford.