Remember these? As of yesterday, there is a new edition of jackets available. May I remind you that the holidays will be here before you can say “turkey” or “boo”, so you might want to get a head start. As a bookworm, I can say that I’d be happy to receive these as a gift!
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Tell me this isn’t awesome. It’s the parking garage for a library in Kansas City. I kinda want to run up to it and hug it.
Since most books are not this exquisite, these simple book covers are a great solution for not so attractive covers. The best part? If you don’t have the cash to pony up for these, you can make them yourself. So who’s up for a DIY project?
Book City Jackets seen on Daydream Lily and Zepeda seen on Design Sponge
Holy Crap, yay! Barnes and Nobles just launched their e-book store! Currently, the e-reader is free and is available for iphone/ipod, blackberry, mac, and windows. B&N e-books will also be compatible with Plastic Logics e-reader when it is released, however there are no plans to make the books compatible with Sony’s reader or the Amazon Kindle.
When you download the e-reader, you also will get a free Merriam Webster dictionary and some free classics to start you off. You can browse samples of books before you buy them and every purchase is backed up, so you can re-download without charge. {That is really important for me, because I’m disaster prone with all forms of technology.} There’s also that partnership with Google Books that will allow you to download any of the 500,000 public domain books for free. {Read the FAQ here.}
{I’m looking forward to reading this}
Now, don’t get me wrong. I love having real books, especially pretty ones. However, I have thousands at my home at the moment and that pile grows all the time. It will be nice to read e-books (and by the physical copy if I really like it.) Speaking of which, some recommendations…
This book was inspired by the book in the picture below {which is from the lovely boudoir of Alison from Frou Frou Fashionista.} Elegance by Kathleen Tessaro was the first chick-lit type book I ever read. {I had always been against the genre before Elegance.} I found the book so fun and interesting that I tracked down a vintage copy of A Guide to Elegance by Genevieve Antoine Dariaux, who was the directrice at Nina Ricci for quite some time. {I believe the book may have been put into print again.}
While some of the advice in the book may be a tad dated, most of it is still applicable. Above all, Madame Dariaux prizes elegance and chic over being fashionable. Certainly a woman after my own heart. I highly recommend the book. {Besides, it’s pretty!}
Images {via} Harper Collins & Frou Frou Fashionista
Took some random photos of roses I had. They were too lovely to be ignored.
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Hi, my name is Ms. Jenn, and I’m a book-a-holic. Bookstores are my happy place. Old, beautiful libraries are heaven! Although, I never check books out of the library, because I absolutely SUCK at returning them. I really need to join bookswim, and I’d rather have a Kindle and a gift certificate to download tons of books, than a pair of Loboutin’s. {However, if anyone would like to send me a pair, I’m a size 37.5 and I prefer round-toe and very high.}
“So what, who gives a flying f*?”, you say… Well, I’m in desperate need of bookcases to store my 1000+ books. Beautiful, inexpensive, strong bookcases are very hard to find. In the process of looking for bookcase inspiration, I’ve come across quite a few photos of {you’ll never guess…} books to lust after. I ended up, like many others, falling for and purchasing these Penguin Classics.
Aren’t they just lovely? They can be purchased through Indigo Books in Canada. So, it seems that I’m an addict and a dealer. Fellow book-addicts, I’m yo’ pusha’ {see below}
Why on earth do they not bind books like this anymore?!! I’d pay extra for my new favorites if they were bound like this. The four beauties above are all from handsome books. Then, there is this hotness below, found on the Selby.
Unfortunately, I can’t tell you a simple place where you can purchase these. It seems, that these are all just antique books from a particular publisher. I’ve only seen them on french e-bay, and I’m not sure how that will work out. If anyone gets their hands on one, let me know. Well, my beauties, I must run, but I leave you with the goodness below to crave. Have a beautiful day!
{xxx}
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