A few books have been added to the shelves and so to liven things up while I finish the last bit of Margaret Kennedy's charming story Together and Apart, I will share.
The purple Taschen was the only item on my Christmas list last year, so rather skimpy as lists go. A whole morning in your pajamas while drinking mimosas and flipping through a book featuring the commercial delights of a vibrant city is my idea of bliss. I had my eye on the bottom book for this Christmas but my husband bought it on Friday. I love the book, he thinks it looks great on the new ottoman...Mars...Venus, say no more. Full of iconic images from the 1800s to present day this page-turner is everything from history lesson to guide book to sociological study. Many a decadent hour will be spent devouring its pages!
My local Chapters bookshop had tables and tables of books for $1 - $2 recently. Initially that sounds like good news but the bad news is that the chain has closed two stores in Toronto so stock is being redistributed. Helen Dunmore's The Greatcoat is appropriate for October with its lean towards a haunting story, as for Tremain...well, Trespass sounds like a book my husband, the anti-cosy reader, would like so it will go on a shelf for when the mood strikes.
The titles say it all.
And switching gears, yesterday was Thanksgiving which is my favourite long weekend of the year. And no Thanksgiving would be complete without a trip to Balls Falls to bask in the crisp air while delicious aromas of food and woodsmoke waft everywhere.
Although, there is one sight that never fails to horrify me. The image of youth sitting around a cauldron of boiling oil so that visitors can enjoy hot apple fritters carries a Dickensian overtone, don't you think? Having said that...yes, we bought the apple fritters. Pot...kettle...yes, pun intended.
A more pleasing image is the autumnal wreath on the village's church door. I take the same photo every year...just because.
What a lovely wreath - and I've got some physalis here and just bunged it in a vase. Wish I was clever!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving! All your books look wonderful, especially the WWII ones. Lots of happy reading there!
ReplyDeleteLove the look of your London books! I love Taschen publications - have you been to their shop right by the Saatchi gallery? Good luck with the home renovations!
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