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Wishlist: My Very Own Room of Books

Posted by AllieB on August 23, 2010

Obviously, Diane von Furstenberg has an eye for design – this is not brand new information.

Her Connecticut home  is featured in the September issue of InStyle magazine, and, inside of this lovely abode, is my dream haven. I would never leave. I would toss a microwave and mini-fridge in the corner (I’m guessing DVF has not equipped her home library with a microwave and mini-fridge), and I’d be happy as a clam.

Mecca, is what this is.

On left from September 2010 InStyle, taken w my cell piece; on right from September 2005 Town & Country

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OMLG

Posted by AllieB on August 16, 2010

This is huge.

I was reading one of my favorite blogs, Go Fug Yourself, and I stumbled upon this amazing, almost too-good-to-be-true tidbit of information:

Bret Easton Ellis, author of the totally insane and fantastic novels American Psycho and Rules of Attraction, is taking a stab at young adult fiction and revising the beloved and, until now, totally boring series Babysitter’s Club. I was hooked immediately, and I can’t wait for more.

The link.

And an excerpt:

“And yeah, it really bums me out to watch Claudia just snort up half those Pixie Stixs when she is so blatantly trying to get attention to her sugar problem, but every time we try to talk to her about it she says she needs it to focus on her art and that her super-strict Asian parents are coming down on her ass again so what’s the point, really?”

I am beside myself with excitement and anticipation.

...or IS it??

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Dónde está la biblioteca?

Posted by AllieB on July 27, 2010

I have always been an avid reader. When I was in third grade I won $300 for selling the most wrapping paper of anyone in my entire school (Sarah R. Smith Elementary, Class of 1994), and I blew the entire cash prize at the book fair.

To support my habit, I frequent the library. The Buckhead Branch is my favorite – its unique facade is something of an eyesore, but the inside is light and airy and kind of the exact opposite of how I feel most envision libraries to be…

Anyway,  I wanted to have a short list for when people ask for recommendations – so here it is. I did try to choose some of the slightly less obvious selections, but nothing too obscure.

Soon-to-be-Classics:

  1. Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
  2. Little Bee by Chris Cleave
  3. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri

Beach Reads:

  1. A Soft Place to Land by Susan Rebecca White
  2. Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
  3. Angels by Marian Keyes

Mysteries:

  1. Cold Paradise by Stuart Woods
  2. Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
  3. Night Fall by Nelson DeMille

From: ecAr

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