Saturday, April 21, 2007

Spring Cleaning!


I've been Spring Cleaning all morning, and one of my most anticipated projects was to color-coat my bookcase. I saw this a few months ago in House & Garden magazine, and adored the idea. It's so much more aesthetically pleasing than alphabetically order, and I still don't think I'll have too much trouble finding anything I want. Whatdya think?

Thursday, April 12, 2007

$180

Ok, so those of you that know me, know two things:
1. I love books.
2. I have an addictive personality.

These two things manifested themselves at my lunch yesterday, after I finished a scrumptious book, over a chicken salad sandwich at Panera. I simply had to read more of Elizabeth Berg, after having finished The Year of Pleasures. So, I jotted over across the street to my beloved Barnes and Noble, thinking I'd reward myself with a book or two, after a long morning of disasters (woke up late, iron broke, was out of gas, forgot to send a really important email, overdue library book notice... so buying things always make me feel better).
In reading the book descriptions on the back cover, I couldn't decide between 2 of many titles they had in stock, then 3, 4, 5... I definitely left B & N with 12 of Ms. Berg's books.
If this doesn't tell you something about how immensely I enjoyed Year of Pleasures (or how much reading time I've got sans husband for a few days), I don't know what will.
You simply must run out and buy everything you can of this brilliant author. I'll keep you updated on the next of hers in my stack, Durable Goods.

See, sometimes Oprah does discover a gem!