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Once Upon A Time

iliana Nightstand March 22, 2011

It’s time! Carl V. has just announced the annual Once Upon A Time challenge, now in its fifth year. I know I said that this year I wasn’t going to participate in any challenges but you did read the fine print in my post right – I’m making an exception for Carl’s challenges as they are the first ones I ever participated in.

There are a various quests but I’m going with The Journey which means it’s an intention to read a book, in any of the categories. You can read more but that’s up to you. Kailana and I have talked about reading Among Others by Jo Walton, and I do have quite a few other books that would be great for the challenge.

Because I know a lot of you enjoy book lists as much as I do, I’ll share with you some of the other books that I have. Let me know if you’ve read some of these.

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
The Magician’s by Lev Grossman
The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card
The Bird of the River by Kage Baker
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

I am sure I have more but those are some of the ones that I can clearly see among the books on my shelves. So what about you, are you joining? You know you want to!

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Borders Bargains

iliana Nightstand March 21, 2011

As I mentioned yesterday we visited Borders again to see what bargains we could find and I walked out with an armful of books. What a great feeling that is isn’t it?

Sorry for the fuzzy picture but as you can see I got a bit of a variety of books.

Haunting Jordan by P.J. Alderman
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Cooking with Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Paterson
The School Of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
Luncheon Of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland
So Cold the River by Michael Koryta
The Book Of Fires by Jane Borodale

Have you read any of these? I know The School Of Essential Ingredients has been a favorite in the book blogosphere. I am a big fan of Susan Vreeland so I was excited to get this one to add to my Vreeland collection. And, really, they all sound good.

So I still don’t know when Borders is closing but I’ll probably have to have a pit stop at the end of the week to see what’s the status.

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Weekend Treats

iliana Nightstand March 20, 2011

All week I’ve been complaining about how my commute has been even worse thanks to SXSW but the one good thing about the festival is that at least I got to see the Flatstock 29 poster show. We went early on Saturday and enjoyed a delicious breakfast at Cafe Crepe. Crepes and cappuccino. Yum. And, then on to the show.

I saw some great gig posters and was looking for something for my studio walls. I have yet to really decorate my studio so when I saw this small poster, I knew it was the one.

Isn’t it great? It’s from Standard Deluxe. I haven’t found the right spot for it yet but will soon.

This weekend we also went back to Borders and I found a few more books which I’ll tell you about in another post because my studio/library is a bit of a mess right now and old books are mixing in with new books. So when I sort them I’ll share the goodies I’ve bought.

And, in reading news I did finish Tales From the Yoga Studio by Rain Mitchell. I’ve put my practice on hold for a couple of months while my shoulder continues to heal so I really miss my classes and it was nice to at least read about yoga even if the characters in the book seem to have a more athletic yoga practice. Lots of sweating and sleek bodies mentioned and I can tell you that I focus more on what yoga does for my mental well being than for my figure. Anyway review to come soon.

So a busy but fun weekend. How was yours? Hopefully filled with a lot of good times.

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