I always shop for books and calendars between Christmas and New Year’s Day. As usual, I ended up with quite the eclectic mix (although the combination makes sense in my head). Do you like to buy books this time of year?
Books! Calendars! Comics!
I would be totally negligent if I didn’t acknowledge the death of author Richard Adams. He died on Christmas Eve at the age of 96.
Watership Down by Richard Adams
“Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it.”-Flannery O’Connor
What is on your reading list, as the days become darker and shorter? Do your habits change as the weather turns cold? I’ve been way too busy this month to do much reading, and I’m not going to be able to slow down between now and the new year.
Since 1st December, I’ve finished:
Eugene V. Debs, 1897
I’m currently reading:
Which book on your list do you most look forward to reading, and why?
Please share with me in the comments!
“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the only ways I know it. Is there any other way?”-Emily Dickinson
A couple of Emily Dickinson books
Your poetry certainly passes this test, dearest Emily! Happy birthday.
At Home: A Portrait by Walter Crane (1872)
At Home: A Portrait by Walter Crane, 1872
M is for Miller, Arthur:
Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman Upcycled Library Card Print by Heidi Pitre Art. $39.00.
“When we read too fast or too slowly, we understand nothing.”-Blaise Pascal
L is for London, Jack:
Jack London Stamp by StampingCache. $14.00
The cover of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando (The Hogarth Press, 1928).
Cover of Orlando, 1928
A Small Press Life: Books. Art. Writing. Life. Tea. 