My Ever Growing Reading List...

It's a little early in the year to post my reading list, I usually post it at the beginning of summer. It's not even spring yet but, it's a wacky winter with high temperatures and minimal snow, so I've gotten my spring reading fever early. Also, I read all year round, so I'm gonna drop more updates more often. This is one list I really love adding to and crossing things off of.

Up to Date List:

Water For Elephants

The Time Traveler’s Wife (Reading)

Are You There Vodka its Me Chelsea (I have a girl crush on Chelsea Handler)

Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang

Wicked (Purchased)

The Son of the Witch (Purchased)

Push

Eat Pray Love

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Purchased)

The Life of Pi

The Secret History

Middlesex

The Virgin Suicides

The Book Thief

Fall on Your Knees

The Little Friend

The Glass Castle

She’s Come Undone

Like Water For Chocolate

World War Z

The Zoo Keeper’s Wife

The Lace Reader

Something Borrowed

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter

In Zanesville

The Hunger Games

Catching Fire (Book 2 in the Hunger Games series)

Mockingjay (Book 3 in the Hunger Games series)

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

I've was a little distracted the last year or so and didn't make as much of a chunk from this as I would have liked, hopefully I'll remedy that soon. There are still oodles of books out there I don't know about that are waiting for me to read them so, If anyone has any suggestions please share. I love book recommendations. P.S. Don't you love those bookcovers pictured above? They are actually a book set from the Juniper Books they make custum book collections. The I Heart Books set contains:

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

How Perfect being it's Feb. and V-day is a few days away! Enjoy!

Photo from: juniperbooks.com

My Book

Hey there! Well I had a very fun evening. My good friend Megan and I had a grand old time hanging out. We ordered pizza, made pomegranate green tea, listened to 90's music (we were blasting some Celine Dion) and we made books! Megan has been diligently make books for an art exhibit benefiting the family of a close friend that passed away; I on the other hand just made a journal for fun (pictured above). It was really nice to catch up goof around with her it was also a plus to have someone to bounce book ideas off of. I have a whole slue of paper that I marbled in college; I used one piece for the front and back covers. I also had these gorgeous green ecological cards that I used for the pages of the book. They look great and since they were pre-folded and the perfect size, they cut the time it usually takes me to make a book in half. I really like exposed bindings so I used a coptic stitch to bind my journal. The overall product is a little wild compared to my usual artistic tendencies, but I'm in love with it. What do you think?

Photo By: Kim Dale

Books For Your Nooks

Hello there! Sorry it's been a few days the holiday made my weekend a little busy. Speaking of which, happy belated Easter; I hope everyone had a great one! I was browsing Etsy this afternoon for inspiration when I came across these gorgeous handmade books. You see today after work I'll be heading over to my good friend Megan's apartment for some book-making.  She has a tinge of spring fever and a very strong urge to create books. Now both of us were visual arts majors at the same college and took a great bookmaking class, but it's not very hard to do, especially for a seasoned artist/crafter. I can't wait to see what we cook up and when I get the chance I'll post pictures.

Top two Photos from: WeeBindery

Bottom two Photos from: KateBlocherBookShop