I have a bookshelf crush. Not my first. The July issue of Elle Decoration UK has a feature that has had me swooning just a little with my coffee, a home in LA that has so many right touches ('House on the Hills', photographed by Stephanie Bjelkstam). The open shelves in the living room display an uncluttered mix of books and decorative objects; books arranged both vertically and horizontally, adding visual interest. The shelves seem to breathe and echo the rug on the floor. Beautifully done. These days I'm reading a few books and soon I will be reviewing one of them on the blog: Decorative Textiles from Arab and Islamic Cultures: Selections from the Al Lulwa Collection. That Egyptian cotton appliqué to the left is a little preview.
My summer reading list is ready (I should probably call it my early summer reading list) and consists of plays and autobiographical writing. Recently I returned playwright Arthur Miller's memoir Timebends (wonderfully written, highly recommend it) to the library and picked up two of his plays. On the same day I was browsing online for works by Virginia Woolf and was lucky to find two used copies (vol. 3 of her diary has arrived and looks like new - love it). Here is my list:
Some people would perhaps call this a bit heavy reading in summertime but I'm just not one of those readers who pick up a stack of quick-reads at the local bookshop. My children were making fun of me recently, saying that I read weird books. I'm trying to remember the exact phrase one of them used, 'English upper-class snob literature' or something like that. It cracked me up.
My summer reading list is ready (I should probably call it my early summer reading list) and consists of plays and autobiographical writing. Recently I returned playwright Arthur Miller's memoir Timebends (wonderfully written, highly recommend it) to the library and picked up two of his plays. On the same day I was browsing online for works by Virginia Woolf and was lucky to find two used copies (vol. 3 of her diary has arrived and looks like new - love it). Here is my list:
1 All My Sons by Arthur Miller
2 Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
3 Off the Road: Twenty Years with Cassady, Kerouac and Ginsberg by
2 Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
3 Off the Road: Twenty Years with Cassady, Kerouac and Ginsberg by
Carolyn Cassady
4 The Diary of Virginia Woolf - Volume 3: 1925-1930 edited by Anne
Olivier Bell
5 The Letters of Virginia Woolf - Volume II: 1912-1922 edited by Nigel
Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann)
6 Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925
by Vera Brittain
Some people would perhaps call this a bit heavy reading in summertime but I'm just not one of those readers who pick up a stack of quick-reads at the local bookshop. My children were making fun of me recently, saying that I read weird books. I'm trying to remember the exact phrase one of them used, 'English upper-class snob literature' or something like that. It cracked me up.
 |
On a more personal note: It's the National Day of Iceland and my husband and I celebrate our 18th wedding anniversary. It's also Friday pizza day but he's abroad for work. The children and I are going for French cheese, baguette and grapes ... and chocolate. Have a wonderful weekend!
images by me | credit - top photo: Elle Decoration UK, July 2016, p. 116 · Stephanie Bjelkstam
images by me | credit - top photo: Elle Decoration UK, July 2016, p. 116 · Stephanie Bjelkstam
 |
 |
 |
No comments:
Post a Comment