Read Me

Because I'm in the midst of so many great literary-related things, I feel that I should share them with you. I went to a Zine and Craft Fair this past Saturday where there were indeed a lot of great Zines and Crafts people had put together, and now I have a hankering to bind some books out of repurposed paper and make bottle cap magnets. Not to mention make a zine. They're so straightforward and informal and I think that's great, though they might be a tad wasteful as far as making a bunch of copies and such. But still!

Books I am currently in the middle of and would so far recommend:

"The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
"The Universe in a Single Atom" by the Dalai Lama

Books I just received from Amazon.com:

"Ideas and Opinions" by Albert Einstein
"Concerning the Spiritual in Art" by Wassily Kandinsky

Book my friend recently lent me, which I have not yet started, but am excited to read due to the fact that this friend lends me particularly delicious books:

"Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas" by Tom Robbins

Lastly - Does anyone have any periodicals they subscribe to that they really enjoy and feel they absolutely get their money's worth for? It would be nice to get a magazine or something that is just chock full of substance and not dry, but still interesting. I guess I don't have a specific genre I'm looking for, so throw me whatever you got. :) I'm gonna go read. Goodnight!

Bookmaking

Lately I've been working on a number of cloth-bound books using old fabric I found in my aunt's attic. Here is the first one I've finished. The spine is a little less reinforced than I could have made it but since it's small and my first sort of test-run book, it's okay. The book is roughly 4" x 5.75". I didn't pay attention to the grain of the paper and board this time around, so the covers are a bit bowed from the glue in the photo, but I have since flattened it out. There are 68 pages of Canson sketch paper inside.