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Hi! I'm Karianne alias the blogger Mammadamen. I love books, media, ballerinas and feminism. This is my blog for collecting and sharing thoughts, dreams and things that inspire. Visit for daily updates!
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Rejected Book Covers vs. The Finished Product - NYTimes.com
On my wishlist: Jane Austen Education, A - Books by William Deresiewicz - Penguin Group (USA)
A self-styled intellectual rebel dedicated to writers such as James Joyce and Joseph Conrad, Deresiewicz never thought Austen’s novels would have anything to offer him.
I am reading Chanel muse Inès de la Fressanges’ Parisian Chic: A Style Guide. Here’s another haute couture muse worth reading: Inner Chic is a fortnightly column written by Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni and illustrated by Robert Beck. (via Inner Chic - Loulou de la Falaise | AnOther)
“I can’t imagine the book lover who would not love Finding the Words. Writers will love it for feelings and situations that will resonate with them: “I’ve been there before!” Readers will love it for the direct access to so many secrets.”
Ordered, but delayed: How to write a sentence and how to read one by Stanley Fish
Synopsis: New York Times columnist and college professor Fish appreciates fine sentences the way some people appreciate fine wine. In 10 short chapters, Fish takes readers through a cogent analysis of how to craft a sentence. …
Amazon.com: How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One (9780061840548): Stanley Fish: Books
When will internet enter novels?
The Best Boring Books | English Muse
Guardian books columnist Robert McCrum believes “there are times when dullness is exactly what you want from a book.”
Here are his favorites:
1. Robert Burton: The Anatomy of Melancholy
2. Robert Musil: The Man Without Qualities
3. Kazuo Ishiguro: The Unconsoled
4. Malcolm Lowry: Under the Volcano
5. Virginia Woolf: The Waves
6. James Joyce: Finnegans Wake
7. Thomas Wolfe: Look Homeward, Angel
8. William Thackeray: Pendennis
9. Karl Marx: Capital
10. James Woodforde: The Diary of A Country Parson
Do you stick with boring books or give up mid-way through? Tweet me at @mammadamen!
Artist Jorge Colombo makes covers for The New Yorker using his iphone … I get a lot of inspiration from photo and design books. Looking forward to these from Cronicle!
Penguin Books-Digital Books = 1-0
The Terrier and Lobster: Penguin Hardcover Classics Covers Designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith
Just ordered this travel book classic for children: “This is New York” by Miroslav Sasek! Looking forward to read it with my two year old!
Some of the books listed in NYTimes Book Review Top ten 2010 (by Mammadamen)
I hope to blog more about these books tomorrow!
