love you big: Diamond-sliced Wedges

Friday, January 20, 2012

Diamond-sliced Wedges

Well, isn't this awkward. Here I was, just minding my own and browsing a website, when what do I discover but the perfect shoe? There's something about the yellow and the wooden wedge which make me giddy. Hold on friends, I'll be coming for you, soon!

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What I'm Reading

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, David Sedaris, CURRENT
The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg, Deborah Eisenberg, CURRENT
11. Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness, Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, 29th May, 2012, ****
10. Nothing To Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, Barbara Demick, 8th May, 2012 ****
9. The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde, 10th April 2012 *****
8. Assassination Vacation, Sarah Vowell, 9th April 2012 ***
7. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, 7th April, 2012 **
6. Jamrach's Menagerie, Carol Birch, 11 March, 2012 ***
5. Bringing up Bebe, Pamela Druckerman, 19 Feb, 2012 ***
4. Long Reads: Best of 2011, Ed. Dan Lee, 10 Feb, 2012 ****
3. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, John Le Carre, 5 Feb, 2012, ****
2. Distrust That Particular Flavor, WIlliam Gibson, 26 Jan, 2012, *****
1. The House of Silk, Anthony Horowitz, 6 Jan, 2012, ***
38. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, Siddhartha Mukherjee, 31 Dec, 2011 *****
37. The Cat's Table, Michael Ondaatje, 29 Dec, 2011 ****
36. Death Comes To Pemberley, P. D. James, 20 Dec, 2011 ***
35. This Book Will Save Your Life, A. M. Homes, 18 Dec, 2011 ****
34. How To Be A Woman, Caitlin Moran, 20 Nov, 2011 ***
33. The Marriage Plot, Jeffery Eugenides, 15 Nov, 2011 ****
32. Cooking the Books, Kerry Greenwood, 30 Oct, 2011 ***
31. Thanks for the Mammaries, ed. Sarah Darmody, 22 Oct, 2011 ****
30. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons, 26 Sept, 2011 ***
29. Both Ways Is The Only Way I Want It, Maile Meloy, 15 Sept, 2011, ***
28. French Lessons: A Novel, Ellen Sussman, 15 Sept, 2011 *
27. The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss, Edmund de Waal, 13 Sept, 2011 *****
26. The Girls, Lori Lansens, 13 Sept, 2011 ****
25. City of Promise, Beverley Swirling, 11 Sept, 2011 ***
24. City of God, Beverley Swirling,13 Aug, 2011 ***
23. Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson, 6 Aug, 2011 ****
22. In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works and Shapes Our Lives, Steven Levy, 2 July, 2011 ****
21. Real Murders, Charlaine Harris, 13 June, 2011 *
20. Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen, 21 May, 2011 **
19. The Invisible Circus, Jennifer Egan, 14 May, 2011 *****
18. Look at Me: A Novel, Jennifer Egan, 26 April, 2011 *****
17. Let The Great World Spin, Colum McCann, 24 April, 2011 ****
16. Hothouse, Brian Aldiss, 22 April, 2011, **
15. Elizabeth Street, Laurie Fabiano, 22 April 2011, ***
14. Weird Sisters, Eleanor Brown, 16 April, 2011 ***
13. Bossypants, Tina Fey, 9 April, 2011 ****
12. Emerald City, Jennifer Egan, 7 April, 2011 *****
11. Born On A Blue Day, Daniel Tammet, 1 April, 2011 **
10. A High Wind in Jamaica, Richard Hughes, 31 March, 2011 ***
9. Cleopatra: A Life, Stacey Schiff, 8 March, 2011 ****
8. The Imperfectionists, Tom Rachman, 12 Feb, 2011 *****
7. A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan, 5 Feb, 2011 *****
6. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot, 22 Jan, 2011 ***
5. Freedom, Jonathan Franzen, 22 Jan 2011, ****
4. Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones, 12 Jan 2011, ***
3. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, Helen Simonson, 8 Jan 2011, ***1/2
2. The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards, 2 Jan 2011 **
1. Tree of Codes, Jonathan Safran Foer, 1 Jan 2011 *****
46. The Escapists, Brian K Vaughan, 26 Dec 2010 *****
Down and Out in Paris and London, George Orwell, (Unfinished)
45. The Postmistress, Sarah Clarke, 19 Dec 2010 **
44. Parrot and Olivier in America, Peter Carey, 12 Dec 2010 ****
43. Dead Man's Chest, Kerry Greenwood, 22 Nov 2010****
42. The Friday Night Knitting Club, Kate Blake, 5 Nov 2010 **
41. The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas, 4 Nov 2010 *****
40. Gould's Book of Fish, Richard Flanagan, 3 Nov 2010 **
39. Zero History, William Gibson, 2 Nov 2010 *****
38. Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace, 31 Oct 2010 *****
37. The Number Mysteries, Marcus du Sautoy, 27 Oct 2010 **
36. The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield, 26 Oct 2010 ****
35. Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen, 10 Oct 2010 ***
The Adventures of Augie Marsh, Saul Bellow, (Unfinished) *
34. The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them, Elif Batuman, 28 Aug 2010 ***
33. Agatha Christie's Notebooks, John Curran, 16 Aug 2010 **
32. Written on the Body, Jeanette Winterson, 7 Aug 2010 ***
31. The Quiet American, Graham Greene, 2 Aug 2010 ***
30. The White Woman on the Green Bicycle, Monique Roffey, 28 July 2010 ***
29. Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace, David Lipsky, 15 July 2010 *****
28. Mr Rosenblum's List, Natasha Solomons, 13 July 2010 ***
27. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson, 13 July 2010 (Again!) *****
Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson, (Unfinished) **
26. Take Me With You: Tales of Long Distance Love, ed. Sarah Macdonald, 20 June 2010 ***
25. Earthly Delights, Kerry Greenwood, 18 June 2010 ***
24. Love and Other U-Turns, Louisa Deasey, 14 June 2010 *
23. The Help, Kathryn Stockett, 3 June 2010 **1/2
22. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson, 31 May 2010 *****
21. Travels in the Scriptorium, Paul Auster, 22 May 2010 ***1/2
20. An Artist of the Floating World, Kazuo Ishiguro, 21 May 2010 **
19. Too Many Murders, Colleen McCullough, 17 May 2010 **
18. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Graphic Novel, Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith, 5 May 2010 **
17. The Resurrectionist, James Bradley, 27 April 2010 *
16. The Thing Around Your Neck, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 24 April 2010 ***1/2
15. Everything That Rises Must Converge, Flannery O'Connor, 21 April 2010 ***1/2
14. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet, David Mitchell, 20 April 2010 ****
13. Still Life, A. S. Byatt, 9 April 2010 ***1/2
12. The Inimitable Jeeves, P. G Wodehouse, 4 Apr 2010 ****
11. Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, 31 Mar 2010 **
10. Game Change, John Heileman and Mark Halperin, 17 Mar 2010 ****
9. My Friend Maigret, Georges Simenon, 7 Mar 2010 ***
8. The Gourmet, Muriel Barbery, 22 Feb 2010 ***
Journey to the End of the Night, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, 18 Feb 2010 (Unfinished) *
7. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, 14 Feb 2010 *****
6. The Almost Moon, Alice Sebold, 13 Feb 2010 **
5. In the Mood, Laura Bloom, 10 Feb 2010 **
4. Elephants Can Remember, Agatha Christie, 5 Feb 2010 **
3. Cat Among the Pigeons, Agatha Christie, 3 Feb 2010 ***
2. Murder on the Links, Agatha Christie, 7 Jan 2009 **
1. The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet, Colleen McCullough, 5 Jan 2009 ***
54. The Bolter, Frances Osborne, 22 Dec 2009 *
53. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold, 21 Dec 2009 **
52. Zeitoun, Dave Eggers, 21 Dec 2009 ****
51. Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel, 19 Dec 2009 ****
50. Her Fearful Symmetry, Audrey Niffenegger, 26 Nov 2009****
49. Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran Foer, 22 Nov 2009 ****
48. The Monkey's Mask, Dorothy Porter, 20 Nov 2009 **
47. Partners in Crime, Agatha Christie, 18 Nov 2009 ***1/2
46. Passenger to Frankfurt, Agatha Christie, 15 Nov 2009 **
45. Endless Night, Agatha Christie, 6 Nov 2009 ***
44. The Wild Things, Dave Eggers, 4 Nov 2009 **1/2
43. By the Pricking of My Thumbs, Agatha Christie, 1 Nov 2009 **
42. Postern of Fate, Agatha Christie, 31 Oct 2009 ***
41. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie, 30 Oct 2009 ***
40. The Secret Adversary, Agatha Christie, 26 Oct 2009 ***
39. The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Agatha Christie, 25 Oct 2009 ***
38. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough, 23 Oct 2009 ***
37. The Magus, John Fowles, 14 Oct 2009 *
36. The Keep, Jennifer Egan, 24 Sept 2009 ***
35. Unaccustomed Earth, Jhumpa Lahiri, 23 Sept 2009 ****
34. The Deep Field, James Bradley, 15 Sept 2009 **
33. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, 14 Aug 2009 ***
32. Generation Kill, Evan Wright, 10 Aug 2009 ***1/2
31. Women in Love, D H Lawrence, 28 July 2009 *1/2
30. The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers, ed. Vendela Vida, 26 July 2009 ****
29. Rabbit, Run, John Updike, 19 July 2009 ***1/2
28. The Virgin in the Garden, A. S. Byatt, 15 July 2009 ***
27. Netherland, Joseph O'Neill, 8 June 2009 ***
26. Ticket to Ride, Sarah Darmody, 3 June 2009 ****
25. The Children's Book, A. S. Byatt, 2 June 2009 *****
24. Hell to Pay, George P. Pelecanos, 22 May 2009 **
Swann's Way, Marcel Proust, [unfinished] 20 May 2009 **
23. A Handful of Dust, Evelyn Waugh, 8 May 2009 **1/2
22. The Corner, David Simon and Ed Burns, 29 April 2009 *****
21. I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith, 15 April 2009 ***1/2
20. Beloved, Toni Morrison, 13 April 2009 ***1/2
19. People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks, 10 April 2009 **
18. McSweeneys Issue #30, 27 March 2009 ***
17. The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath, 22 March 2009 ***
16. And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie, 20 March 2009 *****
15. Murder is Easy, Agatha Christie, 20 March 2009 ***
14. Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Agatha Christie, 15 Mar 2009 ****
13. The Sittaford Mystery, Agatha Christie, 14 Mar 2009 **1/2
12. White Noise, Don DeLillo,13 Mar 2009 ****
11. Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer, 26 Feb 2009
10. Bird By Bird, Anne Lamott, 20 Feb 2009 ***
9. A Child's Book of True Crime, Chloe Hooper, 20 Feb 2009 ****
8. Stroke of Insight, Jill Bolte Taylor, 10 Feb 2009 **
7. Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer, 9 Feb 2009
6. Homicide, David Simon, 8 Feb 2009 *****
5. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer, 4 Feb 2009
4. Delta of Venus, Anais Nin, 31 Jan 2009 ***
3. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer, 30 Jan 2009
2. The Tall Man, Chloe Hooper, 29 Jan 2009 *****
1. The Mandarins, Simone de Beauvoir, 28 Jan 2009 ***
Snow, Orhan Pamuk, 31 Dec 2008 *
The Last September, Elizabeth Bowen, 23 Dec 2008 *
The Breaks, Richard Price, 20 Dec 2008 *
The Girl at the Lion D'Or, Sebastian Faulks, 14 Dec 2008
Possession, A. S. Byatt, 12 Dec 2008 *****
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Patrick Suskind, 1 Dec 2008 **
Amsterdam, Ian McEwan, 30 Nov 2008 **
Murder on a Midsummer Night, Kerry Greenwood, 17 Nov 2008 ***
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Oliver Sacks, 16 Nov 2008 ***
Fear of Flying, Erica Jong, 11 Nov 2008 *
Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe, 2 Nov 2008 ***1/2
Fire in the Blood, Irene Nemirovsky, 23 Oct 2008 ***1/2
The Accidental, Ali Smith, 23 Oct 2008 ***
Love in a Cold Climate, Nancy Mitford, 17 Oct 2008 ****
In Cold Blood, Truman Capote, 8 Oct 2008 ****
We Were the Mulvaneys, Joyce Carol Oates, 25 Sept 2008 ***
The Great Fire, Shirley Hazzard, 20 Sept 2008 **
Clockers, Richard Price, 15 Sept 2008 *****