love you big: Reading nook

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Reading nook

Love the yellow table and the elephant here. Oh okay, and the gallery wall layout. And the minted water, you say? Fine. Throw that in, too.

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roothMay 7, 2012 at 6:39 AM
YES! I want to create a reading nook just like that
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What I'm Reading

13. The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business, Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen, CURRENT
12. Murder on the Links, Agatha Christie, 1st May, 2013, 3 stars
11. Birds of a Lesser Paradise, Megan Mayhew Bergman, 21 April, 2013, 5 stars
10. The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Agatha Christie, 30 March, 2013, 3 stars
9. Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg, 27 March, 2013, 3 stars
8. Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Katherine Boo, 18 March, 2013, 5 stars
7. Mrs Lincoln's Dressmaker, Jennifer Chiaverini, 17 March, 2013, 2 stars
6. The Round House, Louise Erdich, 16 March, 2013, 5 stars
5. The Yellow Birds, Kevin Powers, 3 March, 2013, 4 stars
4. The Devil In The White City, Erik Larson, 18 February, 2013, 4 stars
3. Beautiful Ruins, Jess Walter, 26 January, 2013, 3 stars
2. This is How You Lose Her, Junot Diaz, 3 January, 2013, 4 stars
1. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, Ayana Mathis, 1 January, 2013, 2.5 stars
42. Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn, 23 December, 2012, 3 stars
41. Hologram for the King, Dave Eggers, 19 December, 2012, 2 stars
40. Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan, 17 December, 2012, 3 stars
39. Regeneration, Pat Barker, 14 December, 2012, 4 stars
38. Glamour in Glass, Mary Robinette Kowal, 11 December, 2012, 2 stars
37. Jasper Jones, Craig Silvey, 8 December, 2012, 3 stars
36. The Life of Objects, Susanna Moore, 1st Dec, 2012, 3 stars
34. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbary, (again), 5 November, 2012, 5 stars
33. The Dictator's Learning Curve, William J. Dobson, 29 October, 2012, 3 stars
32. Unnatural Habits, Kerry Greenwood, 16 October, 2012, 4 stars
31. The Virgin Suicides, Jeffrey Eugenides, 14 October, 2012, 2 stars
30. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Rachel Joyce, 14 October, 2012, 2 stars
29. This One is Mine, Maria Semple, 4 October,2012, 3 stars
28. Where'd You Go, Bernadette? Maria Semple, 2 October, 2012, 5 stars
27. Half-Empty, David Rakoff, 30 September, 2012, 3 stars
26. The Casual Vacancy, J. K. Rowling, 28 September, 2012, 2 stars
25. Pigeon English, Stephen Kelman, 24 September, 2012, 4 stars
24. The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes, 21 September, 2012, 4 stars
23. The Ruby in the Smoke, Phillip Pullman, 15 September, 3 stars
22. State of Wonder, Ann Patchett, 27 July, 2012, 3 stars
21. The Art of Fielding, Chad Harbach, 21 July, 2012, 5 stars
20. The Chaperone, Laura Moriarty, 20 July, 2012, 3 stars
19. All That I Am, Anna Funder, 17 July, 2012, 3 stars
18. This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You: Stories, Jon McGregor, 16 July, 2012, 3 stars
17. Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Laini Taylor, 9 July, 2012, 3 stars
16. Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace), Chade-Meng Tan, 9 July, 2012, 4 stars
15. Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris, 7 July, 2012, 4 stars
14. The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg, Deborah Eisenberg, 1 July, 2012, 5 stars
13. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) Mindy Kaling, 14 June, 2012, 3 stars
12. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, David Sedaris, 9 June, 2012, 4 stars
11. Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness, Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, 29 May, 2012, 4 stars
10. Nothing To Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, Barbara Demick, 8 May, 2012, 4 stars
9. The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde, 10 April 2012, 5 stars
8. Assassination Vacation, Sarah Vowell, 9 April 2012, 3 stars
7. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, 7 April, 2012, 2 stars
6. Jamrach's Menagerie, Carol Birch, 11 March, 2012, 3 stars
5. Bringing up Bebe, Pamela Druckerman, 19 Feb, 2012, 3 stars
4. Long Reads: Best of 2011, Ed. Dan Lee, 10 Feb, 2012, 4 stars
3. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, John Le Carre, 5 Feb, 2012, 4 stars
2. Distrust That Particular Flavor, WIlliam Gibson, 26 Jan, 2012, 5 stars
1. The House of Silk, Anthony Horowitz, 6 Jan, 2012, 3 stars
38. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, Siddhartha Mukherjee, 31 Dec, 2011, 5 stars
37. The Cat's Table, Michael Ondaatje, 29 Dec, 2011, 4 stars
36. Death Comes To Pemberley, P. D. James, 20 Dec, 2011, 3 stars
35. This Book Will Save Your Life, A. M. Homes, 18 Dec, 2011, 4 stars
34. How To Be A Woman, Caitlin Moran, 20 Nov, 2011, 3 stars
33. The Marriage Plot, Jeffery Eugenides, 15 Nov, 2011, 4 stars
32. Cooking the Books, Kerry Greenwood, 30 Oct, 2011, 3 stars
31. Thanks for the Mammaries, ed. Sarah Darmody, 22 Oct, 2011, 4 stars
30. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons, 26 Sept, 2011, 3 stars
29. Both Ways Is The Only Way I Want It, Maile Meloy, 15 Sept, 2011, 3 stars
28. French Lessons: A Novel, Ellen Sussman, 15 Sept, 2011, 1 star
27. The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss, Edmund de Waal, 13 Sept, 2011, 5 stars
26. The Girls, Lori Lansens, 13 Sept, 2011, 4 stars
25. City of Promise, Beverley Swirling, 11 Sept, 2011, 3 stars
24. City of God, Beverley Swirling,13 Aug, 2011, 3 stars
23. Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson, 6 Aug, 2011, 4 stars
22. In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works and Shapes Our Lives, Steven Levy, 2 July, 2011, 4 stars
21. Real Murders, Charlaine Harris, 13 June, 2011, 1 star
20. Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen, 21 May, 2011, 2 stars
19. The Invisible Circus, Jennifer Egan, 14 May, 2011, 5 stars
18. Look at Me: A Novel, Jennifer Egan, 26 April, 2011, 5 stars
17. Let The Great World Spin, Colum McCann, 24 April, 2011, 4 stars
16. Hothouse, Brian Aldiss, 22 April, 2011, 2 stars
15. Elizabeth Street, Laurie Fabiano, 22 April 2011, 3 stars
14. Weird Sisters, Eleanor Brown, 16 April, 2011, 3 stars
13. Bossypants, Tina Fey, 9 April, 2011, 4 stars
12. Emerald City, Jennifer Egan, 7 April, 2011, 5 stars
11. Born On A Blue Day, Daniel Tammet, 1 April, 2011, 2 stars
10. A High Wind in Jamaica, Richard Hughes, 31 March, 2011, 3 stars
9. Cleopatra: A Life, Stacey Schiff, 8 March, 2011, 4 stars
8. The Imperfectionists, Tom Rachman, 12 Feb, 2011, 5 stars
7. A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan, 5 Feb, 2011, 5 stars
6. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot, 22 Jan, 2011, 3 stars
5. Freedom, Jonathan Franzen, 22 Jan 2011, 4 stars
4. Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones, 12 Jan 2011, 3 stars
3. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, Helen Simonson, 8 Jan 2011, 3 stars
2. The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards, 2 Jan 2011, 2 stars
1. Tree of Codes, Jonathan Safran Foer, 1 Jan 2011, 5 stars
46. The Escapists, Brian K Vaughan, 26 Dec 2010, 5 stars
Down and Out in Paris and London, George Orwell, (Unfinished)
45. The Postmistress, Sarah Clarke, 19 Dec 2010, 2 stars
44. Parrot and Olivier in America, Peter Carey, 12 Dec 2010, 4 stars
43. Dead Man's Chest, Kerry Greenwood, 22 Nov 2010, 4 stars
42. The Friday Night Knitting Club, Kate Blake, 5 Nov 2010, 2 stars
41. The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas, 4 Nov 2010, 5 stars
40. Gould's Book of Fish, Richard Flanagan, 3 Nov 2010, 2 stars
39. Zero History, William Gibson, 2 Nov 2010, 5 stars
38. Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace, 31 Oct 2010, 5 stars
37. The Number Mysteries, Marcus du Sautoy, 27 Oct 2010, 2 stars
36. The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield, 26 Oct 2010, 4 stars
35. Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen, 10 Oct 2010, 3 stars
The Adventures of Augie Marsh, Saul Bellow, (Unfinished), 1 star
34. The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them, Elif Batuman, 28 Aug 2010, 3 stars
33. Agatha Christie's Notebooks, John Curran, 16 Aug 2010, 2 stars
32. Written on the Body, Jeanette Winterson, 7 Aug 2010, 3 stars
31. The Quiet American, Graham Greene, 2 Aug 2010, 3 stars
30. The White Woman on the Green Bicycle, Monique Roffey, 28 July 2010, 3 stars
29. Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace, David Lipsky, 15 July 2010, 5 stars
28. Mr Rosenblum's List, Natasha Solomons, 13 July 2010, 3 stars
27. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson, 13 July 2010 (Again!), 5 stars
Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson, (Unfinished), 1 star
26. Take Me With You: Tales of Long Distance Love, ed. Sarah Macdonald, 20 June 2010, 3 stars
25. Earthly Delights, Kerry Greenwood, 18 June 2010, 3 stars
24. Love and Other U-Turns, Louisa Deasey, 14 June 2010, 1 star
23. The Help, Kathryn Stockett, 3 June 2010, 2 stars
22. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson, 31 May 2010, 5 stars
21. Travels in the Scriptorium, Paul Auster, 22 May 2010, 3 stars
20. An Artist of the Floating World, Kazuo Ishiguro, 21 May 2010, 2 stars
19. Too Many Murders, Colleen McCullough, 17 May 2010, 2 stars
18. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Graphic Novel, Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith, 5 May 2010, 2 stars
17. The Resurrectionist, James Bradley, 27 April 2010, 1 star
16. The Thing Around Your Neck, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 24 April 2010, 3 stars
15. Everything That Rises Must Converge, Flannery O'Connor, 21 April 2010, 3 stars
14. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet, David Mitchell, 20 April 2010, 4 stars
13. Still Life, A. S. Byatt, 9 April 2010, 3 stars
12. The Inimitable Jeeves, P. G Wodehouse, 4 Apr 2010, 4 stars
11. Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, 31 Mar 2010, 2 stars
10. Game Change, John Heileman and Mark Halperin, 17 Mar 2010, 4 stars
9. My Friend Maigret, Georges Simenon, 7 Mar 2010, 3 stars
8. The Gourmet, Muriel Barbery, 22 Feb 2010, 3 stars
Journey to the End of the Night, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, 18 Feb 2010 (Unfinished), 1 star
7. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, 14 Feb 2010, 5 stars
6. The Almost Moon, Alice Sebold, 13 Feb 2010, 2 stars
5. In the Mood, Laura Bloom, 10 Feb 2010, 2 stars
4. Elephants Can Remember, Agatha Christie, 5 Feb 2010, 2 stars
3. Cat Among the Pigeons, Agatha Christie, 3 Feb 2010, 3 stars
2. Murder on the Links, Agatha Christie, 7 Jan 2009, 2 stars
1. The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet, Colleen McCullough, 5 Jan 2009, 3 stars
54. The Bolter, Frances Osborne, 22 Dec 2009, 1 star
53. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold, 21 Dec 2009, 2 stars
52. Zeitoun, Dave Eggers, 21 Dec 2009, 5 stars
51. Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel, 19 Dec 2009, 4 stars
50. Her Fearful Symmetry, Audrey Niffenegger, 26 Nov 2009, 4 stars
49. Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran Foer, 22 Nov 2009, 4 stars
48. The Monkey's Mask, Dorothy Porter, 20 Nov 2009, 2 stars
47. Partners in Crime, Agatha Christie, 18 Nov 2009, 3 stars
46. Passenger to Frankfurt, Agatha Christie, 15 Nov 2009, 2 stars
45. Endless Night, Agatha Christie, 6 Nov 2009, 3 stars
44. The Wild Things, Dave Eggers, 4 Nov 2009, 3 stars
43. By the Pricking of My Thumbs, Agatha Christie, 1 Nov 2009, 2 stars
42. Postern of Fate, Agatha Christie, 31 Oct 2009, 3 stars
41. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie, 30 Oct 2009, 3 stars
40. The Secret Adversary, Agatha Christie, 26 Oct 2009, 3 stars
39. The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Agatha Christie, 25 Oct 2009, 3 stars
38. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough, 23 Oct 2009, 3 stars
37. The Magus, John Fowles, 14 Oct 2009, 1 star
36. The Keep, Jennifer Egan, 24 Sept 2009, 3 stars
35. Unaccustomed Earth, Jhumpa Lahiri, 23 Sept 2009, 4 stars
34. The Deep Field, James Bradley, 15 Sept 2009, 2 stars
33. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, 14 Aug 2009, 3 stars
32. Generation Kill, Evan Wright, 10 Aug 2009, 3 stars
31. Women in Love, D H Lawrence, 28 July 2009, 2 stars
30. The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers, ed. Vendela Vida, 26 July 2009, 4 stars
29. Rabbit, Run, John Updike, 19 July 2009, 3 stars
28. The Virgin in the Garden, A. S. Byatt, 15 July 2009, 3 stars
27. Netherland, Joseph O'Neill, 8 June 2009, 3 stars
26. Ticket to Ride, Sarah Darmody, 3 June 2009, 4 stars
25. The Children's Book, A. S. Byatt, 2 June 2009, 5 stars
24. Hell to Pay, George P. Pelecanos, 22 May 2009, 2 stars
Swann's Way, Marcel Proust, [unfinished] 20 May 2009, 2 stars
23. A Handful of Dust, Evelyn Waugh, 8 May 2009, 3 stars
22. The Corner, David Simon and Ed Burns, 29 April 2009, 5 stars
21. I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith, 15 April 2009, 3 stars
20. Beloved, Toni Morrison, 13 April 2009, 4 stars
19. People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks, 10 April 2009, 2 stars
18. McSweeneys Issue #30, 27 March 2009, 3 stars
17. The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath, 22 March 2009, 3 stars
16. And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie, 20 March 2009, 5 stars
15. Murder is Easy, Agatha Christie, 20 March 2009, 3 stars
14. Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Agatha Christie, 15 Mar 2009, 4 stars
13. The Sittaford Mystery, Agatha Christie, 14 Mar 2009, 2 stars
12. White Noise, Don DeLillo,13 Mar 2009, 4 stars
11. Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer, 26 Feb 2009
10. Bird By Bird, Anne Lamott, 20 Feb 2009, 3 stars
9. A Child's Book of True Crime, Chloe Hooper, 20 Feb 2009, 4 stars
8. Stroke of Insight, Jill Bolte Taylor, 10 Feb 2009, 2 stars
7. Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer, 9 Feb 2009
6. Homicide, David Simon, 8 Feb 2009, 5 stars
5. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer, 4 Feb 2009
4. Delta of Venus, Anais Nin, 31 Jan 2009, 3 stars
3. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer, 30 Jan 2009
2. The Tall Man, Chloe Hooper, 29 Jan 2009, 5 stars
1. The Mandarins, Simone de Beauvoir, 28 Jan 2009, 3 stars
Snow, Orhan Pamuk, 31 Dec 2008, 1 star
The Last September, Elizabeth Bowen, 23 Dec 2008, 1 star
The Breaks, Richard Price, 20 Dec 2008, 1 star
The Girl at the Lion D'Or, Sebastian Faulks, 14 Dec 2008, 0 stars
Possession, A. S. Byatt, 12 Dec 2008, 5 stars
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Patrick Suskind, 1 Dec 2008, 2 stars
Amsterdam, Ian McEwan, 30 Nov 2008, 2 stars
Murder on a Midsummer Night, Kerry Greenwood, 17 Nov 2008, 3 stars
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Oliver Sacks, 16 Nov 2008, 3 stars
Fear of Flying, Erica Jong, 11 Nov 2008, 1 star
Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe, 2 Nov 2008, 3 stars
Fire in the Blood, Irene Nemirovsky, 23 Oct 2008, 3 stars
The Accidental, Ali Smith, 23 Oct 2008, 3 stars
Love in a Cold Climate, Nancy Mitford, 17 Oct 2008, 4 stars
In Cold Blood, Truman Capote, 8 Oct 2008, 4 stars
We Were the Mulvaneys, Joyce Carol Oates, 25 Sept 2008, 3 stars
The Great Fire, Shirley Hazzard, 20 Sept 2008, 2 stars
Clockers, Richard Price, 15 Sept 2008, 5 stars