A little-known fact about your humble blogger (though becoming more known as I seem to be publicly embracing it of late) is that I like birds. A lot. And I don’t just mean that I’m into all this bird jewellery that’s fashionable at the moment, but that I feel a particular affiliation and have a [...]
Archive for the ‘illustrative’ Category
A Book That is Nice Just to Have
Posted in Books, illustrative, non-fiction, P'o'B babble, Science, tagged borrowing books, old books, postaweek2011, tweety bird on 25 July, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Other Statue by Edward Gorey
Posted in Books, Edward Gorey, illustrative, Reading, tagged dealing with reading disappointment, following a series, picture books, postaweek2011, sad and kooky themes on 15 June, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Before moving digs to Britain I read The Other Statue by Edward Gorey as a welcome break to packing. I’m very good at taking breaks from the activity I should be focusing on. For example, I am writing this post when I should be editing a true crime manuscript. A friend said the other day, ‘Sometimes I feel like [...]
T is for a Traditional Twelve
Posted in Books, illustrative, John Julius Norwich, Quentin Blake, tagged picture books, the balloon-shaped swell of reading joy on 2 January, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’m a sucker for Christmas. The tinsel and fairy lights, the food, the family traditions, that electric charge of magic that hangs in the air for a couple of days. I love the songs and the stories, the movies, the stop-animation TV shows. Anyone who knows me can tell you that my favourite Christmas movie is A Muppets’ [...]
G is for Gorey
Posted in Books, Edward Gorey, illustrative, tagged sad and kooky themes, the balloon-shaped swell of reading joy, thing lust on 21 July, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Starting my previous post comparing my habits in selecting men with choosing books seems to have caused a bit of a stir, but unfortunately I have no clever gimmicks this time. Just wait, I’m sure some more horrific personal divulgences will come. But in the meantime, let’s focus on the simple pleasure of having in your hands [...]
Book 31, 32, 33 and 34: The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy by Tim Burton and Edward Gorey triptych
Posted in Books, Books and Film, Edward Gorey, illustrative, Tim Burton on 13 December, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Shut up, it’s not cheating. We may be days away from the end of 2009 and my aimed-for 52 books, but including these 4 little titles in one post is due to their interconnectedness, not because I’m scrambling to make up numbers. If I really wanted to cheat I would have sat down this morning [...]
