#The Sabi hardcover

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My Current Read List For 2022

I've decided to list out the books I've read every 5 books. But, since this is my first time doing it and I'm already on 25, this is going to be a much longer list rofl

Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man by Steve Harvey - Not actually as sexist as I thought it was going to be. The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis - Billed as a murder mystery, but that doesn't come in until pretty late in the book. It was good though. 12 Bones Smokehouse by Bryan King - A lot of good recipes. I marked down the ones I liked. Grow Great Vegetables Tennessee by Ira Wallace - I liked the book, but the book itself was shoddily made. It fell apart after one reading. 13x9 by Delish - I really loved this book, and I've tried the everything bagel casserole since I read it. Very good!

25-Minute Dinners by Food Network - Nothing really stuck out to me about this one. 30-Minute Weight-Loss Cookbook by Mandy Enright - Again, nothing really stuck out. Weekday Weekend by Emma Chapman - I liked the idea of this one, to be more aware of what you eat during the weekdays but be looser on the weekends, but none of the recipes really stood out. Ana by Josef Centeno - I loved the stories behind the recipes, but the recipes themselves didn't excite me. You Are A Great And Powerful Wizard by Sage Liskey - This was a great mental health book, and I could see an older kid or teen getting a lot out of it.

The Wabi-Sabi Way by Mike Sturm - I misread Wabi-Sabi every. Single. Time. It came up in the book. Otherwise good. It was about how signs of aging should be considered beautiful, the same way old houses and such are. Unf*ck Your Worth by Faith Harper - You're going to see her name show up a LOT in the list. I really like her books. On Writing And Worldbuilding Vo. 1 by Timothy Hickson - He started out as a Youtuber who did a lot of videos on writing and such. His books are just as entertaining as his videos. Unf*ck Your Intimacy by Faith Harper - Also very good Unf*ck Your Brain by Faith Harper - Just assume all of her books are good rofl

Unf*ck You Boundaries by Faith Harper Unf*ck Your Anger by Faith Harper Unf*ck Your Adulting by Faith Harper Vladimir by Julia Jonas - It had a few incredibly disturbing scenes. I wish someone had warned me about them before I started reading. Eating To Extinction by Dan Saladino - Very interesting read!!!

A Cup Of Comfort For Writers by Colleen Sell - It was okay. It reminded me a lot of the Chicken Noodle Soup books I read as a kid. Archetypal Tarot - I liked this a lot. I found out what most of my cards were. Though, to be honest, I stopped doing the math towards the end of the book. Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao - VERY GOOD. Highly recommend. I borrowed it from my library because I don't normally like sci-fi stuff and didn't want to spend money. I now own both a digital and hardcover copy. I played myself though. The next one doesn't come out until Spring of 2023. Hunger: A Memoir Of (My) Body by Roxane Gay - This is a story about her rape, her weight, and how her life spiraled because of these two aspects. I felt a lot of connection with her story, I saw a lot of my own in it. Back To The Garden by Mr. Digwell - Seth got me this book from his trip to London!!! Most of what's in it I can't use, due to the differences in climate, but I like the recipes and will definitely be trying some of them!

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#newin #nieuwbinnen Francesc Miralles - Wabi Sabi @francesc_miralles #francescmiralles #wabisabi Een prachtige #hardcover @boekerij #boekerij Wie heeft dit boek al gelezen? Wat vond je er van? ............ Inhoud: Van de auteur van de internationale bestseller Ikigai Spirituele roman over de wegen van het lot, het belang van verbinding met anderen en wat de Japanse levenskunst daarover te zeggen heeft Als Samuel, een introverte, ietwat eenzame literatuurdocent, op een dag zijn voordeur opent, glipt er een kat zijn huis in. Hoewel hij zich eigenlijk zo snel mogelijk van de indringer wil ontdoen, zet hij toch wat eten voor hem neer. En diep in zijn hart moet hij toegeven dat hij het gezelschap van het eigenwijze dier wel kan waarderen. De kat blijft. Is deze alledaagse gebeurtenis zo onbeduidend als hij lijkt, of is het een teken dat het voor Samuel tijd is om zijn zelfverkozen isolement te doorbreken? Zijn simpele daad van zorg en aandacht voor de kat zet een reeks ontmoetingen in gang met mensen die altijd al in zijn buurt waren, maar aan wie hij geen aandacht schonk. Hij begint dingen op te merken die hem tot dan toe waren ontgaan. Aarzelend begeeft hij zich op een pad dat leidt naar nieuwe vriendschappen en liefde. Maar als alles perfect lijkt, ligt het verlies op de loer. Om dat te leren aanvaarden reist hij uiteindelijk naar Japan, op zoek naar de betekenis van het mysterieuze begrip wabi sabi. De pers overWabi sabi ‘Als je houdt van een happy end, dan hou je zeker van Wabi sabi van de charmante, bescheiden bestsellerauteur Miralles.’ Publishers Weekly ‘De eenvoud van Miralles’ schrijfstijl is ook de sleutel van zijn succes; de korte hoofdstukken zitten vol diepzinnige gedachten over de magie van het alledaagse.’  Kirkus Reviews ‘Een heerlijk boek dat je aanspoort om open te staan voor het leven, de mensen om je heen, en de kleine toevalligheden die je naar de liefde kunnen leiden.’ BookPage ............ #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #bookstagramnl #bookstagrammers #boekstagram #instabook #dutchbookstagram #instaboek #dutchbookstagrammers #dutchbookstagrammer #boekenwurm #booktrovert #ikigai #spiritueleroman @kruidvat @kruidvat.nl #kruidvat https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb4x7k3AgUg/?utm_medium=tumblr

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REGOLITHHEART’S BOOKSHELF TOUR

Still a tad under construction as you may be able to spy a trash bag and a cardboard box in the lower right hand corner, but we’re all about authenticity here, folks. I’ll start by listing the items on the fifth row and down plus the smaller shelf since they’re more random. Then, I’ll do a close up of what I call the “main portion” of my bookshelves.

Fifth shelf down, from left to right: 1) Boxes of photography stuff. Mostly batteries, chargers, memory cards and film as I have a Holga, a pin-hole camera that also takes 120 film, and a polaroid camera. 2) Cook books. Most of them are sentimental and have been given to me by friends. 3) Graphic design and interior design books, mostly instructional. 4) Horizontally stacked: coffee table books, Locker Room Nudes (the French rugby team posing with strategically placed rugby balls - a gift and inside joke from a friend that I can’t get rid of bc she inscribed it on the inside cover!!), Gee’s Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt, 100 of the World’s Best Houses, Heavenly Vaults: From Romanesque to Gothic in European Architecture, The Story of Buildings (super cute architectural history illustrated like a children’s book), Sigur Rós’ Med Sud Ieyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust photo book, repurposed Jo Malone box with Filofax stuff. 5) More art books including fashion photography and art history. 

Below/beyond the fifth shelf, from left to right: 1) Eames rocking chair and decorative pillow. 2) Architectural magazines, quilt books. 

Short shelf, from left to right, top to bottom: 1) Original watercolor painting by Helen Dealtry. 2) Fat ass piggy bank I’ve had since I was 11. 3) Music DVDs and documentaries and the few CDs I still have. 4) DVD collection that has been significantly pared down. 5) Wall clock from CB2 that is hiding my board games, puzzles, and glockenspiel. 

Now for the main attraction...

I’ll split the bookcases in half and call them A (left) and B (right), and then we’ll start with the top shelf by calling it 1.

A1, from left to right: 1) My Little Prince collection which I went into more detail here. 2) Repurposed box hiding all of the Little Prince books that don’t quite match the others. 3) Horizontally stacked: Iggy Peck: Architect, Oh the Places You’ll Go, Sparkle’s Song (a book written by one of my friends), The Giving Tree, Where the Wild Things Are, Where the Sidewalk Ends. 5) The Chronicles of Narnia box set. 

A2, from left to right: 1) The Final Empire box set which I haven’t read yet, but want to start soon. 2) Six of Crows box set. 3) Framed Rifle Paper Company print hiding my German and French dictionaries. 4) Special edition of The Hobbit. 5) Special editions of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead which I’m not a fan of, but they’re so pretty!

A3, from left to right: I have to say that I am not a fan rainbow shelves because how do you know where any of your books are?!? But after hours and hours of trying to make this bookshelf work, I gave in because it looked the most pleasing. I’m justifying it by saying it’s only one shelf and I know where each book is. An Eames Primer, Leaders Eat Last, Creative Confidence, The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, To Kill a Mockingbird, Brave New World, Down into the Hole, The Bell Jar, Metamorphosis, Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design, Swann’s Way, Nineteen Eighty-Three, Batgirl/Robin: Year One, The Letter For the King, The Joy Luck Club, The Alchemist, Wabi-Sabi, Marie Antoinette, A Pattern Language, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Beautiful and Damned, The Princess Bride, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Cradle to Cradle, Everything is Illuminated, The Phantom Tollbooth, A Wrinkle in Time, The Little Know-It-All, digital pattern library from the Victoria and Albert Museum. 

A4, from left to right: 1) old bullet journals, notebooks, and sketchbooks. 2) a ceramic jar that my BFF’s mom made. 3) a hand-lettering workbook and the Oxford Dictionary. 4) Coloring books: Secret Garden, Lost Ocean, The Lunar Chronicles coloring book, A Court of Thorns and Roses coloring book. 

B1, from left to right: my Harry Potter shelf including 1) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone picture book (I still need to get the others). 2) First editions of all the American books. 3) Harry Potter in Vietnamese (not pictured books 1 and 2 on loan right now). 4) Random copies of various HP books including a paperback of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, The Prisoner of Azkahban in German, and Tales of Beetle the Bard.

B2, from left to right: probably my most favorite shelf because it’s so pretty! 1) The Catcher in the Rye. 2) My collection of Penguin English Classics (so far) with the orange and colored spines, including: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Moby Dick, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Time Machine. 3) My collection of Oscar Wilde from Penguin illustrated by Liselotte Watkins. 4) My collection of J.D. Salinger books by Penguin. 5) Pencil sketch inspired by Marion Cotillard by Kelly Smith. 6) My collection of J.D. Salinger books by Little Brown and Company (have I mentioned that Salinger is my favorite?). 7) A Jade plant and a little toy Vespa given to me by a friend. 

B3, from left to right: 1) My Lunar Chronicles Collection in paperback because I like marking them up. Still waiting on Winter to come out in paperback! All of that is sitting on top of 2) My Lunar Chronicles in Vietnamese. Unfortunately I only have Cress and Winter. If anyone knows where I can get my hands on Cinder and Scarlet, I’d be ever so grateful. Those are all sitting behind a memory card game. 3) Jewelry box with ceramic bird on top and a gold frame with no picture. 4) My Rifle Paper Company from Bloom books including Little Women, A Little Princess, Heidi, and Anne of Green Gables. 5) Jane Eyre in the Penguin Classics hardcover edition. 

B4, from left to right: 1) My Penguin 80th anniversary 80 for 80p collection (yes, I do find it completely frustrating that the white bar doesn’t line up exactly from book to book). 2) Stacked on top of those are a couple of my Penguin Great Ideas books: The Prince and On the Shortness of Life, plus Shakespeare’s Sonnets. 3) A watering jug. 4) More poetry and some fairy tales, The Complete Poems of John Keats, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda, Grimm Tales by Philip Pullman and then The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales. 

And that’s that. I used to have twice as many books and shelves, but I’m trying to live more minimally so I’ve gotten ride of a lot. Thankfully, my Kindle has been a big help in that regard. So I’ve shown you mine, now show me yours!