This month I read The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman, Light Matters by Vicki Goldberg, Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami (my fave author!!), Purple Cow by Seth Godin, and Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto. My To Read shelf has been reduced to 32 books!
A quick recap, or this could get out of hand (I LOVE talking about books ... so if you meet me at WPPI in Vegas this year and you are sick of talking photography ... I'll be your book talk girl):
I am in love with contemporary Japanese literature ... the magical realism, the way the authors describe clothing and food and the character development ... SWOON. So obviously the Murakami and Yoshimoto books were my faves this month. Murakami has a large body of work and I only have one more of his novels left to read. He always wins me over! I hope he writes for years to come.
The Goldberg book was about the history of photography and its role in society. She is a fabulous author and I enjoyed reading her words and learning more about photography's history. For a non-fiction book, it definitely deserves 5 out of 5 stars ... mainly for the poetic language (it easily could have been a snooze fest otherwise).
Seth Godin is pretty amazing but I often read his books after I've heard all the hype and I don't really get anything new from them. He just released a new book, called Linchpin, and I intend to get my hands on it before I read all about it somewhere else. Oh -- so I guess now my To Read shelf is back up to 33 books...
Much to my demise and my precious Time's demise, I hated The Golden Compass! I was rather bored and didn't understand from where all the controversy has arisen. I just wasn't impressed with a book praised for being so imaginative. Maybe it's all the Latin American Magical Realism literature I am prone to read -- but my idea of parallel realities and alternate worlds is far more awesome than this novel. At least hating this book meant I could remove the other two books in the series from my shelf, haha.
So ... the REALLY exciting news of this week?! I got a Fuji Instamax Mini 7 camera! It's seriously mega loads of SWEET. It takes the cutest little credit card-sized photos and I love little prints, so it's perfect! I can't wait to use it more. I think it's the perfect road trip camera, so who wants to road trip with me?! I might start bringing it to weddings and engagement sessions just to get a few shots at each one.
The first three photos I took are below. I got a new haircut yesterday that I adore. My stylist, Bentley, rules my world and if you live in Madison I highly recommend ANIU. It's gorgeous with waterfalls and awesome white walls and nice products and cutting-edge stylists (hard to find around here, sadly) and the best magazine selection ... and also a coffee and tea bar in the waiting room! I asked Bentley to keep the length and give me some straight-across bangs. She's sooo intuitive and brilliant. I just love what she did to shape up my old look and add some flare. The Instamax causes a little bit of distortion -- being so wide-angled and all -- I think my haircut looks cuter in person :)
I also took a photo of Troy and I (yeah, he was a little tired, haha) and a photo of the stack of books I read this month (too bad you can't read the titles, but now I know).
Well, I'm off to my weekly sushi Friday lunch (something I'll be sure to blog about soon)! xoxo.
9 comments:
Having read the whole series by Phillip Pullman I would say the controversy is more in the 2nd and especially the 3rd book.
good luck on your book challenge! And great Polaroids! I'm loving the mustard scarf... My fave color! :-)
im in love with your haircut. also, i have been stuck on the same book that ive been trying to finish, but i can't. i think it means i need to get another book :) wish i could go to wppi and talk photography, books, how beautiful life is.
have a happy friday anda!
love this post... I just got finished reading a few books myself and just rec'vd my order from Amazon... started Love in the Time of Cholera, but can't get into it. Now I'm reading Love is the Killer App and the Kind Diet. I've got Water for Elephants and Vampire Diaries book 1 waiting for me....... I can't help it, I love young adult books!!! I love you new look, it's so cute on you!
Can I please please please request you read the second and third book of the series? The Golden Compass really is just an introduction to the entire story and gets so so so much more incredibly better.
Your hair cut is fab! I wish I could pull off a cute do like that.
I have that Fuji camera too and I love it. So fun to use!
I wish I was as into books as you are. I get so jealous of people who read on a regular basis, so I've been trying to finish one book every 2 weeks. I think that's reasonable haha. I'm on Purple Cow at the moment which I'm enjoying. Ahhh can't believe you have that Fuji camera! I really want one! If I get one lets go road tripping together and take the cutest photos ever :) Love the hair cut!!! :) :)
Love the hair style.
Love all the books.
Love YOU!
xoxo
I was hoping you'd say a few words about Kitchen! Also, I love hearing someone else rave about Bentley. I just realized that on my home computer, I have bookmarked your blog improperly as well!
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