Books by my bedside

Hello there, please can I say a big thank you for all your sweet blog messages of love and comfort in my last post. I was really overwhelmed with all your generosity and kindness, it took a bit of bravery for me to post it, but I'm pleased I did now.

As you can see I have been playing with lino again, it's rather addictive and very therapeutic after a day at work. My first attempts can be seen here. I also found Linocut boy's blog the other day {and enjoyed having a look at his work} with this link to a lino starter kit in his etsy shop. A little bit pricey but supplies all you may need to begin with, I did also find this link to a cheaper tool set like the one I have borrowed, on Amazon. I bought my little sheets of lino in my local art shop and had the ink lent to me from my artist friend too. I've played around with different inks and some paints we have and it's good fun seeing the effects.

Ok, so back to the books on my bedside. I go through phases with reading which I think is quite common, sometimes all I have space to read and absorb is a newspaper or magazine article and then there are times when all I want to do is be absorbed into a favourite authors world and not look up from my book. Holidays are always good for this.

  
Lately, all I want, is to read, maybe it's the colder weather and pending winter but my pennies have been going on some books that I've "lusted" after for a while. Yes, I did say "lusted" because books books books make me love life even more and I have a very rather long list of those that I'd like to get my grubby paws on.

So, first up is The Long Song by Andrea Levy

A friend from work lent this beautiful book to me telling the tale of slaves and British farmers and their families set in Jamaica during the last turbulent years of slavery and early years of freedom that followed. I really am enjoying reading this hauntingly beautiful novel and would happily recommend it to my friends.

This brilliant book for work, written by Dietitian Dr. Michelle Harvie. I am due to do a workshop on Sensible dietary strategies and lifestyle choices for young women with Breast Cancer at the end of this month and this is a book I would well recommend as an evidence based reliable source of scientific information translated into practical ways which anyone can apply to their lives if they want to make changes to what they eat and how they live at the moment. She is due to have her new research published in May 2013 if you are interested.Exciting news in the world of oncology and dietetics.

I really LOVE this book printed by Thames and Hudson 2012 which I bought at the de la warr pavilion shop last week. It's such an enjoyable and thought provoking book in which Susie Hodge examines 100 works of modern art that have attracted such critical hostility and explains how, far from being negligible novelties, they are inspired and logical extensions of the artistic ideas of their time. 
It's the kind of book that's small enough to carry around with you to dip into whenever you have a spare 5 minutes to read about one of the 100 works of art mentioned here. Not bad for £9.99 either.

Here are a few photo's to tempt you...

And last, but not least a crafty book bought about 3 weeks ago

I spotted this in a a fabric shop in Lewes about 3 weeks ago and after paging through it I decided to buy it because I liked the simple, easy Christmas makes for Alice to try and some for me to try. A book we could equally share and enjoy together as we approach Christmas. It's funny because I don't think I would have bought this on line if I didn't have the opportunity to nosey through the pages before purchasing it. Funny, how that sometimes happens. I like that it's celebrating fabulous bloggers and designers of original patterns and ideas and the templates at the back are great, allowing for the crafter to be creative with these basic designs. It's a Christmas craft book I would happily recommend at £9.99 for kids and parents to share.

Here are some of the pages to possibly tempt you...

So, those are the books on my bedside at the moment

How about you?

Have you any to recommend for me to add to my list of lusty books?

Do tell!

See you soon

xox 

Penelope

ps. If you want a chance at winning some skinny yarn in my little give-away check out this post here I will be drawing for a winner on Tuesday 6th November 2012