Book Wish List

Coming up with a book wish list for myself is like turning Elizabeth Taylor loose in a jewelry store.  I would need a truck to haul off everything I could come up with.  In fact, that’s been a fantasy of mine.  Remember the shows where they let contestants run through the store and get everything they could in a specific amount of time.  That’s mine – turned loose in a book store.  My problem would be where to start – romances, crafts, writing, science fiction.  Savvy would be rooting for the manga section.

So I came across this contest offered by Chronicle Books.  So this is my list.  The problem, keeping it under $500.00!

Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts Lacy Crochet – the Japanese have some really great craft books coming out from Japan.  Savvy loves all things Japanese.

Paper Marbling Kit – I have always loved marbled paper and now I can make some for my own journaling use.

From Seed to Skillet – part of my ‘better eating’ promise to myself.

Garden Anywhere- How to Grow Gorgeous Container Gardens, Herb Gardens, Kitchen Gardens and More – since I don’t have a ‘real’ yard so to speak, hopefully some good alternative ideas on container gardening.

Easy Orchids- Simple Secrets for Glorious Gardens--Indoors and Out – I love my orchids and a chance to learn how to better care for them would be fantastic.

Chicken and Egg- A Memoir of Suburban Homesteading with 125 Recipes – I love stories about how other people ‘do it’.  Of course, I am sure this will make me want to have chickens again!

Curious Lists- A Creative Journal for List-Lovers – because I love journals and I love lists, so the two together should be fun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,001 Ways to Live in the Moment – I love the 1001 books and this one would surely be a delight to read.

1,001 Pearls of Yoga Wisdom- Take Your Practice Beyond the Mat – Hopefully, besides being a visual delight, this will inspire my yoga life.

OM Yoga- A Guide to Daily Practice – This book has been on my wish list for awhile now, so I need it.

Tartine Bread – I love bread. Crisp, crusty, crunchy bread.  And one day I will learn how to make it!

Tea & Crumpets- Recipes and Rituals from Tearooms & Cafés – for Savvy and her friends.  And so I won't make tea that looks like coffee.

Bitten- Dark Erotic Stories – need I say more?

X- The Erotic Treasury – so I don’t have a live!

Dracula's Heir- An Interactive Mystery Quirk Books – I have read a ton of other Quirk publications, I need to read this one.

And again for Savvy……   Zombies- A Record of the Year of Infection

She can’t get enough of her zombies.

Where Flavor Was Born- Recipes and Culinary Travels Along the Indian Ocean Spice Route – traveling and eating, what two things could be better together.

A Year in Japan- Princeton Architectural Press – yet another book which has been on my wishlist.

The remainder of the $500 would be rounded out by Moleskine journals – any size, shape, type and color.  A person can never have enough Moleskines around.  Besides, mine get ‘missing’ before I have a chance to use them for myself.

Now, all I have to do is be a winner and what a lovely Christmas present that would be.