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Seeing as I normally mention the films I’ve been watching, I thought it would make a change to mention the books I bought recently – especially as I came back to Ireland with seven new books to go on my already straining bookshelves.

  • Culinaria Hungaria – I love, love, love this book. Mum’s had a copy for ages, but I’ve found it hard to get one at a price I’m prepared to pay (there are currently some good deals from Amazon sellers, but it can sell for over £150). The recipes are great, but one of the best things about this book is the photography and background information. Pictures of various Cukraszda, along with information about them and recipes for their signature cakes are among my favourites, but this is just a fabulous book all round.
  • Widdershins – latest book by Charles de Lint. I love his books, and this one proved to be excellent as well.
  • Wolf Moon – Charles de Lint again. One of his older titles I’ve not read before, but now brought back into print. I’ve not read it yet, but I’m looking forward to it.
  • The Big Over Easy and The Fourth Bear – Jasper Fforde this time. I loved his previous books, so picked these up when I saw them on special offer at the airport without hesitation. So far they’re living up to my expectations – clever plots, fooling around with literary characters, and a truckload of puns.
  • Excession – Not read yet, but picked up to go with the special offer for the previous two. I’m looking forward to it though as I usually enjoy Iain M. Banks, often thought-provoking and darker than my usual fare.

    • Of course, although I’ve not been renting DVDs recently (too many books to read!), I had to go to the cinema while I was back in England to see Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. The BBC haven’t been too complimentary about it, but I LOVED it. The special effects were fantastic, the cast great (Johnny Depp!!!!) and the set pieces were entertaining (mexican stand-off with swords anyone?). It is a set up for the third film though, so don’t expect any resolution of the plot lines…

    For a blog attached to a beading website, this shows remarkably little evidence of beading. Part of this is because I’ve not been doing much, there have been a few busy periods at work, and a lot of my spare time has gone into launching the redesign of this site. Nope, I’ve not done the design or the coding (that would be Glynn Williams), my job description boils down to sorting out content and hassling people. I have been able to get on with some beading more recently, as I’ve been commissioned to do a couple of pieces for a book, but I’ll post pictures of those AFTER the book’s been published (which considering how far we’re all running behind could be a while yet ;-))

    Posted: July 11th, 2006 under Beading, General.
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