Gems

I doubt I'm going to update this blog again (as much as I love it).

There's still a lot to look at, though!

• Compilation posts - collections of images based on a theme (more on those here)
• Movie posts
• Gems of the Week posts - collections featuring all of the wonderful things I found on the internet during the course of a week
• Book posts

• twitter 
• pinterest 
• instagram 
• tumblr 
• my vintage book shop
• my three illustration-centric tumblrs (Illustrated Ladies / Illustrated Gents / The Zoo Keeper)
• my two colorful tumblrs (Wear Color / Colorful Homes)
• and the things I write for work (at BuzzFeed)

So long.

Books, books, books.

For more book greatness - here's the October/November/December post, September's, August, May, June and July, April and February and March. Or! Just click here to browse through everything under the "books" tag.

Here are all the books that came out (or that I discovered) in January and February and March; things I want to read and add to my library...

Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois by Amy Novesky and Isabelle Arsenault.

A Beginner's Guide to Bear Spotting by Michelle Robinson and David Roberts.

Pax by Sara Pennypacker and Jon Klassen.

The Extincts by Veronica Cossanteli and Roman Muradov.

The Sandwich Thief by Andre Marois and Patrick Doyon.

Arcadian Nights: The Greek Myths Reimagined by John Spurling.

Achoo! by Virginie Morgand.

Blanche Hates the Night by Sibylle Delacroix.

The Big Adventure of a Little Line by Serge Bloch.

The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee.

That's My Hat by Anouck Boisrobert and Louis Rigaud.

Navel Gazing: True Tales of Bodies, Mostly Mine (but also my mom's, which I know sounds weird) by Michael Ian Black.

The Great Journey by Agathe Demois and Vincent Godeau.

Girl Through Glass by Sari Wilson.

Isabel Feeney, Star Reporter by Beth Fantaskey.

Jane Austen: An Illustrated Biography by Zena Alkayat and Nina Cosford.

If I Had a Gryphon by Vikki VanSickle and Cale Atkinson.

The Lost Time Accidents by John Wray.

All Year Round by Susan B. Katz and Eiko Ojala.

Happy Doodles For Fun & Relaxation by Flora Chang.

Tokyo Digs A Garden by Jon-Erik Lappano and Kellen Hatanaka.

When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons by Julie Fogliano and Julie Morstad.

Shape Shift by Joyce Hesselberth.

Robin Eisenberg.
Atelier Stella for West Elm.
Brigadoon.
Not gonna lie, I'm kind of into Michael Douglas in The China Syndrome.

MOVIES + TV + ACTORS + SUCH

Marvel firsts in Jessica Jones (and some more on the show here) / the Thanksgiving episodes of Bob's Burgers / "Real talk: Your friend shouldn't marry someone who won't watch Friday Night Lights. None of us should be marrying people who won't even give FNL a try." / Meet Your Second Wife is my favorite SNL sketch in years / the new age of celebrity stalkers / "to look bored while wearing neon paisley at a backyard barbecue is, somehow, delightfully sinister" / Grover > Elmo / binge-watching to get through hard times / Carter Burwell on some of his scores

ART & DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION THINGS

prints by Kate Miss

BOOKS / WRITING / THINGS OF THAT NATURE

on The Price of Salt and Carol (also: Frank Rich on Patricia Highsmith - "her own favorite animals were snails, which she smuggled through customs by hiding a half-dozen or so under each of her breasts")

ETC.

active shooter training / a wonderful interview with David Letterman (particularly the part about "not growing up" for his son's sake and making his son laugh) / "Everybody’s cool with women dating up, so long as the older person they’re dating is a man" / I'm actually not a big fan of bean boots, but I am a big fan of things that are handmade in Maine / The Case for Hamilton as Album of the Year (also - LOL) / Carly Rae Jepsen / Marnie / don't underestimate the pleasures of stuff / Hillary Clinton / LUSH's bath bomb factory / "Disney didn’t have to reimagine the princesses, it turned out. Girls had already done it themselves. The dolls had just never been marketed like that."

Books, books, books.

For more book greatness - here's the September post, August, May, June and July, April and February and March. Or! Just click here to browse through everything under the "books" tag.

Here are all the books that came out (or that I discovered) in October and November and December; things I want to read and add to my library...

Taste: The Infographic Book of Food by Laura Rowe, illustrated by Vicki Turner.

Picasso and Lump: Cake on a Plate by Nancy Lim, illustrated by Beatrice Alemagna.

Edward Gorey: His Book Cover Art and Design.

Airline Visual Identity 1945-1975 by M.C. Huhne.

Pablo & Jane and the Hot Air Contraption by Jose Domingo.

Charlie Piechart and the Case of the Missing Pizza Slice by Marilyn Sadler and Eric Comstock.

Picasso Sculpture by Luise Mahler and Virginie Perdrisot.

The Adventures of Miss Petitfour by Anne Michaels.

750 Years in Paris by Vincent Mahe.

Beloved Dog by Maira Kalman.

Disco: The Bill Bernstein Photographs.

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness.

Plotted: A Literary Atlas by Andrew DeGraff and Daniel Harmon.

The Tiger Who Would Be King by James Thurber, illustrated by JooHee Yoon.

Lily and Bear by Lisa Stubbs.

Now for the books I read and enjoyed during the last few months...

The Nest by Kenneth Oppel, illustrated by Jon Klassen.

Nature's Day: Discover the World of Wonder on Your Doorstep by Kay Maguire, illustrated by Danielle Kroll.

Jill & Dragon by Lesley Barnes - I couldn't wait for this to come out in the US, so I ordered it from the UK... but you should just preorder it now.

Flyaway by Lesley Barnes - Same deal as the last book: preorder it!

The Story of Diva and Flea by Mo Willems, illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi.

Diary of a Time Traveler by David Long, illustrated by Nicholas Stevenson.

Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot edited by Alison Castle.

Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoet - Just to be clear, this is not a children's book... it's probably one of the most disturbing books I own (in a great way).

The Little Gardener by Emily Hughes.

Words and Pictures by Quentin Blake.

Tales from Moominvalley by Tove Jansson - one of the only Moomin books I hadn't read yet ("The Fillyjonk Who Believed in Disasters" is one of the best depictions of anxiety that I've ever read).

Frida Kahlo by Isabel Sanchez Vegara, illustrated by Gee Fan Eng.

Coco Chanel by Isabel Sanchez Vegara, illustrated by Ana Albero.

Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake - Yes, it's very strange that I hadn't read this before. When I was at my parents' house for Christmas, I sat around reading a lot of children's chapter books. This was the first one in my to-read stack.

Eames: Beautiful Details by Eames Demetrios and Charles Eames.