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Showing posts with label BOOKS. Show all posts

Shabby Chic Inspiration


Are you a book addicted?
Are you a shabby girl?
Rachel Ashwell is your muse?
Then you already have on your bookshelf
this wonderful new book from Ryland Peters
Siete appassionate di libri?
Siete una ragazza shabby?
Rachel Ashwell è la vostra musa?
Allora questo libro è già nella vostra libreria
edito da Ryland Peters




This is Rachel Ashwell's latest fatigue
A feast for eyes
190 pages
A tour of 12 houses
All with a veritable shabby mood
Explore Rachel's beach house and her ranch in Texas prairie.
La nuova fatica della Ashwell
Una festa per gli occhi
190 pagine
Un tour di 12 case
tutte in atmosfera shabby 
Esplorate la casa sull'oceano della Ashwell e
il suo ranch nella prateria texana.










Rent a cottage at
All furnished and decorated from
Prenotate uno dei cottage al
The Prairie
interamente arredati e decorati dagli store
Shabby Chic Couture











ALL PICS FROM THE WEB




New books on the way




I'm a bit in stand by with my readings.
I do not read a book  since I closed the last page of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
Do you remember?

Now, I really need to read something relaxing, romantic and funny. Any suggestion?
I am very affectionate to some English writers, I'm truly addicted to their books. I even don't wait for translation in Italian, since it takes months to have their books in my country and I really can't wait. So I usually go to amazon and after a few days I have my books in my hands. Delightful sensation!!!

So, I happened to know that two of these favourite writers are almost ready with their latest work.
Can you imagine I'm counting the days to these books' release....



KATIE FFORDE
A perfect proposal







Sophie Apperly's family has never taken her seriously. Fiercely academic, they see her more practical skills as frivolous whilst constantly taking advantage of her. So when her best friend Milly invites her over to New York, she jumps at the chance. It'll do her ungrateful family good to do without her for a while. What s more, she's on a quest America holds the key to solving her family's financial woes, even if they don't deserve her help.



From the moment Sophie hits the bright lights of Manhattan she's determined to enjoy every minute of her big adventure. So when an evening at an art gallery throws her into the path of Matilda, a spirited old lady who invites her to Connecticut for Thanksgiving, Sophie willingly accepts, much to the dismay of Matilda's grandson Luke. Undeniably attractive but infuriatingly arrogant, he is very protective of his grandmother and seems to doubt Sophie's motives for befriending her. No match for the formidable Matilda, he eventually admits defeat, but first he has a proposal to make. He'll help Sophie in her quest to save her family from financial ruin if she repays the favour. But just what does she have to do in return...?



I love Katie Fforde's books. They're so romantic and positive. Her heroines are strong and funny and they always find love and the job of their dreams. It sounds so easy....but it's nice to dream for a few hours and forget the rest. It takes no more than two or three days to read her books, I devour them.

{Release date: 10 June 2010}


But this is the real book I was waiting for:




SOPHIE KINSELLA
Mini Shopaholic





Aren't you a big fan of Sophie Kinsella? I am....I have all her books, I read them twice or more. They work better than 'happiness pill'. Reading her books is a moment of pure joy for me.
I like the great and heavy readings, the best sellers, the books everyone talk about, the serious ones, the storic ones. When I was 14 I used to read Shakespeare. Now, I need to laugh and dream a little bit. I'm getting old I know, and having a sort of regression.....Funny uh?

I really can't wait to read this very one. Becky Bloomwood and her daughter Minnie going for shopping.
How much fun this must be!!

{Release date: 2 sept 2010}


And you, what are you reading at the moment?
Which is the book of your life, the one you read every year?


{Book Review} Romantic Prairie Style



I've been waiting for this book
and finally arrived!
Stavo aspettando questo libro
e finalmente è arrivato!

ROMANTIC PRAIRIE STYLE






Romantic Prairie Style explores the pleasure
of living simply and in touch with nature
All homes featured are ancient buildings
either ranches, cottages, farmhouses
all immersed in American prairies
Romantic Priairie Style esplora il piacere
di vivere semplicemente e a contatto con la natura
Antichi edifici
siano ranch, cottage o farmhouse
tutti immersi nelle praterie americane







157 pages filled with wonderful pictures taken by Mark Lohman
3 main chapters dealing with
157 pagine di magnifiche foto scattate da Mark Lohman
3 capitoli principali che trattano di

Traditional Prairie
Romantic Prairie
Vintage Prairie




Foreword by Christina Strutt
-Cabbages and Roses-
and texts written by Fifi O'Neill
authentic prairie lady
born in France and now living in the States
Introduzione di Christina Strutt
-Cabbages and Roses-
e testi scritti da Fifi O'Neill
un'autentica ragazza di campagna
nata in Francia e ora residente negli Stati Uniti



The book is really inspirational for anyone who
aims to a rustic way of living
Full of ideas for decorating simply yet welcoming
without wasting of elegance and charme
Il libro è una fonte di ispirazione per chiunque
aspiri a un modo di vivere rustico
Ricco di spunti per decorare in modo semplice ma accogliente
senza sacrificare l'eleganza e lo charme




 Romantic Prairie Style by Fifi O’Neill, photography by Mark Lohman, published by CICO Books


When a book meets reality

Sometimes, I read a book and this book becomes a sort of obsession.
His characters live in my reality and I keep thinking of them even after I closed
the very last page.

I like when it happens

Somehow, that book changes something in me.

Has it ever occurred to you?
One of these books that I love
 in every page, in every sentence, in every word is

I dreamt a lot over its pages.
It's a book about books, war, friendship.
And of course, it's a book about love.
A tender love story, but also
love for the human being.
A celebration to life.

It's moving, funny, romantic, witty.
Once you've started reading it, you cannot put it down.

I love when it happens



As I told you, some books become a part of me and they push me to do some
unreasonable things.
I cannot explain. You can understand if it happens to you as well.
Anyway, that's the reason why I decided that next August
I will step on board and will sail from Normandy towards
Guernsey Island....

Guernsey is an island of the English Channel, but
it's just an hour far from the Normandy coast.


I just can imagine all the stunning landscape that will open before my eyes.

I know that I won't meet Juliet, Dawsey, Amelia or Isola
and all the other unforgettable characters
but I'm far too curious about the places I've been dreaming about for so long.

Do you want to know a bit about the story?
Just a bit, because if you haven't read the book I suggest you to do.

Juliet is a 33 years old writer, lives in London  and it's 1946.
London is destroyed by the just finished WW
and Juliet is looking for inspiration for her new book.
But it's not easy to forget the war and be able to feel a human being again.



Juliet is wooed by an important American editor, Mark Reinolds.
They spend some time together, dancing for the most of times



With him, Juliet finds the way to smile again and feel a bit light-hearted.
Mark is a self-confident man, rich, handsome, has many projects for
Juliet, and she's flattered by his attention. Like any woman would.

But one day Juliet receives a letter from Guernsey, written by
Dawsey Adams, a young man who found one of Juliet's books of Charles Lamb.
They start writing each others and soon she receives letters
from each member of the so called
Potato Peel Pie Society.


 

Juliet gets more interested about the story of how this group founded
a literary society in a remote island during the war.

She becomes friends with many of them, they all tell her their
personal stories and soon she becomes a resident of the island
although she doesn't get aware of that until
she decides to take a boat and leave for Guernsey.

Here, she settles in a cottage by the sea



What she discovers about one of these members, how she decides to become a mother
and what will be the subject of her new book, well
you have to discover yourself...

I'm sure you're asking yourself about Dawsey Adams, are you??
Well,  he's a bit shy, very different from Mark.
Who will Juliet fall in love with between the two?




{Photos: #1 from web,# 2 visit guernsey, #3 web, #4 from the movie The edge of love,
#5,6,7 from the movie Atonement}

II

Books Fever



I could renounce to shop
clothes
shoes
make up
griffed bags
But I really can't stop buying books
Discovering new books makes me happy like a child
I want to share with you my wish list
Posso rinunciare a fare shopping di
vestiti
scarpe
make up
borse firmate
Ma davvero non posso trattenermi dal comprare
libri
Scoprirne di nuovi mi rende felice come una bambina
Voglio condividere con voi la mia wish list




















These are my long wanted books
Of course there are more
Do you have any of these?
Any suggestion for my wish list?
Questi sono quelli che voglio di più
Ma ce ne sono altri naturalmente
E voi ne avete qualcuno di questi?
Qualche suggerimento da aggiungere alla lista?




{Wish List} Farrow and Ball living with colour




This morning I got lost in the
magic land of Amazon
It's very hard to look at those wonderful books
and not click on
"Add to basket"
I have a long wish list and today
grew of one more book
Stamattina mi sono persa
nel magico mondo di Amazon
E' davvero difficile guardare tutti quei libri e non cliccare su
"Aggiungi al carrello"
Ho una lunga lista dei desideri e stamattina è cresciuta
di un altro libro




I saw the first on line pages and I'm totally in love with it!
Just look at those pics and you can understand why
You know I'm trying to make of decoration and interior design
a profession
so this book is a must have for me and for those who already
work in the field
I will order it in my next shopping fever!!
Ho sfogliato le prime pagine on line e sono letteralmente rapita!
Basta guardare alle immagini qui sotto per capire perchè
Sapete che sto cercando di trasformare l'amore per l'interior design
in una professione
quindi questo libro mi servirà tantissimo e servirà
a chi già lavora nel settore
Io lo ordinerò nel mio prossimo attacco di shopping!!









{images by google}



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