The Reading Chair

I covet this chair and wish I could plant one in my library!

The Reading Chair is now at Steynberg Gallery at 1531 Monterey. If you live in San Luis Obispo, do drop by -- you're welcome to sit and read. And take a picture: There's a disposable camera in the ottoman :)

Designed by Chris Allen for the Reading in Public project in San Luis Obispo, California.

Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
With Eyes Like Stars Lisa Mantchev opens the door to the Theatre Illuninata where all the characters of literature live, just waiting to act their parts. Amid the dramatis personae lives Beatrice Shakespere Smith, an orphan who has grown up in the theatre. Prone to getting into mischief with the help of Moth, Peaseblossom, and other Midsummer Night's Dream faeries, Beatrice must prove her worth and find her role in the theatre or face being expelled out into the wider real world. I appreciate authors who create a world that is so appealing I hate to disengage my imagination and put the book aside; I am already craving the sequel. (reviewed from the ARC)


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Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer by Laini Taylor

My Review

rating: 5 of 5 stars
Young Magpie Windwitch, faerie granddaughter of the West Wind, is curious, brave, adventurous, and a talented Devil-hunter, but doesn't know of all the magical blessings bestowed on her at birth. When a mysterious darkness threatens the faerie realm of Dreamdark, Magpie must find the resources to capture the Blackbringer before it destroys her world.

Taylor has so carefully wrought her Dreamdark realm that this series promises to become a favorite of fantasy devotees.

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from Shelf Awareness - Friday April 24, 2009

The first three inductees to the Indies Choice Book Awards Picture Book Hall of Fame have been voted in by members of the American Booksellers Association. According to Bookselling this Week, the 2009 inductees are:
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (HarperCollins)
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (Viking Juvenile)
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Children)
"ABA members have fittingly chosen two perennial favorites and a modern classic as the first inductees to the Indies Choice Book Awards Picture Book Hall of Fame, created to bring well-deserved attention to the wonderful backlist titles handsold at independent bookstores from coast to coast," said ABA CEO Avin Mark Domnitz. "These three titles, which have made frequent appearances on Indie Bestsellers lists over the years, are a terrific beginning for a new annual tradition."