Sunday 18 December 2016

Books On The Tiled Table #1

Our Christmas shopping is always simple. We gift each other books. We usually go to the local bookshop together, and choose for each other. We browse, discuss, eliminate, browse some more, till we have two books each. I usually have my books chosen (quietly in my head) well before we hit the shop, and am incredibly skilled at guiding D and Chotto-ma into picking those two very books for me. (It's a special power.)

So here's our Christmas reading-loot this year, picked up from here and there.

On the left is Chotto-ma's:
Unnatural Creatures - Stories selected by Neil Gaiman
The Diary of a Space Traveller & Other Stories by Satyajit Ray (we had to order this online)

The middle is mine:
A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

And the last is D's (and what is his is mine, ha!):
Known and Strange Things by Teju Cole
The Road to San Giovanni by Italo Calvino



Many of you who read the blog have asked me for book recommendations, so I thought I'd start 'Books On The Tiled Table', where I share what I'm reading. If you follow my Instagram, you'll know #onthetiledtable well. (Like a friend said, my table is a celebrity.) It's where everything, from a book to a cup of coffee, gets put down. So this is No. 1 of those posts. #booksonthetiledtable

I wish you all a very happy Christmas! Have a wonderful holiday with family and friends, with good food and much laughter, and books and warm blankets and mugs of hot chocolate. I'll see you back in a shiny new year. Till then, love and hugs!


10 comments:

  1. Lovely. And I love your book choices. Can't wait to see what else shows up on the tiled table.

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    1. Thanks, Erin! I'm looking forward to spending a quiet holiday with these :)

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  2. Wonderful gift giving tradition. :)

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    1. Keeps things simple. Happy holidays, Denise! :)

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  3. Love the book post idea - and that table, whatever is on it! (And Calvino is, of course, a perfect choice with an upcoming holiday in Tuscany.)

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    1. I think you'd like this book, Katja. Try it!

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  4. I love the book post idea! I have always been among those of your readers who ask you for book recos and reviews. :)

    None of these books are familiar to me. I am putting A Manual For Cleaning Women on my TBR list. Very interesting!

    Happy new year to you and yours!

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    1. A very happy new year to you and your family! I hope your year has started off well :)

      Lucia Berlin's short stories never fail, so it's a great one to put on your list!

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  5. What a lovely tradition. I hate the algorithm thing on Instagram which means I hardly ever see any of your posts. Will have to just pop over more regularly. Love the sound of #onthetiledtable! Happy 2017 to you and yours. Looking forward to catching up! :)

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    1. If I haven't wished you already, Happy New Year to you and your family, Emma! I know it's new in many ways for you all this year, and I hope it will go wonderfully well. Look forward to seeing you soon! xx

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