Reading & Reviews

What I'm reading right now

On the bedside table:

• Circle of Simplicity, by Ceclie Andrews
  Every couple of years I pick up a book on intentional simplicity. This is a good one.
• How to Breathe Underwater (stories), by Julie Orringer
  A book group selection, and I'm really enjoying it. Good summer reading because the stories are short, but not too light.
• Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, Amy Krouse Rosenthal
  This book is really funny. I've been reading it just in short bursts.
• The Four Spirits, Sena Jeter Naslund
  I loved her book Ahab's Wife, but this once isn't catching me up in quite the same way. It is very good, but not as good as Ahab's Wife.
• A stack of magazines: Cloth Paper Scissors, Quilting Arts, Creating Keepsakes, Interweave Knits, Smithsonian.

In the studio:

• The Artist's Quest for Inspiration, by Peggy Hadden
• 1000 Symbols: What shapes mean in art & myth, by Rowena & Rupert Shepherd
• The Blank Canvas: Inviting the Muse, by anna Held Audette
  I bought this book a while back, started it and put it away. Tried again recently and now it is hitting home. I highly recommend it.
• Artist's Journals and Sketchbooks, by Lynne Perella
  This book is totally inspiring.