This summer I started quite a few books, I did not finish all of them, the once I enjoyed most are listed here:
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
A mysterious adventure novel with parallel plots set in modern and medieval France. If you enjoyed The Da Vinci Code chances are you like this novel too.
I actually enjoyed the book so much that I went to France and visited Carcassonne.
Eat Pay Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Another book another journey… tasty read, and the film is nice too, especially the Pizza in Napels scene. The book is much deeper than the film however and if you liked the subject of the film I strongly recommend the book as well.
The Winter Vault by Anne Michaels
A beautifully written book about love and loss.
When I am not designing I also like to read and was happy to stumble upon what is called a “Blog-Parade” asking readers to send in a list of their 10 present or all-time favourite books.
So here is mine, a mixture of German, English and French literature:
- Stieg Larsson: “Millenium”
- Jhumpa Lahiri: “The Namesake”
- Margaret Atwood: “The Handmaids Tale”
- Ann-Marie MacDonald: “Fall On Your Knees”
- Philippa Gregory: “The Other Boleyn Girl” (the book is much better than the film)
- Stefan Zweig: “Nirgendwo in Afrika”
- Rohinton Mistry: “A Fine Balance”
- Barbara Wood: “Rote Sonne, Schwarzes Land”
- Barbara Kingsolver: “The Poisonwood Bible”
- Diana Gabaldon: “Outlander” (the whole series)
The list could go on…
While this Blog parade was in German it would be nice to hear what people around here like to read. So feel free to to comment and spell out the list of your best reads. : )
Recently I stumbled upon “Bulletproof Web Design” by Dan Cederholm. Attracted by the title I set out to discover the holy grail. As I am already used to working with the standard compliant table-less, Css approach (whenever possible) I did not really need any further convincing but liked how Dan explained the float theory and the approach towards IE hacks. Great book, read it!
The second book I found interesting is “Dom Scripting” by Jeremy Keith. A nice refresher in JavaScript and how to use code in a clean, nicely degrading way. I hope this approach becomes mandatory in web design classes.
