Beautifully Illustrated Book Covers

I recently ran across these beautiful book covers on Steven Andrew's blog and had to share.

The artist is a British-based illustrator with work published in every continent except Antarctica. You can check out more of Owen Davey's work here on his blog. Aren't they awesome?

I am getting excited for Saturday's book club. Check back soon for our meeting notes and videos. And if you haven't read Delirium, there's still time!

Gimme Mohr, gimme gimme Mohr

So you know how the club has recently been completely obsessed with San Franciso writer Joshua Mohr?  Well, get ready to be jealous of me, bitches, cause I totally met the dude.  Yep, it's true.  I still don't quite know how it happened, but my amazing boyfriend somehow pulled off a surprise meet up at a coffee shop for a chat and signed copy of Damascus.  In typical nerd fashion, I was so overwhelmed/excited that I turned red and shy.  I wish I would have asked a million more questions, because he was so approachable.  He did give some really interesting insight into parts of both his previous books.  So now I feel like I'm part of the in crowd.  I didn't get a picture with him, cause that's not playing it cool (although there is a picture of me and Beester with Tom Robbins somewhere).  Kind of regretting that now, because he is quite the attractive guy.

Do yourself a favor and grab a copy, cause I won't lend this one out.

• I know! Can you believe it?  Sigh.  

And the next book is...

I know. You've been dying to hear what we're reading next. Melisa announces it in the short video below. Check it out.

Too lazy to watch a 30 second Youtube video (Christina)? Fine. The next pick is Joshua Mohr's Termite Parade. I'll link a New York Times review here for interested parties. If the book is bad, blame Melisa. Just kidding. But seriously, read with us! We absolutely love the fact that we've got some virtual book-clubbers. It's made this whole thing even more fun (if that's even possible).

This cover kind of sicks me out. What do you think of it?
Grab a copy at the local library and get to reading. Due date = September 17th. I'm already excited.

Bookworms unite!

Literary Tattoos

I bought this book a couple of months ago, about a week or two before getting my tattoo.  I had seen it somewhere on the web, and despite my opinion that it looked sort of like a wanna-be hipster book they'd sell at Urban Outfitters, I purchased it because I figured, "I'm literary. And I am getting a tattoo."  It's definitely a cool idea and was fun enough to flip through, but I wouldn't recommend spending money on it. My disappointment stemmed from the fact that most of the included tattoos were quotes (script tattoos) rather than images like book covers, author portraits, or symbols that represent texts. This is just a personal preference, but I prefer visually interesting tattoos.

Both of my favorites came from Shel Silverstein books. I liked them because they are nostalgic, because they are cool illustrations, and because I simply love Shel Silverstein.

My favorite script tattoo was the following quote from Perks of Being a Wallflower, written in typewriter script, "I feel infinite."  I love it because I love that book, the quote is important in the novel, and the typewriter is also a significant symbol in the book. I also liked this one (see below) because the script isn't boring; it actually creates a cool design.

Anyhow, I thought the book was a cool idea. It's neat to read the captions and to see how literature has impacted people's lives. If you were to get a literary tattoo, what would you get?
And here's a website dedicated to this subject, in case you are interested.