tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post3732571633912665424..comments2023-11-09T03:33:41.728-05:00Comments on Jenny and Kelly Read Books: Kelly's TBP List [2014 edition]kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07832228313612518377noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post-24987246810594500402014-01-02T22:53:50.933-05:002014-01-02T22:53:50.933-05:00I think the thing to do is aggressively "sale...I think the thing to do is aggressively "sale" shop for Art books. They make a big splash, but then get discounted. <br /><br />Speaking of arty books---I'm thinking of getting one of each of these in the letters that make up our last name and making decorative with the books. I also got the J, because duh, James Joyce. <br /><br />http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/classics/penguindropcaps.htmlJennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205737257301534685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post-24625520396408636992014-01-02T20:09:33.714-05:002014-01-02T20:09:33.714-05:00Funny side note: Just realized that Audrey appears...Funny side note: Just realized that Audrey appears on two of these books (the one about her, as well as <i>100 Years of Fashion</i>. It's going to be a very Hepburn year! :)kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07832228313612518377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post-45611122114051169342014-01-02T20:06:26.588-05:002014-01-02T20:06:26.588-05:00As for the investment... this is basically the sam...As for the investment... this is basically the same stack I've been chipping away at since 2012. :) I've had most of these for *years* (<a href="http://jennyandkellyreadbooks.blogspot.com/2014/01/kellys-tbp-213-pictoplasma.html" rel="nofollow"><i>Pictoplasma</i></a>, that I *finally* finished writing up today has been on my shelf for at 8-9 years...) Sooo... I probably buy maybe... one a year? And many of these have been gifts (<i>Helvetica</i> was from you, <i>Audrey Hepburn</i> from my grandma.... and technically <i>Punk House</i> and <i>Art of Rock</i> belong to Bill -- I gave them to *him* as gifts! Heh. And... he gave me <i>100 Years of Fashion</i>, <i>Robert Bechtle</i> and the Plymouth book [which is actually a pretty slender volume].) <br /><br />All this to say... I'm not dropping thousands of dollars all over the place accumulating mass stores of coffee table books. :) <br /><br />You are RIGHT, though, that I need to put some of these puppies *on* the coffee table! We actually talked about this in the comments on last year on my <a href="http://jennyandkellyreadbooks.blogspot.com/2013/01/kellys-tbp-list-redux.html" rel="nofollow">2013 TBP post!</a> After that, I actually did start loading up the coffee table with other books (it's a good place for library books, especially) but haven't put many coffee table books on there... think I need to move some from the bookcases to the coffee table. I'll get on that directly. :)kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07832228313612518377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post-86404725614121394012014-01-02T19:40:02.599-05:002014-01-02T19:40:02.599-05:00You know, I'm just really envious of your art ...You know, I'm just really envious of your art books. I really don't have that many of them. Maybe because they are such an investment, maybe because we don't have a real coffee table. Books like that end up being mantle books. I was at a big vacation home once and there were coffee table books everywhere and it was *awesome*! It was so fun to just be able to sit there and preuse them. Maybe the trick is to actually put one out on your coffee table each month and then it will be right in front of you? If it's on the shelf, it's easy to forget, you know?Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205737257301534685noreply@blogger.com