Books for Lunch

An idea of what my faux 

fireplace looked like.

If you know me- you know I'm a book junky. I mostly love to browse through coffee table and art books for inspiration but will also throw in a few randoms. If I'm having a slow day at work or need an idea for a new project, I'll bring my sketchbook and scour the bookstore for something to spark an idea. My cousin who loves food always asks me what I ate for lunch. I often find myself telling her that I went to Hennessy and Ingalls, my favorite bookstore in Santa Monica, for a long lunch. We have a running joke that I 'eat books' for lunch.

I also love textbooks and history books. Most of my college friends used to buy their books for show and then sell them after the semester was over. I on the other hand would read them cover to cover and then add them to the decorative pile in my faux fireplace.

                  

Read this if you like to laugh. It's 

about a writer and daughter of an 

ad exec growing up in New York.

The stack of spines on my floor currently reads something like this; Ancient Greek Art History, World Art, My Prescription for Antidepressive Living by Jonathon Adler, The History of Photography, The History of the Vietnam War, 1776, Hue by Kelly Wearstler, Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, Asian Art History, The Kennedy Curse, and most recently Sometimes I Feel Like a Nut.