new Book galore - Not for under 18

I've been buying books more often than I should, but I can honestly say that I'm much more money conscious.
if I pay close attention to my expenditures I can actually get more out of my money rather than making loads of impulse buys.
this makes me happy, because I love me some books!

*Deviant Desires - book fair/ HR Giger - book fair/ The Art of Taxidermy - Birthday present from my Skav*

 

although I mainly buy books exclusively to read, I have recently broad my search options to these type of imagery books, but they tend to be a bit more pricey due to the type of paper required for the images.

fortunately my saving tactics have allowed me to acquire books of this sort.

there's a really big one about Dalí that I have my eye on... 

soon.

here are some images of HR Giger:

*these are actually sketches and prototypes for the movie "Kondom des Grauens" I recommend watching this awfully good horror comedy*

this book is chock-full of paintings, sketches, and even photos of his bar.

too bad it doesn't have a drawing I replicated when I was in high school in Arts.

next we have The Art of Taxidermy:

*I want a cabinet just like that!*

 

 *contemporary taxidermy art*

*more contemporary taxidermy art*

*photo from the 50's of a class of taxidermy bunnies*

*even more taxidermy contemporary art*

next we have Deviant Desires:

this is the pony play fetish, I just became *in love* with this fetish, because you have so many little props you can use in order to find your inner Equus!

*I am so in love with these shoes*

I think the whole ambiance surrounding these girls and boys that are an inter-breed between man and horse are just magical and beautiful.

and this is the Crush fetish.

this is the federism fetish.

I find this fetish one of the cutest;

the Furry fetish.

I find interesting that a person can look beyond the one dimension where cartoons live and see them in adult situations, even having all kinds of different sexual events.

everything on this planet has sex in order to continue it's species; hell even my cute guinea pigs had loads of cute fluffy sex in order to have their little babies (see older post for Davey Jones family picture).

so why can't these cartoons have the same?

my Skav is an artist that will make your furry dreams came true on paper.

he draws your every want if you commission it, he even made my own furry! (see older posts).

now, for something completely different and yet very close to my heart;

cookery books!

*1000 Sabore do Mundo - book fair/ DK Sushi - Fnac/ DK Chinese Classic Cuisine - Fnac*

 

I guess that by now, if you've been reading my blog for a while you have already noticed that I'm a sucker for all things food.

my Skav even says that I'm a certified Foodie.

buying cookery books is one of the most pleasurable things for me, because it's such an interactive purchase.

I earn to do things with my hands, and I can honestly say that cooking for me is very therapeutic.

every time I feel a bit under the weather, unnerved, mentally exhausted or just plain bored, all I have to do is grab a wooden spoon and a pot, and my mind just floats into bliss.

this is the DK Sushi, it's part of a collection I would love to complete.

thank to this pretty I can now to gorgeous looking sushi and sashimi.

the bad news is that it's very time consuming for someone who isn't a 57 year old japanese man with his own sushi bar.

meaning; practice makes perfect!

and this is the DK Chinese Classic Cuisine (also part of the collection):

*the first recipe of this book I made: Sweet & Sour pork*

for a bit of light reading I got these cute books:

*The Brothers Grimm - Complete Fairy Tales - Christmas present from my Skav/ Mulheres do Outro Mundo - Fnac/ The Political History of the Devil - book fair*

I'm a huge fan of the Grimm tales, they were such a big part of my childhood without me even knowing.
my grandmother had these really old books from when she was a child, with many drawings and little writing, that I would read compulsively.
many years later I used the awesome powers of the interwebs to try and find out the stories I once loved dearly:
"how was it again...? a donkey that spat out golden coins... a man saying he killed 7 in one blow..."

they were Grimm's Stories.

the one with the mermaid on the cover is from a scholar of my university and it's a collection as well, he basically studies and analyses the old fairy tales in order to discover stuff about ourselves as individuals, collective fears and our cultural beliefs.

and finally, the Devil.
I haven't yet started on that one, because I'm currently reading 4 books at the same time, and a recent purchase in Spanish has taken up the last slot.
I'll make a post about that later on, with some very scholarly news!

ah, books.
how I love them.

p.s - all the books are presented in their original names (I much prefer to read them in their original language when possible) for your searching pleasure!

xoxo