i ♥ books! part I

i thought i should blog... i've been neglecting my blog and i feel that's rather heartless of me... anyway... i felt i HAD to blog... cos i have some much to share... yes yes.. the new books i have been... 'collecting' (erm... buying and spending money on... yeah yeah yeah... SHOPPING that's the word that i am trying to avoid)..
anyway... books are my weakness... i can't deny that... especially autobiography of individuals who... (for goodness' sake!) are dead! honestly, wh would ANYONE wanna read an autobiography of a person who is still alive, who could possibly alter what or how he or she wants the readers to perceive... true as well that it may also apply to someone, who is already dead, and the author could alter the facts and account... but... i just personally feel, there is so much more value in reading about a dead person than a person who is alive and kickin!
anyway... back to my list of books...
will start with the ones tat i bought from UK and Singapore... over the past year, and next post, i will share my new gem... yes yes... a gem indeed!!!!
so...
i got this 2 books from Royal Opera House Shop. which i readily spent 200pounds in the shop on books, program books, posters and dvds... it was so heavy lugging them around central london... got them during my very brief 3 days in London for a Dance education conference...
i am loving Jann Parry's A Different Drummer. wish i could see her one day to have the book autographed! it is an easy read, and a very humble insight to the genius mind of Kenneth Macmillan... I am halfway through...

Weird as I possibly am, i am intrigued with the scandals and gossips of historical figures... well... i am a dance history teacher, and i do have a thing for historical icons... and apart from studying these icons' involvement in history itself, i can't help it but to research on their social life. furthermore, i am an anatomy teacher too... good to know how the body evolved and blah blah blah.. enough said... i skimmed through bits of it... its really interesting on how Man perceive Man as a form of attraction magnet... and that.. it is considered a disgrace if Man do not surrender himself to vanity... and... there is a reason why the GYM is created, and it was purely for Man to 'beautify' themselves, and that they would have to do it... naked! hahahahaha so interesting! definitely learnt a lot there...

this is a fresh book... fresh because i just bought it about 2 hours ago... i started to read it and really like it... there were mention of Vaslav Nijinsky and Diaghilev (Both are big names of the Ballets Russes [1909-1929]). Well, let's face it.. i have an undying passion for Nijinsky, for his vision and his vanity and beauty.
apart from just that... the title speaks for itself... Igor Stravinsky and Coco Chanel. I understand that it is a novel, hence it may not be true, but, it is good to read the tale this author spins... it is rather lovely, i have to say, the description he paints in his words, does transport one to the glamourous 1910s-1920s!

Audrey Niffenegger had a new book in 2009. It will be my holiday read... which holiday, i have no idea.. but i will come to it... i bought it first, as there were some good deals at the book store...

i missed the film of Revolutionary Road. however i am always the fan of the book rather than the film. i never believe that film would do the book justice... honestly.... bought these books and will touch them soon...

this was one book that i wish i have, and i will only want it if it is autographed... and it must be fate! i had 2 friends holidaying in Melbourne in the recent December holidays. and i begged one of them to get this book.. and have it autographed. and he did!! Whoo Hoo!!! thank you thank you, and you know who you are!!!! Another girlfriend of mine, thought that i would like this book, and bought it for me for xmas, not knowing that i have made arrangement with my friend in Melbourne.. heehee.. and yes.. now i own two of them!!! and i ain't complaining!!!