Monday, October 22, 2012

Be The Worst You Can Be

Last week, I stopped in a little bookstore in Shoreditch called Artwords Bookshop and though it was small, I could have stayed there for years days hours.  As many of you know, there is nothing that brings me more joy than a good bookstore and the well-curated selection of art, design, and fashion books (amongst other topics) at Artwords, not to mention their massive selection of not-so-mainstream magazines, made me want to turn cartwheels of joy.  Instead, I browsed.


While there, I bought Be The Worst You Can Be by Charles Saatchi, which was terrifically flippant and deliciously irreverent.  


The book is comprised of questions from journalists and inquisitive fans to the infamously private art collector and ad man, Charles Saatchi.  His answers are intriguing and wildly entertaining and through them it's all too clear that Saatchi is an eccentric and intelligent man with a sharp wit and vast interests, regardless of what he says otherwise.  The book is light, fun, insightful, and pretty to look at; I really love it, and I think a lot of you will, too.

What are you reading these days, dear reader?  I'd like to get lost in a novel soon.  Something really good, thought provoking and truthful.  Any recommendations? 
  

2 comments:

  1. Now that you're living over in Great Britain, I only think it's appropriate that you curl up and read "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield. You won't regret this one....twists and turns, British bookstores and novelists.....well worth the read....

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    1. I will certainly look into it, dear Anonymous. Thank you for the recommendation!

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