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Fifer. Art history student. Students are not customers. Post-undergrad, pre-postgrad.
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Day 9
Cover of the book The Crimson Petal and the White, by Michel Faber. The image used for the cover is a reproduction of an oil painting which shows a variety of different fabric types and colours. A small table on the bottom left is covered by a dark gold coloured cloth, a piece of fruit sits on top of the tablecloth. Voluminous crimson red drapes are hung up as a back drop, and a large couch or perhaps a bed takes up the bottom right of the cover; the bed is also covered with gold cloth, and a yellow coloured piece of fabric also appears, having been placed on the couch/bed thing. The overall impression given by the cover painting is one of luxurious excess and dedication to comfort, with perhaps a hint of seediness. The viewer is unsure exactly what lies underneath the fabrics, or where the person whose piece of fruit it is, is in relation to the painting we can see. The text on the book cover is in gold and white type, mostly in all caps. At the top of the page, THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER appears in gold, the name MICHEL FABER appears in white underneath that, the title of the book, THE CRIMSON PETAL AND THE WHITE appears in gold type in the middle of the cover. There is text at the bottom of the cover, the logo of the publisher which is a capital letter C, plus the text THE CANONS, which I have learned is a series of books published by the Edinburgh-based publisher Cannongate.
November 18, 2024 at 7:11 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Day 8
Cover of the Penguin Classics version of Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert. The cover is a cropped close-up of a woman's face and arms, from the oil painting Lady in Blue by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1874. A white woman in a blue, sleeveless dress. She partially has her back to the viewer, with her head turned to her right, gazing on something which is out of our range of vision. Her right arm is bent at the elbow, which is resting against a burgundy coloured cushion. Her brown hair is styled up on the top of her head, and she is wearing a thin black headband. She appears to be wearing dark, dangling earrings but the painting is in such loose, impressionist style brush strokes that it is difficult to make it out. The bottom half of the cover is a solid black band of colour, with the authors name and the title of the book in orange and white text.
November 10, 2024 at 11:35 AM
washingherhands.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Day 7
Cover of the book A Grief Observed, by C.S. Lewis. The background of the cover is light purple, with a drawing of a lily in a darker shade of purple. The text with the author name a book title is in white.
November 6, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Day 6
Cover of the book Down the Drain by Julia Fox. The cover shows a photograph of Julia Fox at the centre, the photograph is taken from a high angle looking down on Julia, who is stairing back at the viewer. She is surrounded by what appears to be aluminium foil which has been styled to appear like a drain, referencing the title of the book. The author's name and the book title are written in white text in a font that resembles handwriting.
October 26, 2024 at 8:27 PM
washingherhands.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Day 5
Cover of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, the Penguin Classics edition. The main image on the cover is a reproduction of a painting of a young white woman with rosy cheeks and dark brown hair; her gaze is downwards and to the left, and she has her long hair in a ponytail which is brought forwards over her right shoulder as she ties her hair into a plait. We see the top of what appears to be her dress, which is formal and has blue and red stripes, with a white lace collar and sleeves. The bottom third of the cover is taken up with bands of white and black; the white band has the text Penguin Classics in red, and the black band has the author and book titles in white print.
October 23, 2024 at 6:33 PM
washingherhands.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Day 4
Cover of the biography There is Nothing For You Here by Fiona Hill The cover image is a colour photograph of a shop front. The shop has a USA flag hung in the doors window; at either side of the door there are bay windows with blinds and curtains. The blinds look old and in very bad condition, the paint on the wooden door and windows is peeling. The shop appears to have been abandoned some time ago. A small area of graffiti is on the door which adds to the overall impression that nobody is taking care of this building.
October 21, 2024 at 2:09 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Day 3
Cover of Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy The background image is the posthumous portrait in tempera by Sandro Botticelli, 1495. Dante is facing left and wearing red clothing, consisting of a red cap with a white bonnet underneath, and a red cape. Botticelli has depicted Dante with a laurel wreath on his head, sitting on top of the red cap.
October 19, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Day 2
Cover of The Leopard, by Tomaso Di Lampedusa The background is red and the text is white, there is a drawing of what appears to be a serval wildcat standing on its hind legs, eyes fixed on the viewer; the serval is coloured gold, dark green, and white
October 18, 2024 at 10:13 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Day 1
Cover of Diane Reay's book, Miseducation: Inequality, education & the working classes The cover of the book has a solid orange background with the authors name and title in white and black text
October 17, 2024 at 5:59 PM