Sunday, November 9, 2008

I Wear Books on My Head Like a Hat

I would actually walk around with books balanced on my head when I was in grade school, because I read in an etiquette book that it would give me good posture (and thus, make me more attractive somehow...) Was that strange? Yes. Do I have good posture? Yes I do, as a matter of fact! And it is all thanks to books! If I still felt the need to wear books on my head [or if I simply wanted a fabulous-looking bookcase], I would choose a statement-making volume with a bit of vintage flair, like one of these perfectly-patterned special edition classics by Penguin and Virago: