A literary take on fashion part 26

If you’re new to this books into fashion series, you can catch up with the others HERE.

So I knew I hadn’t done one of these collages in a long time, but I didn’t realize how long it had been – until I saw a blog out there that basically stole the idea. I knew I had to ressurect it!

Because I have several book series going on here I’ll break it down again

Books into Fashion
Covers into Fashion
Best, Last, Longest reads

And here we go! My newest books into fashion is my latest read, it took me just about FOREVER to get through Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch

. I’d been reading it for several months now, because I was never able to finish it during the three week library checkout. Not only that, it took many, many, many pages in for me to even get hooked! There are SO many details – many necessary, other details you can just gloss over. It can be a very frustrating read at some points! But the good parts are really good. I made this collage just out of some of the details, there is no way to allude to all! From the Barbour jacket, because of the family that takes Theo in, the ring that brings Theo to Hobie, his terrible pill addiction, a puppy cup for Popper! An antique table, the Ozma book he leaves Pippa, to Kitsey’s pink coat, his mother’s emerald earrings, and a memento to the wild and crazy times in Vegas.

Prada jacket / Jennifer Meyer emerald earrings / Henri Bendel ring / Beats Pill Pretty Sweet from Beats by Dre / J.Crew Girls’ Beadnell jacket / Jonathan Adler Dog Mug / Ozma of Oz

As a San Francisco transplant, I knew sooner or later I would have to read Tales of the City

by Armistead Maupin. It was worth it. A very easy read that follows the lives of several people that have ended up in SF by different fates. Their stories intertwine in funny ways – through friendships, with the landlady, at work, at Safeway, and avoiding explaining things to their family. It’s funny to me that the book was written so long ago, but could very well be about young people this day.

What do you guys think, have you ever read either of these before?!