Weird Landscapes

I finished another book on my summer reading list. Girl in a Landscape was s much easier read to get into the second time around. Lots to love in this book including a new take on the western, the alien life form with the even more alien take on English, the young heroine and the bizarre landscape Jonathan Lethem conjures up.

These clay sculptures by Jessica Hans seemed like they could have fallen out of the pages of the book. They certainly seem like they would be at home on the planet of the arch builders.

Reading Room # 3: Reading in Bed

Is there any better place to read? Not for me. I'm happiest when I'm reading in a nice bed. I've probably done most of my reading lying down with the book too close to my face. I think it's the best way to start drifting off to sleep. A story you like in your head, going as far as you can, till the book starts falling from your hand.

This bed tucked in under an archway with its cheery pillows and covers would make a perfect backdrop for one of Murakami's shorter works like "Sputnik Sweetheart" or maybe something by Jonathan Lethem. "Motherless Brooklyn" anyone? What book would you lie down and read in this room?

Photo from Maker Stories on Design Sponge