October & November 2012 - Things I Read, Things I Watched & Things I Decided I Want to Read

Well, I forgot to do a post in October and I'm very late in doing one for November.... so this one is a combo. 

Amazon is one of the few places left where you can order something and get it in time for Christmas, so consider this a book gift guide (if you're looking for books you should also browse through all the earlier editions of this post type... there's tons of awesome books there: September / August / July / June / April & May / March / February / January). Plus - if you order after following a link in the post, I get a tiny affiliate commission thing which is always nice. I only use the money to buy books.... and who doesn't want to help me in my book obsession. If there's a good obsession to have, it's that one.

Let's start with the wonderful books I discovered this month. I will read them all eventually.

Moomin's Winter Follies by Tove Janson.

My Ideal Bookshelf by Jane Mount and Thessaly La Force.

Baked Elements: Our 10 Favorite Ingredients by Matt Lewis & Renato Poliafito, photographed by Tina Rupp.

Everyone Eats by Julia Kuo.

The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook by Deb Perelman.

The Great Showdowns by Scott C.

Scarves / The Printed Square

How Little Lori Visited Times Square by Amos Vogel, illustrated by Maurice Sendak.

Pure Vanilla: Irresistible Recipes and Essential Techniques.

We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy / One Last Thing Before I Go / The Secret Keeper / The Other / Sweet Tooth / Fairy Tales from the Brother's Grimm

The Wayside by Julie Mostad.

Bouchon Bakery by Thomas Keller and Sebastien Rouxel.

Little Big Books: Illustrations for Children's Picture Books.

Building Stories by Chris Ware.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Art and Creation of Walt Disney's Classic Animated Film / The Art and Making of ParaNorman / Andy Warhol Drawings

A Trip to the Bottom of the World with Mouse by Frank Viva.

The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Julie Mostad.

A Mary Blair Treasury of Golden Books.

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan.

This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen.

A Coloring Book by Mike Perry and You.

What Happens Next? / Harlem's Little Blackbird / The Girl Who Loved Wellies / Wreck-It Ralph Golden Book / Count Dagmar

Henley: A New York Tail by Julie Muszynski.

Grace: A Memoir by Grace Coddington.

"Who Could That Be at This Hour?" (All the Wrong Questions) by Lemony Snicket.

Tiny Food Party! / Paul Bocuse: The Complete Recipes / The Liddabit Sweets Candy Cookbook

What Katie Ate: Recipes and Other Bits & Pieces by Katie Quinn Davies.

This Moose Belongs to Me by Oliver Jeffers.

Seen behind the scene: Forty Years of Photographing on Set by Mary Ellen Mark.

Ingmar Bergman / Steven Spielberg / Billy Wilder / Martin Scorsese / Alfred Hitchcock / Roman Polanski / Woody Allen / Stanley Kubrick / Ethan and Joel Coen

Some movies I watched & enjoyed in October & November....

Looper.

The Master.

Argo.

Pitch Perfect (worth it if only for Adam DeVine's facial expressions).

Wreck-it Ralph.

Lincoln. 

And some of the books I read & enjoyed during October and November..... Rookie Yearbook One / The War for Late Night / Kasher in the Rye / You're Not Doing It Right / Heartburn / Under Wildwood / When You Are Engulfed in Flames / The Twelve