tell me about books!

[sev]

I got this idea from firecat, who made a much more manageable request than I'm about to make...

Tell me about the books on my wishlist. Tell me if you've loved them or hated them. I'm currently paralyzed with indecision every time I think I might want to treat myself to a book, because there's too many to choose from.

Most of the books on my list fall into a handful of categories: knitting, feminism, science fiction, art, judaism, food. I know some of you must have read some of them. Heck, a lot of them are there because one of you mentioned them!

Note: this is not a request for gifts. Seriously.

Comments

[firecat]

VERY strong recommendation for James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon from someone who normally finds reading biography to be only slightly more pleasant than gnawing my own leg off.

I read an earlier edition of Unbearable Weight and thought it was great. Really angry and kinda depressing but great.

Zaftig: The Case for Curves is pretty to look at but otherwise unremarkable.

Women En Large: Images of Fat Nudes is indispensable with beautiful images and writing.

Fat!So? is indispensable and really, really fun.

I find early X-Men (e.g., Essential X-Men Vol. 1) to be annoying although I enjoy the movies a lot and have a thing for Wolverine.

I can't remember if I've read Miss Manners' Guide for the Turn-of-the-Millennium but I have really liked everything else I've read of hers.

The Beauty Myth is a classic. A lot of its ideas are pretty mainstream now but it's worth seeing one of the sources they came from.