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Anti-Bride Etiquette Guide: The Rules - And How to Bend Them by Carolyn Gerin

labrys, August 18, 2011

If tulle gives you hives, this is the wedding guide for you. She explains the rules and offers suggestions for revising them for your circumstances and preferences. Knowing the rules many not mean you can completely avoid stepping on any toes, but it can give you a heads up for delicate matters ranging from invitations to financial landmines.

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100 Dresses: The Costume Institute / The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Harold Koda

labrys, August 13, 2011

Beautiful photographs of incredible creations from centuries of Western fashion. Delicious and inspirational for anyone who enjoys creativity despite the occasional questionable experiment.

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The Anti-Bride Guide: Tying the Knot Outside of the Box by Carolyn Gerin and Stephanie Rosenbaum

labrys, August 13, 2011

If pastels induce nausea, this may be the guide for you. Practical advice and ideas outside the standard fare with amusing illustrations and helpful tips.

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The Help by Kathryn Stockett

labrys, August 13, 2011

This meandering and self-congratulatory novel perpetuates the trope of benevolent white people "empowering" poor people of color. The civil rights movement was an uprising of African Americans where some whites helped; this fiction work may be a comforting idle but is far afield from how history unfolded. My interest had completely evaporated 50 pages in - only a ninth of the way through!

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An Education by Lynn Barber

labrys, July 30, 2011

Delightful memoir, an early chapter of which served as the inspiration for the feature film, "An Education." This quick, charming read spans the arc of Ms Barber's life from early child hood to her husband's decline. Filled with glimpses of early days at Penthouse magazine as well as domestic life and highlights of her journalistic career, this book reads like a novel and is a fun way to spend a short afternoon.

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