What do you think? eBooks or Printed Books?

For Christmas, I got a Pandigital Novel, a tablet eReader. It came with 100 free classic eBooks and it allows you to surf the internet while you're using it.

My menu page

My Library

Some of the free books

Inside Sense and Sensibility, a version I downloaded.

Well, this blog looks familiar!

Scroll down to see more of the blog. (Yes, I took this picture awhile ago).

As I've explored using it and putting books on it, I kind of like the eBook format, but at the same time I still like having a solid, printed book.

What do you think? Do you like eBooks? Or do you like printed books more? Or do you like both? I like both, personally: I like the solidness of having an actual book, but I also like the portability of having an eReader. I'm kind of caught in the middle!

Sense and Sensibility Comic Book

Today, I went to Borders with my grandmother and father to browse the books. Suddenly a thought popped into my head and I walked over to the graphic novel section, and to my delight my thought was justified.

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This was what I bought this evening. I remembered reading about Sense and Sensibility the comic book a couple of months ago. For Christmas last year, my brother gave me Pride and Prejudice the comic book which I enjoyed, so when I heard they were going to make a comic book for Sense and Sensibility, I was very excited. I've only started, but I will say that it is very good; as much as I loved the 1995 movie, they left out some scenes that I would have liked to see. Those scenes seem to be included in here so far, so I am pretty happy! :-D

I might possibly review this at a later time.

Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion and Sneak Preview

About a month ago, I bought two books on Amazon, and recently I finally got them.

So, Starting of with Patterns of Fashion 1, I took some pictures from a couple of the pages (not of the patterns, but of the illustrations). The illustrations are gorgeous.

So here are some of the examples of projects in the 1st book (which are patterns from 1660 to 1860). The left one is similar to a robe that was worn in Sense and Sensibility. The right one is called a polonaise which was worn during the 1700's.

 Also included was the evolution of dress from 1660 to 1860. I really liked this, however there is not a similar page in Patterns of Fashion 2.

Now, onto Patterns of Fashion 2, which features patterns of dresses from 1860 to 1940.

The top picture I just love! I would make that dress for even a formal occasion and is from the early 1900's. The bottom picture is an assortment of dress from the 1870's (notice the bustles in the back).

While Patterns of Fashion 2 did not have the evolution of dresses from 1860 to 1940, they did have drawings from fashion magazines and pictures of patterns from fashion magazines. Some of the pictures one would recognize were from Vogue.

So, that's a taste of the books that I got in the mail. I have a couple of projects piled right now, so I hope that I'll be able to work with these books soon.

And I promised you a sneak preview! I have started on a new project not too long ago.

Any one want to take a guess? I'll give you a hint: it's for a special, family occasion!

Until next time!