I’ve taken up reading recently, which would sound odd if you knew me. I’ve always collected books, read many books a week, and been overall book obsessive my entire life. However, for the last year I’ve been writing so much that I’m all worded out. I don’t much love to see words when I’m not working, so I quit reading for the most part – long books I mean. Still, I suppose old habits die hard, because I’m back in the reading flow lately. That said, it’s a good time to look back at some bookish Offbeat posts.
For this week’s …read more

It’s my year anniversary week here at Offbeat, so we’ll be looking back at my top four favorite posts from each of the last 12 months. Starting with June of course. I limited myself to only four posts, so we’ll see if I can pull it off. Also, keep in mind, these are my favorite posts, readers often like posts that totally perplex me, better than say the ones I think people will like. But we’ll discuss that later this week…
Best posts of June 2007:
The Teenage Dream Pad: Oh the spectacular teen built treehouse. My favorite comment ever was …read more

Spending the better part of the day in bed with a good book?
How about spending the better part of the day in a bed that is a book?
House of Books, designed by world famous artist, Livio De Marchi, is a livable wood sculpture. The walls, furniture, roof; all designed around the theme of books. The original House of Books resides in the Venetian countryside. Ahhh, books, quaint houses, and Italy… So, this is what love feels like.
Livio has built two other homes made of books, (that I’ve heard of); one in Japan and another in Germany. Livio …read more