01 January 2011

books read in 2010


This Is Why You're Fat by Jessica Amason ***
Eco-chic home by Emily Anderson **
Kansha by Elizabeth Andoh ****
Knitting 24/7 by Veronik Avery ***

The Garden of Vegan: How It All Vegan Again! by Tanya Barnard and Sarah Kramer ***
Betty Crocker Christmas Cookbook by Betty Crocker **
Fast, flirty, and fun : easy quilts from fabulous fabrics by Sarah Bisel **
Creative matting and framing for photos, artwork, and collections by Trice Boerens **
Craftcycle by Heidi Boyd **
How to sew a button by Erin Bried ***
Vive le Vegan! by Dreena Burton **

Alabama Studio style by Natalie Chanin **
The handmade marketplace by Kari Chapin ****
Wilson by Daniel Clowes ***
Down and derby by Alex Cohen and Jennifer Barbee ****
Origami bonsai by Benjamin John Coleman **
Printing by hand by Lena Corwin***
Food lover's guide to Portland by Liz Crain ***

Simpler living by Jeff Davidson **
Handy dad by Todd Davis ***
Secrets of rusty things by Michael deMeng **
Re-creative by Steve Dodds ****
Inchies edited by Peggy Donda-Kobert **
The crafter's guide to glue by Pattie Donham ***
The bicycling guide to complete bicycle maintenance & repair by Todd Downs ***
Insect museum by Sonia Dourlot ****
The official slacker handbook by Sarah Dunn **


Get the Most from Your Sewing Machine by Marion Elliot **
Japanese slanguage by Mike Ellis *

The dude abides by Cathleen Falsani *
Family handyman's best organizing solutions by the editors of Family handyman ***
Fresh felt flowers by Lynne Farris ***
Snowball launchers, giant-pumpkin growers, and other cool contraptions by Tom Fox ***
Polymer clay and mixed media, together at last by Christi Friesen **

Encyclopedia of hydrangeas by C.J. van Gelderen, D.M. van Gelderen ****
Fresh and Fast Vegan by Amanda Grant ***
The Zinester's Guide to Portland edited by Shawn Granton ***
Catalog No. 439: Burlesque Paraphernalia and Side Degree Specialties and Costumes by Gary Groth ***

Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern ****
Home Sweet Craft vol. 3 by Heart Warming Life Series ***
Sewing bits & pieces by Sandi Henderson **
The Complete Book of Papercrafts by Hermes House **
Dōnatsu! dōnatsu! by Kyōko Hirosawa ****

Twist & twine: 18 ideas for rag rugs and home décor by Bobbie Irwin **

Sex: Our Bodies, Our Junk by Scott Jacobson, Todd Levin, Jason Roeder, Mike Sacks, and Ted Travelstead ***
Lotta Jansdotter's Handmade Living by Lotta Jansdotter **
1000 ideas for creative reuse by Garth Johnson **

Creative mixed media by Sherrill Kahn **
Sew retro by Judi Ketteler **
The Thrift Book: Live Well and Spend Less by India Knight *
200 sewing tips, techniques & trade secrets by Lorna Knight ****
Vegan à go-go! by Sarah Kramer ***
La Dolce Vegan!: Vegan Livin' Made Easy by Sarah Kramer ****

All about crochet by Jean Leinhauser, Rita Weiss **

Alchemy arts by Kate MacKay and Di Jennings **
Martha Stewart's cookies from the editors of Martha Stewart Living **
Martha Stewart's encyclopedia of crafts by Martha Stewart Living *
Martha Stewart's encyclopedia of sewing and fabric crafts by Martha Stewart Living ***
Paper in three dimensions by Diane Maurer-Mathison ***
Collage, assemblage, and altered art by Diana Maurer-Mathison **
Vegan lunch box around the world by Jennifer McCann ****
Lost crafts by Una McGovern ***
Knitting lingerie style by Joan McGowan-Michael **
Witch craft by Margaret McGuire and Alicia Kachmar **
Mixed-media mosaics by Laurie Mika ***
The complete book of retro crafts by Suzie Millions **
Home rockanomics by Heidi Minx *
The big-ass book of crafts by Mark Montano *
Sewing lingerie that fits by Karen Morris ***
Vegan cookies invade your cookie jar by Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope Romero **

The meat lover's meatless cookbook by Kim O'Donnel **
Sticky, chewy, messy, gooey by Jill O'Connor **


Fugitives & refugees: a walk in Portland, Oregon by Chuck Palahniuk ***
The complete book of polymer clay by Lisa Pavelka ***
The Homemade Home by Sania Pell **
Go Faster Food by Kate Percy **
The boy mechanic: best projects from the classic popular mechanics series edited by Popular Mechanics Company ***
The boy mechanic: 200 classic things to build edited by Popular Mechanics Press ***
The boy mechanic saves the world (one project at a time) edited by Popular Mechanics Press ***
The girl mechanic goes outdoors by the editors of Popular mechanics ***
Practical Projects for the Handy Man edited by Popular Mechanics Press ***
400 knitting stitches by Potter Craft ***

The complete human body by Alice Roberts, editor-in-chief ****
Speed vegan by Alan Roettinger **
Vegan Baking Classics by Kelly Rudnicki ****

Karakuri by Keisuke Saka ****
The Divvies bakery cookbook by Lori Sandler **
Kyuuto! Japanese crafts: Wooly embroidery edited by Shuko Sato ***
When you are engulfed in flames by David Sedaris ***
Simply green giving by Danny Seo **
Sweet nothings by Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader **
The Bedwetter by Sarah Silverman ***
You're a horrible person, but I like you edited by Eric Spitznagel ****
100 flowers to knit & crochet by Lesley Stanfield ***
Get It Ripe by Jae Steele **
The craft artist's legal guide by Richard Stim ****
Bongology by Chris Stone ***
The Veganopolis cookbook by David Stowell and George Black ***

Felt me a smile-- for you by Toyoko Sugiwaka **
Easy Raw Vegan Holidays by Kristen Suzanne *


The sewing answer book by Barbara Weiland Talbert ***
The altered object by Terry Taylor **
The vegan scoop by Wheeler del Torro **

Veggie burgers every which way by Lukas Volger ****

The complete guide to glues & adhesives by Nancy Ward & Tammy Young ***
Sew serendipity by Kay Whitt **
Fabulous fabric beads by Kristal Wick **
Regretsy : where DIY meets WTF by April Winchell ****
52 Weekend Decorating Projects by the editors of Women's Day **

One-yard wonders by Rebecca Yaker and Patricia Hoskins ***



***** = awesome
* = bad