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I really love books but I try (key word being try) not to buy them for a few reasons such as:

i. There are buildings filled with free books mere steps from my work and home and I like to support them

ii. I have enough stuff! If I do buy books I try to pass them on so that I won't sound like this

But I do make exceptions for:

i. Books that I really want to read with library hold lists over 200 people long

ii. Exceptionally lovely books, mainly of the pretty picture or art variety

 

If I sound uppity rest assured - rules gets thrown out the window when it comes to magazines. I love magazines. Library selection is so-so and they don't hold up that well in the public sphere, many a time I've opened up a library magazine to find that someone has torn out pages - how cruel! These are my favourite ones:

• The Gentlewoman - London based lady counterpart to Fantastic Man, hands down best presentation, loveliest editorials and interesting interviews with interviewee types you don't always see

• Lula - the girliest, prettiest magazine out of the U.K. 

• Wilder Quarterly - Brooklyn-based, plants, gardens & nature galore! 

• The Plant - Barcelona-based, plants, gardens & nature galore ;)

• Apartamento - Appeals directly to my curiousity about other people's houses & possessions - photos of real life, non-staged homes of creatives

• Self Service - I bought my first issue of this magazine (which is bound like a book) last month and while I really liked it I don't know that I can justify the price ($50 CDN), good thing they have lots of content on their website

• 032C - Contemporary culture magazine out of Berlin, the Approaches to The History of Art editorial in the last issue was a highlight, as was the interview with Lydia Davis

• Gather - the best food staging & photography that I've ever seen

• A Magazine Curated By - I got the issue with Rodarte and loved the entire thing, would really like to get my hands on A Magazine Curated By Maison Martin Margiela