"How to be a Graphic Designer without loosing your soul"

This was my fantastic Secret Santa present from my work experience placement. I'm in the process of reading it - started over Christmas period - and already being encouraged and learning lots from it. It's written in normal speak! (I'm a simple person so I need straight forward no-nonsense language to understand).
It's basically told me that I'm a normal designer and I'm going through the normal situations and emotions that many others have also done across the globe. It's now explaining about actually getting into the career and what "they" are looking for. Very useful.
It's also graphically well presented - even though it's mainly just text! - which would normally put me off. But it's actually not too back because of the layout and language it's easier to digest and take in.
I will give you a proper review once I have a fair judgement of the whole book.

New Books!!

Slowly building my collection :)

I aspire to have a brilliant bookshelf full of brilliant books that I can use for inspiration and gather tips and tricks. This is hopefully just the start. The Print & Pattern book is AMAZING!! The Print & Pattern blog is brought together in a book by Bowie Style. It is seriously like eye candy for designers! So many pretty pictures to absorb into your mind. It is fab!! Highly recommended.

Wonderland Ballet (Book)

Wonderland Commemorative Book

Creative and Art Direction by Design Army. Photography by Cade Martin.
For the full review see link: http://www.washingtonballet.org/_blog/Press/post/Wonderland_Commemorative_Book/

Wonderland

Wonderland - (I can't find the publisher or anything about this book online)

This was another reference book I loved at college. I aspire to become like Vault49 one day! They are one of my main inspirational designers in my life.

Illusive

Illusive -Die Gestalten Verlag (8 Nov 2005)

This was my favourite inspirational book at college!

Reading Corner

Reading Corner

If you'd have said to me last year that I would be a book worm and would read for fun I would have laughed in your face!! My view on books was: "They make the film versions so I don't have to read them. AND you watch the story in 2 hours instead of reading it over 2 weeks!"
But now I am proud to say I am officially a book worm. I love to read and I now have a small collection of books on my very own bookshelf :D
So in honour of my new found interest I thought it'd be good to do a small book review every-so-often (I'm not saying every week because we all know how rubbish I am at weekly blogging!) I've got through a few books now so I have a lot to introduce you to.
At present I have come to a slight stop, not through choice, and I've not been able to buy a new book recently - for the last week or so. So if you're like me, you read fast, you like being in your own 'reading bubble' and are looking for a new book, I hope I can help you and give you ideas from my reading experience even though it's so small. I'd also appreciate recommendations from you if you would. Then we can help each other out. Thank you :)
First review will be within the next day or so depending on how much I have left to upload today. Happy reading!