Droolworthy: A Box of Lovecraft

Droolworthy
wish i could...
You know how there are some books out there that you would love to own but for some reason or another you just cannot pull the trigger to actually purchase it?

Yeah, usually due to lack of funds or proper justification (in the mind).

I plan to share some droolworthy books I come across in this new feature at vvb32 reads as these will forever be on my want list and may never show up In My Mailbox.

Feel free to share any of your droolworthy titles with me in comments.

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First up, is a set of books. Not just any old books, but miniature books.

I spotted these on The Horror, The Horror blog post by Bo Press and thought... How horrifically adorable!

Perfect to share during August Thrills-n-Chills!

A Box of Lovecraft
created by Bo Press
The box:
1 3/4" wide x 1 1/4 deep x 1 3/8" high. The books themselves are 1" x 5/8"

A rugged box of stained basswood holds five books by H. P. Lovecraft and his circle.

The books:

De Vermis Mysteriis
Liber Ivoris
The Eltdown Shards
Cultes des Goules
Unaussprechlichen Kulten

The box has a false bottom which houses a copy of the Necronomican, chained shut. The box is wrapped with stretched leather nailed and tied to the wood. The interior of the books, to save all but the initiate from the dread effects of their contents, have been printed in ink made visible only by a certain obscure cantrip. (They're blank)


*GASP* this secret compartment with hidden book just tickles!

~!~ August Thrills-n-Chills schedule ~!~

Castle: Tapestry

The bell has rung and the feasting has begun.

We gather ourselves and make our way to the dining hall.

Our dropped handkerchief lands upon the floor.

Just there, next to the tapestry.

When we bend down to pick it up, we notice a teeny tiny door behind the tapestry.

We get down to open it and look through its archway.

Inside is a little studio of miniature proportions.

Upon a desk across the way sits this globe...



Would you like one for your desk?

--~ Mini-Steampunk Globe Giveaway courtesy of Bo Press ~--

Open to all.

Go on a teeny tiny adventure and win the mini-globe above from Bo Press.

Offer ends: May 22, 2011

TO DO:

Visit Bo Press and pick out one item you like from each of these selections:

Literature

Poetry and Song

Science

and tell me (total of three items) in comments along with your email address.

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Contest has ended - winner is here

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* image source tapestry

***~*~* Fairy Tales in Bruges (the sequel) schedule *~*~***

Seeking Narwal: Third Sea

Seeking Narwal
a monthly saga
posted on the 7th of each month - until the narwal is found
details here
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Captain Vix and crew sailed into the Aegean Sea and docked the Rusty Dagger at a coastal town of Kavala in Greece.

From their last adventure at the Adriatic Sea, Captain Vix obtained vital information from a tavern wench that the narwal was spotted at a town, Varna, on the coast of the Black Sea.

Captain Vix and her crew proceed by foot and by horse as the search continues for the narwal and stolen treasure...

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The Black Sea is an inland sea bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas and various straits.

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The Black Sea was a busy waterway on the crossroads of the ancient world: the Balkans to the West, the Eurasian steppes to the north, Caucasus and Central Asia to the East, Asia Minor and Mesopotamia to the south, and Greece to the south-west.

The oldest processed gold in the world, arguably left by Old Europeans, was found in Varna, and the Black Sea was supposedly sailed by the Argonauts. -per wikipedia

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The pirates reach Varna in a few days time without incident.

As Captain Vix meets with Donka, the local gypsy, the crew explores the city.

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arghhhhhhh!
shiver me...
and what am i to do with this lot? captain vix exclaims in frustration.

squaaaaaaaaaaaaawk goliath chimes in whilst fluttering his wings.

all i can says, is that you will know when you find the right one. donka replies sagely.

captain vix gathers up the maps and heads for the nearest tavern.

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aye, this calls for a bit 'o rum.

cawwwwwwwww goliath responds.

with bottle in one hand and bundle 'o maps in t'other, captain vix sets herself down at a table.

she looks through each map carefully...

The Captain's Map
by Bo Press

Phineas Fogg's Map
by Bo Press

The Ends of the Earth's Map
by Bo Press

there is a flurry at the tavern entrance.

captain vix looks up to see donka rush over to her.

i was just given this one to pass on to you. donka hands over an especially wrapped bundle.

Eirie Map
by Bo Press

Y O U can find out more about the world of Eirie here...

--~ Book Giveaway courtesy of author ~--

Eirie giveaway
The Stumpwork Robe
The Last Stitch (sequel)
by Prue Batten
Open to all.

Offer ends: May 1 --> extended to May 22, 2011

TO DO:
Visit Prue's site, leave her a comment and tell me where you did so.

AND, leave your email (if I don't already have it)

fyi: kindle version of Stumpwork Robe is currently available for 99 cents.


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Contest has ended - winner is here

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C R E W:
AimeeKay of How can you help?
Audra of Unabridged Chick
Freda of Freda's Voice
Giada of Dr. Stravagante's Traveling Book Circus
Jo of Fluidity of Time
Kulsuma of sunshine and stardust
Sullivan McPig of Pearls Cast Before a McPig

Crew duties:
Report in for duty: as Varna is known for its G O L D...
comment below with a link to a picture of something gold (that a pirate would fancy)

Join the crew and earn points towards the Seeking Narwal prize during the tour of the seven seas.

Crew's G O L D sightings...

AimeeKay


Audra



Freda


Giada


Krysykat



Kulsuma


Sullivan McPig



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* heads up: The Stumpwork Robe and The Last Stitch by Prue Batten will be featured in the upcoming Fairy Tales in Bruges (the sequel), April 16-18

* Seeking Narwal is a mini-challenge for the Iron Seas Challenge

W A N T E D:

* if you've read Iron Duke by Meljean Brook post your link here to enter to win the next book in the series - Heart of Steel

~~~ seeking narwal schedule ~~~

keyhole: vampires

Alice twirled to the left and looked into this keyhole...

--~ Book Giveaway ~--
The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening
by L.J. Smith
Win by gently read (once) copy.

Open to all.

Offer ends: April 3, 2011

TO DO:
Tell me something vampire-ish - i.e. book or movie recommendation, joke, poem, etc.

AND, leave your email (if I don't already have it)

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Night World: No. 1
by LJ Smith
which includes the stories:
Secret Vampire
Daughters of Darkness
Spellbinder
win this from Book Babblings
-offer ends Mar 22

Should Alice open this door?

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If you attempt to open this door, you may want to consider getting this from Bo Press...



Take a look inside this vampire hunter box...



And these are inside too...



Description from Bo Press:
A toolbox for hunting miniature vampires, or for a miniature vampire hunter.

This miniature vampire hunter’s kit is bound in paper printed with weathered wood, and lined with a peach and olive Art Nouveau pattern.

The exterior of the box has brass hinges, handles, and decorations (a screaming bat’s head!). The box opens on each side, and contains:

– a mallet and four wooden stakes

- a revolver, cleaver, and silver (colored) cross

– two tiny test tubes containing ‘blood samples’

– a glass bottle of ‘holy water’ sealed with wrapped lizard skin

– a bible (blank inside)

– a journal (also blank)

– a incomplete letter from the former owner, which ends abruptly and tragically

– a packet of maps of eastern Europe

– a brown card stock box which contains:

– a rosary

– a brown leather drawstring bag which contains:

– a bulb of garlic

Most of the items are secured to the box with thin leather straps, and all of the items, with the exception of the test tubes, are removable. The bible and journal are hand-bound. This little kit measures 1 7/8″ x 1 1/4″ x 2 1/8″.

You can have a custom made kit made from Bo Press here.

~^o^~ Alice in WhoLand schedule ~^o^~

Castle: The Cabinet

Across the room is a curio cabinet with a book on display...

Le Cabinet du Chapelier des Fees
The Cabinet of the Fairies' Hatmaker
by Pat Sweet

Bo Press Riverside CA, 2010
2 3/4" x 4 1/16
8 pocket pages, 8 removable plates

Description from the author:
A portfolio of eight prints depicting Steampunk fairy millinery, done in Photoshop collage. The faces are taken from Renaissance portraits, and the headgear is cobbled together from human detritus.

These little beings are, like their container's format, miniatures. They might be diminutive fairies from Shakespeare who survived into the Victorian era, scavenging for their fashions. Their millinery may be fanciful, but their faces look as though they just stepped out of A Midsummer Night's Dream or the Tempest.

Bound in Art Nouveau patterned paper with a spine of aqua bookcloth, and eight pockets of translucent white-on-white paper with a speckled pattern, and endpapers of the same Art Nouveau paper. There is a paper pattern pasted to the front.

View more prints here.

Illustrated, printed and bound by Pat Sweet for the Bo Press.

This book is also available to order from Bo Press.
2 1/8" x 3 1/4"
12 pocket pages and 12 removable plates

*** Book Giveaway courtesy of author ***

Open to all.

Offer ends: August 30, 2010

TO DO (3-parts):

1. Sign guestbook (if you haven't already).

2. Go to the Bo Press blog and tell me which steampunk fairy you like best.

3. Visit Bo Press and tell me what item catches your fancy?

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***~*~* Fairy Tales in Bruges schedule *~*~***