It's sometimes amazing how a book comes into your world at just the right time. A dear friend whom I don't talk to often enough sent me Uncle Oscar's Chairs: From A to Z out of the blue. I had not heard of it, but a book is always an exciting gift, right? Plus, she picked up the book at Storyteller, one of the lovely independent bookstores that supply books for my book clubs.And the book was perfect in so many ways. For one, it's unusual. It's a book about chairs. Real chairs. A is for Ant designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1952B is for Ball designed by Eero Aarnio in 1963C is for Coconut designed by George Nelson in 1955You get the picture.So it's an alphabet book, but also an introduction to all sorts of chairs, some of which are familiar and some so zany that they surprise a laugh out of you. I loved it!But the reason I call it a perfect book at this time is that my online … [Read more...]