As Summer approaches, Coudal will soon ( the week of June 6th) offer us their Field-Tested Books. It is not just any reading list. Each reviewer picked a book read in a certain city and relates how the surroundings (atmosphere, atmosphere) colored their reading experience. One of the reviewers is Amy Krouse Rosenthal whose Encyclopedia of Ordinary Life I still have to read.

The people of Aesthetic Apparatus are designing a limited edition poster to celebrate Field-Tested Books, check the work in progress before you pre-order it.

I was trying to remember a novel from a Catalan writer taking place in Barcelona and nearby back in the 50's in the local theater world which I could take along when I visit the town.