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The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as hobbies)
avg rating 3.87 — 375,716 ratings — published 1979
Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.06 — 5,423 ratings — published 2000
Stitch 'n Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,669 ratings — published 2006
Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.32 — 7,054 ratings — published 1990
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as hobbies)
avg rating 3.88 — 388,560 ratings — published 2010
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.34 — 313,092 ratings — published 2000
Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot Unravels the Mysteries of Swatching, Stashing, Ribbing & Rolling to Free Your Inner Knitter (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,900 ratings — published 2006
The Digital Photography Book (Volume 1)
by (shelved 12 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.10 — 5,457 ratings — published 2006
All New Square Foot Gardening (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.16 — 9,594 ratings — published 1981
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.40 — 89,575 ratings — published 2017
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as hobbies)
avg rating 3.96 — 230,987 ratings — published 2015
Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,768 ratings — published 2014
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.24 — 109,397 ratings — published 1994
The Sewing Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.27 — 774 ratings — published 2009
Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,373 ratings — published 2005
Vogue Knitting: The Ultimate Knitting Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,193 ratings — published 1989
The Bullet Journal Method: Track Your Past, Order Your Present, Plan Your Future (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.05 — 32,218 ratings — published 2018
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.30 — 230,834 ratings — published 2009
The Complete Joy of Homebrewing (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.29 — 3,630 ratings — published 1980
How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.00 — 101,468 ratings — published 1998
Joy of Cooking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.13 — 196,172 ratings — published 1931
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.02 — 7,041 ratings — published 1966
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as hobbies)
avg rating 3.96 — 329,443 ratings — published 2012
Dot Journaling: A Practical Guide: How to Start and Keep the Planner, To-Do List, and Diary That’ll Actually Help You Get Your Life Together (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as hobbies)
avg rating 3.77 — 7,200 ratings — published 2017
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.23 — 30,462 ratings — published 1976
Digital Photography For Dummies (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as hobbies)
avg rating 3.69 — 413 ratings — published 1998
Everyday Watercolor: Learn to Paint Watercolor in 30 Days (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 7 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.17 — 989 ratings — published 2017
Learning to See Creatively: Design, Color & Composition in Photography (Updated Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,511 ratings — published 1988
ChiRunning: A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless, Injury-Free Running (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as hobbies)
avg rating 3.74 — 7,736 ratings — published 2004
The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.07 — 23,425 ratings — published 2008
One-Yard Wonders: 101 Sewing Projects; Look How Much You Can Make with Just One Yard of Fabric! (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 7 times as hobbies)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,268 ratings — published 2009
The Knitter's Book of Yarn (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,526 ratings — published 2007
Knitting For Dummies (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as hobbies)
avg rating 3.89 — 681 ratings — published 2002
Track Planning for Realistic Operation: Prototype Railroad Concepts for Your Model Railroad (Model Railroader)(3rd Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.02 — 53 ratings — published 1979
Stitch 'n Bitch Nation (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as hobbies)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,818 ratings — published 2004
The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,067 ratings — published 1995
How to Crochet: 16 Quick and Easy Granny Square Patterns (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as hobbies)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,812 ratings — published 2014
Perspective Made Easy (Dover Art Instruction)
by (shelved 6 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,204 ratings — published 1939
The Knitting Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem You'll Ever Face; Answers to Every Question You'll Ever Ask (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,398 ratings — published 2005
Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter (Volume 2) (James Gurney Art)
by (shelved 6 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.10 — 18,169 ratings — published 2010
Bonsai (101 Essential Tips)
by (shelved 6 times as hobbies)
avg rating 3.63 — 638 ratings — published 1996
Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.71 — 729 ratings — published 2015
Botanical Line Drawing: 200 Step-by-Step Flowers, Leaves, Cacti, Succulents, and Other Items Found in Nature (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.17 — 640 ratings — published 2017
Keys to Drawing (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.07 — 15,442 ratings — published 1985
The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.31 — 24,926 ratings — published 2015
How to Get Dressed: A Costume Designer's Secrets for Making Your Clothes Look, Fit, and Feel Amazing (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as hobbies)
avg rating 3.63 — 1,694 ratings — published 2015
Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as hobbies)
avg rating 3.88 — 43,787 ratings — published 2012
The Design of Everyday Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.15 — 46,883 ratings — published 1988
Love at First Stitch: Demystifying Dressmaking (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.43 — 535 ratings — published 2014
All Wound Up: The Yarn Harlot Writes for a Spin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as hobbies)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,074 ratings — published 2010
“The two men sat silent for a little, and then Lord Peter said:
"D'you like your job?"
The detective considered the question, and replied:
"Yes—yes, I do. I know it to be useful, and I am fitted to it. I do it quite well—not with inspiration, perhaps, but sufficiently well to take a pride in it. It is full of variety and it forces one to keep up to the mark and not get slack. And there's a future to it. Yes, I like it. Why?"
"Oh, nothing," said Peter. "It's a hobby to me, you see. I took it up when the bottom of things was rather knocked out for me, because it was so damned exciting, and the worst of it is, I enjoy it—up to a point. If it was all on paper I'd enjoy every bit of it. I love the beginning of a job—when one doesn't know any of the people and it's just exciting and amusing. But if it comes to really running down a live person and getting him hanged, or even quodded, poor devil, there don't seem as if there was any excuse for me buttin' in, since I don't have to make my livin' by it. And I feel as if I oughtn't ever to find it amusin'. But I do.”
― Whose Body?
"D'you like your job?"
The detective considered the question, and replied:
"Yes—yes, I do. I know it to be useful, and I am fitted to it. I do it quite well—not with inspiration, perhaps, but sufficiently well to take a pride in it. It is full of variety and it forces one to keep up to the mark and not get slack. And there's a future to it. Yes, I like it. Why?"
"Oh, nothing," said Peter. "It's a hobby to me, you see. I took it up when the bottom of things was rather knocked out for me, because it was so damned exciting, and the worst of it is, I enjoy it—up to a point. If it was all on paper I'd enjoy every bit of it. I love the beginning of a job—when one doesn't know any of the people and it's just exciting and amusing. But if it comes to really running down a live person and getting him hanged, or even quodded, poor devil, there don't seem as if there was any excuse for me buttin' in, since I don't have to make my livin' by it. And I feel as if I oughtn't ever to find it amusin'. But I do.”
― Whose Body?
“One must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life.”
― The Importance of Being Earnest
― The Importance of Being Earnest
