DIY Projects Made From Books

Love books!  Love projects!

Then give these DIY projects made from old books a try!

Picture Book Clock

Have a favorite picture book lying around the house?  One that’s not in too terrible of a condition and one you have memorized by heart?  Then turn it into a one of a kind wall clock! 

http://www.instructables.com/id/Literary-Clock/#step1

Secret Hollow Book

Need a secret hiding place?  Then make one of these hollowed out books!  Cut out the center of the book and hide valuables, such as extra cash or jewelry, in plain sight.  http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Hollow-Book

Book Wall Lamp

Stylish, modern, and a must have for any book lover, especially if you need some reading light!  Give this project a try and make a wall lamp from an old book.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Recycle-lamp-shade/?ALLSTEPS

Book Page Wreath

Read a book recently that you didn’t like!  Why not pull out the pages and turn it into a beautiful wreath to decorate your home with?

http://livingwithlindsay.com/2009/11/librarians-please-avert-your-eyes.html

Book Purse

If you love to carry around books, then why not make a purse out of a book?  Look stylish and let everyone know how much you love to read!

http://www.hgtv.com/handmade/how-to-make-a-hardcover-book-purse/index.html

Dictionary Wallpaper

Have an old outdated dictionary?  Then why not take those pages out of the book and paste them to your wall.  If you don’t have a dictionary, then use a thesaurus!

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/heres-a-good-weekend-project-40423

Floating Book Shelves

Instead of making shelves to hold your books, use books to make your shelves!

http://www.instructables.com/id/Invisible-Book-Shelf/?ALLSTEPS#step9

August's Staff Picks

The Mukwonago Community Library features staff picks for each month of the year!    August’s featured staff members are Mary Jo and Cathryn.  You can find their picks at the library by the windows behind the Reference desk or right here below:

Cathryn’s Picks

Blind Descent by Nevada Barr

Milwaukee Summers Can Be Deadly by Kathleen Barrett

Quilter’s Homecoming by Jennifer Chiaverini

Let Me Whisper in Your Ear by Mary Jane Clark

Gone For Good by Harlen Coban

Light Keeper’s Series by Colleen Coble

Bone Collector by Jeffrey Deaver

Heirloom Murders by Kathleen Ernst

Likely To Die by Linda Fairstein

Cover of Night by Linda Howard

Doesn’t She Look Natural by Angela E. Hunt

Hot Tropics & Cold Feet by Angela E. Hunt

Seaside Letters by Denise Hunter

Cider House Rules by John Irving

And Then You Die by Iris Johansen

Eve by Iris Johansen

Beyond All Measure by Dorothy Love

Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz

Down By the Riverside by Jackie Lynn

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

Gone but Not Forgotten by Philip Margolin

Postcards from Pullman Series by Judith Miller

Point Deception by Marcia Muller

Sam’s Letters to Jennifer by James Patterson

Woman’s Murder Club Series by James Patterson

Lake Manawa Series by Lorna Seilstad

The House Next Door by Anne River Siddons

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Bubbles A Broad by Sarah Strohmeyer

The Shack by William Young

Mary Jo’s Picks

FICTION

Anna Pigeon Series by Nevada Barr

Darkness Peering by Alice Blanchard

The Breathtaker by Alice Blanchard

Life Sentences by Alice Blanchard

Joe Pickett Series by C.J. Box

Kate Burkholder Series by Linda Castillo

Kill Me by Stephen White

The Passage by Justin Cronin

Lincoln Rhyme Series by Jeffrey Deaver

Garden Of Beasts: a novel to Berlin 1936 by Jeffrey Deaver

The Room by Emma Donoghue

The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards

One Thousand White Women: the journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus

Will Kraus Series by Paul Grossman

A Discovery of Witches by Diana Harkness

Black Cross by Greg Iles

Penn Cage Series by Greg Iles

Longmire Series by Craig Johnson

Cork O’Halloran Series by William Kent Krueger

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Pomegranate Soup by Marcia Mehran

Love Story Series by Christopher Moore

Lamb: the Gospel according to Biff by Christopher Moore

Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore

Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore

Prey Series by John Sandford

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

NONFICTION

The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman

The Crossley ID Guide (bird Identification guide) 

     by Richard Crossley

Unbroken: a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption 

     by Laura Hillenbrand

River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s darkest journey by Candice Millard

Devil In The White City: murder, magic and madness at the fair that changed America 

     by Erik Larson

Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt

The Big Year: a tale of man, nature and fowl obsession by Mark Obmascik