New Age girl on a tree limb

— Water Wings by Kristen den Hartog. Oh, so perfect.

Edward Gorey's people

— On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan. (Not a great match.)

—The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville. Perfect.

Medusa asleep

— The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. An ideal match.

Girl frizzing

(U.S. tour, June 2008) This is one of a series of creative "Indie Bound" bookmarks.

Wink

I found this at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, California, while on my U.S. tour (June, 2008). When you tilt it, it winks:

Accessories in felt

U.S. tour (June, 2008)

How to draw a rectangle

I found this in Boulder, I think. (June, 2008)

The Fifth Kingdom Bookshop

I hate to think how old this bookmark is — well over 30 years. I lived a few doors down on Harbord Street in Toronto at the time. The Fifth Kingdom is no longer there, but now, across the street, are two lovely used bookstores, a snack shop as well as the offices of my literary agent.

Boarding pass

This was a bookmark I used while on tour in the U.S. for Mistress of the Sun in June, 2008.

—Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda

Pickle

This is a treasured bookmark, recently found appropriately tucked into a book on sexual practices of the Middle Ages.

Angel whispering

Sienna, Italy (September, 2008)

Ms. Liberty

Detail from "Le 28 juillet; la Liberté guidant," by Eugène Delacroix. Louvre, Paris (October, 2008)

Girl with an apprehensive cat

Detail from "Gabrielle Arnault, enfant," by Louis-Léopold Boilly. Louvre, Paris (October, 2008)

Maid at card table

Detail from a 17th-century painting by Georges de la Tour, "Le Tricheur." Louvre, Paris (October, 2008)

Hunter on horseback

"Le Retour de la chasse" — Musée National du Moyen Age, Paris (October, 2008)

Unicorn

"Tenture de la dame à la licorne" — Musée national du Moyen Age, Paris (October, 2008)

I love these tapestries, especially the dog-like eagerness on the face of the unicorn. My mother, decades and decades ago, bought me a set of coasters with these images on them at an open market in London, England, when we were there together. I treasure them.

Ancient manuscript ("Bibbia")

Florence, Italy (September, 2008)

Lovers ("Amore e Psiche")

Florence, Italy (September, 2008)

Books ("Libri")

Florence, Italy (September, 2008)

Buttons ("Bottoni")

Florence, Italy (September, 2008)

Birth of Venus

Sienna, Italy (September, 2008)

Cody's Books

I loved Cody's books, and was sad to see its demise in Berkeley this summer. (They closed before a scheduled author reading; the author, whose name I don't know, went ahead with his reading — on the sidewalk.) I spent many, many hours in the original Cody's on Telegraph Ave. in Berkeley.

Longhouse Bookshop

This was a gorgeous bookstore in Toronto — wood panelled, hushed, very old-world. RIP.

Moe's

Moe's bookstore in Berkeley. Thankfully still open, years after Moe's death. I'm overdue for a long peruse of their section on European history.

David's penis

Sienna, Italy (September, 2008)

Leonardo's man

Sienna, Italy (September, 2008)