{"id":495,"date":"2010-06-04T11:45:26","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T15:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=495"},"modified":"2014-01-26T21:45:18","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T02:45:18","slug":"qa-jane-mount-and-the-ideal-bookshelf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/04\/qa-jane-mount-and-the-ideal-bookshelf\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane Mount and the Ideal Bookshelf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Ideal-Bookshelf-Paris-Review.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Ideal-Bookshelf-Paris-Review.jpg\" alt=\"Ideal-Bookshelf-Paris-Review\" width=\"600\" height=\"343\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Ideal-Bookshelf-Paris-Review.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Ideal-Bookshelf-Paris-Review-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is on an ideal bookshelf?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The books that made people who they are, that changed their lives. <\/p>\n<p><strong>How long have you been painting bookshelves?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you ever spot repeats?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a cookbook called <em>The Silver Spoon<\/em>\u2014I&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/idealbookshelf.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0133ec7ffa51970b01348217aa52970c-pi\" target=\"_blank\">painted that silver spoon<\/a> so many times! <em>A Confederacy of Dunces<\/em>, <em>Catcher in the Rye<\/em>, <em>The Little Prince<\/em>, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, <em>The Unbearable Lightness of Being<\/em>, <em>A Wrinkle in Time<\/em>,<em> Bird by Bird<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you ever find new reading while on the job?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Totally. I just bought <em>I Married Adventure<\/em> by Osa Johnson. A friend had an early edition on his bookshelf, and it had this really cool <a href=\"http:\/\/idealbookshelf.typepad.com\/ideal-bookshelf\/2010\/05\/ideal-bookshelf-36-rg.html\" target=\"_blank\">black-and-white tiger-striped spine<\/a>. I looked it up, and Johnson sounded fascinating. I don\u2019t know if I would have picked it up if the spine hadn&#8217;t had the stripes!<\/p>\n<script>\/* <![CDATA[ *\/ portfolio_slideshow.slideshows[648] = {\"timeout\":\"4000\",\"autoplay\":\"false\",\"trans\":\"fade\",\"loop\":\"true\",\"speed\":\"400\",\"nowrap\":\"true\"}; \/* ]]> *\/<\/script><div id=\"slideshow-wrapper648\" class=\"slideshow-wrapper clearfix portfolio-slideshow-centered\">\n<div id=\"slideshow-nav648\" class=\"slideshow-nav\">\n\t<a class=\"pause\" style=\"display:none\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Pause<\/a>\n\t<a class=\"play\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Play<\/a>\n\t<a class=\"restart\" style=\"display:none\" href=\"javascript: void(0);\">Play<\/a>\n\t<a class=\"slideshow-prev\" href=\"javascript: void(0);\">Prev<\/a>\n\t<span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n\t<a class=\"slideshow-next\" href=\"javascript: void(0);\">Next<\/a>\n\t<span class=\"slideshow-info648 slideshow-info\"><\/span>\n<\/div><!-- .slideshow-nav -->\n<div id=\"portfolio-slideshow648\" class=\"portfolio-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow-next slideshow-content \">\n\t\t<a class=\"slideshow-next\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"psp-active\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/20x200-mount-ideal_bookshelf_5_kids-7001.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/20x200-mount-ideal_bookshelf_5_kids-7001.jpg\" height=\"480\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Slide 1\"><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow-next slideshow-content not-first\">\n\t\t<a class=\"slideshow-next\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"psp-active\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/20x200-mount-ideal_bookshelf_6_cooking-7001.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"480\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Slide 2\"><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow-next slideshow-content not-first\">\n\t\t<a class=\"slideshow-next\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"psp-active\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/20x200-mount-ideal42-7001.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"431\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Slide 3\"><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow-next slideshow-content not-first\">\n\t\t<a class=\"slideshow-next\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"psp-active\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/idealbookshelf11_j1.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"431\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Slide 4\"><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow-next slideshow-content not-first\">\n\t\t<a class=\"slideshow-next\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"psp-active\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/idealbookshelf16_jm1.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"431\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Slide 5\"><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"slideshow-meta\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"slideshow-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"slideshow-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"slideshow-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"slideshow-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"slideshow-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div><\/div><!--#slideshow-wrapper-->\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janemount.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jane Mount<\/a> is an artist and entrepreneur. An exhibit of her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.20x200.com\/art\/2010\/05\/ideal-bookshelf-42-jmm.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ideal Bookshelf<\/a> project is on display at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.curiosityshoppeonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Curiosity Shoppe<\/a> in San Francisco until June 13.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is on an ideal bookshelf? The books that made people who they are, that changed their lives. How long have you been painting bookshelves? Three years. Do you ever spot repeats? There\u2019s a cookbook called The Silver Spoon\u2014I&#8217;ve painted that silver spoon so many times! 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