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  • Electric Sheep Shawl
    Knitting Notes
    With a Boreas chart done, I’m back to knitting. This is the Electric Sheep shawl by Beata Jezek. I’m using a gradient set of Sundara Extra Fine DK Silky Merino called Night Skies. It’s three skeins going from blue to teal. (I saw it and had to buy it immediately – they are my colors.)… Read more: Knitting Notes
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    Cast in Secret – Michelle Sagara
    I really enjoy this world that the author has created – it has such an air of realness about it, and such an interesting set of races. And the magic system gets more interesting as the story progresses. Kaylin is sent to investigate the disappearance of what appears to be a simple box from Elani… Read more: Cast in Secret – Michelle Sagara
  • Boreas
    Embroidery Notes
    Chart three of Boreas is done. It’s funny how this doesn’t look like much when I’m working on it, but once I put it down and step back, it is clear. I still have a ton to go – this is such a small piece of the whole picture. I’m curious how long this will… Read more: Embroidery Notes
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    Weyward – Emilia Hart
    There are three characters to this story – Kate, in the present day; her great aunt Violet, when she was young, during WWII; and their ancestor Altha, who was tried as a witch in the 16th century. I liked this book – the thread of power that draws these characters together is compelling, but it’s… Read more: Weyward – Emilia Hart
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    The Hexologists – Josiah Bancroft
    Super interesting book. It’s in a sort of Victorian maybe England, with various types of magic available, although some are thought to be gone. Iz and Warren are a married couple (with a fantastic relationship). She’s a hexologist, and has inherited a bunch of interesting artifacts from her father, who was a renowned scholar (though… Read more: The Hexologists – Josiah Bancroft

Books Read 2024

  1. City of Storms – Kat Ross
  2. The Demi-Wolf and the Hunter – Amberley Martin
  3. Indexing: Reflections – Seanan McGuire
  4. Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast – Carol Gracie
  5. The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry – C. M. Waggoner
  6. The Buttercross Dragon – Maria Grace
  7. Bookshops and Bonedust – Travis Baldree
  8. Shenanigans – ed. Mercedes Lackey
  9. Imprudence – Gail Carriger
  10. The Tough Guide to Fantasyland – Diana Wynne Jones
  11. Demon Daughter – Lois McMaster Bujold
  12. The Magician’s Daughter – H. G. Parry
  13. The Spare Man – Mary Robinette Kowal
  14. Hell Bent – Leigh Bardugo
  15. Snowspelled – Stephanie Burgis
  16. Winter’s Gifts – Ben Aaronovitch
  17. Spells and Shelves – Elle Adams
  18. A Close and Common Orbit – Becky Chambers
  19. Beauty and the Werewolf – Mercedes Lackey
  20. Bride of the Rat God – Barbara Hambly
  21. The Frost Fair Affair – Tansy Rayner Roberts
  22. Spellcracker’s Honeymoon – Tansy Rayner Roberts
  23. Nona the Ninth – Tamsyn Muir
  24. Tea Set and Match – Casey Blair
  25. The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl – Theodora Goss
  26. Flamebringer – Elle Katharine White
  27. The Warden – Daniel M. Ford
  28. The Compleat Traveller in Black – John Brunner
  29. Beyond the Tower – JacQueline Vaughn Roe
  30. Blood and Ash – Deborah Wilde
  31. Lives of the Trees – Diana Wells
  32. The Bennet Women – Eden Appiah-Kube
  33. Penric and the Bandit – Lois McMaster Bujold
  34. Time’s Convert – Deborah Harkness
  35. Mollification for a Giant – Amberley Martin
  36. Point of Honour – Madeleine E. Robins
  37. Elder Race – Adrian Tchaikovsky
  38. Memory – Lois McMaster Bujold
  39. Forest of Scarlet – Tara Grayce
  40. The Bone Spindle – Leslie Vedder
  41. Sabriel – Garth Nix
  42. The Blue Sword – Robin McKinley
  43. Lost in the Moment and Found – Seanan McGuire
  44. Names for the Sea – Sarah Moss
  45. One Dark Window – Rachel Gillig
  46. Wormwood Abbey – Christina Baehr
  47. Witch King – Martha Wells
  48. A Rake of His Own – AJ Lancaster
  49. Brother Cadfael’s Herb Garden – Robin Whiteman
  50. Tongue Eater – John Bierce
  51. Bound – Mark Lawrence
  52. Elf King – Tara Grayce
  53. Royal Tea Service – Casey Blair
  54. Two Twisted Crowns – Rachel Gillig
  55. The New Parisienne – Lindsey Tramuta
  56. The Drowned Woods – Emily Lloyd-Jones
  57. The Last Echo of the Lord of Bells – John Bierce
  58. The Kiss of Deception – Mary Pearson
  59. The Hexologists – Josiah Bancroft
  60. We Should All Be Millionaires – Rachel Rodgers
  61. Weyward – Emilia Hart
  62. Cast in Secret – Michelle Sagara
  63. Goblins and Greatcoats – Travis Baldree
  64. Saiyana’s Challenge – Casey Blair

Currently Reading

  • The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends – Peter Berresford Ellis
  • Victories Greater Than Death – Charlie Jane Anders
  • The Raven Tower – Ann Leckie
Finished Knitting Projects 2023
2023 Completed Knitting Projects
Boreas
Boreas – the Cross Stitch Project of Doom
Back Garden 2023
Garden 2023

Completed Reading Lists