This book has a really unique voice to it. It’s a conversation from the main character, and he manages to throw in so much world-building while it feels like he’s just casually sauntering through his life. Kinch is a thief – that was his alternative to joining the army for the wars against the goblins. […]
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Pattern: Nalu Mitts by Leila Raven Yarn: Bare Naked Wools Targhee Tango Sport in the Apilado colorway Needles: Size 4 DPNs This is a great pattern – really well written out. A fairly new knitter should be able to do this pattern, and it’s got some nice technique to it too. I still have so
We made it to my favorite stand of witch hazel today. Normally, it also features winterberry, but the berries were pretty sparse at this point this year. But it was nice to see a flower still hanging on, now that our temperatures have dipped precipitously, seemingly overnight.
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My other experience with Brodsky’s work is her Olympus Bound series (which starts with The Immortals), where she took the ancient Greek gods into modern times, and which I enjoyed. So when I saw that she wrote a book about the meeting of the Inuit and the Norse, I was intrigued, and very willing to
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The shed is put to bed for the year, other than the perennial pots. Everything else is cleaned up and stowed according to how likely I will need it in early spring. Here are said perennial pots – other than the maypop. That was denuded of foliage, and since I’m storing that in the garage
Pattern: Sprung Rhythm by Kate Davies Yarn: KDD & Co Ooskit in the Riach colorway Needles: Size 8 circs This was a fun knit – interesting construction, and a nice pattern. It’s got a nice coziness to it – I’m looking forward to it being cold enough to wear, which will be soon enough. I
I added three more colors to the Worsted/Aran Ten Stitch Blanket. I was going to add one yarn end to the DK blanket as well, but realized it was more or less the same color as the last batch. I should be finishing a DK project soon that looks like it’ll only have a bit
The remaining dahlias came in on my lunch break on Thursday. I was a little worried about this batch – they went through a harder frost than I really should have let them go through a couple days after their first frost. Fortunately, I had moved them under our roof overhang, and trimmed off most
We both managed to catch one of the lovely respiratory cruds going around, so I lost some time to that over the last couple of weekends. I did manage to dig out the first batch of dahlias ahead of a big rainstorm during the week (see above), and those were cleaned off and packed up
This is a really interesting world, and I like how the magic works – Aelis has some interesting abilities fused in a different way. She’s also a reckless idiot sometimes, and it’s a good thing she has friends looking out for her. We learn a lot more about the raised dead we met in the
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