This is a nice, cozy book about a young man who gets hired to be the butler for a man who turns out to be a wizard. There are two interweaving subplots about a cursed amulet, and a scheming niece who’s trying to get the wizard sent to a retirement home so she can turn […]
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I try not to read too much about books ahead of time, because I really hate being swayed by other people’s opinions. I accidently found out that this is many people’s least favorite book in this trilogy, so I was definitely a little nervous going into it. I can definitely see where people would have
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Pattern: Sun Moon Socks by Andrea Rangel Yarn: Sundara High Twist Fingering in the Gilded Moonlight colorway Needles: Size 1.5 and 2 DPNs I adore this yarn – it is just the prettiest blue. Definitely showcased well with this pattern. The pattern’s great – very well written. It would be a good introduction to colorwork
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I enjoyed this book – it’s the second in a series following the lives of three sisters. They’re both the daughter of a baron in the capital city, but also the Mousai, enforcers for the Thief King, who also happens to be their father. This is Niya’s story, and we get a taste of it
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I am so loving this series. Which is making my resolution to wait until the paperback of the third book comes out very hard to stick to. If I didn’t have a ton of other stuff to read, I’m sure I would have run out and bought the hardcover already. El’s a senior now, and
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I love this yarn! It’s just the prettiest variable blue. These are the Sun and Moon Socks, by Andrea Rangel. Moon theme, of course (if you know me). I actually bought this pattern before I had firm plans to make it, which I almost never do. And then, like two weeks later, Sundara did a
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This is an interesting overview of the history of Medieval Europe, with the idea that we need to stop referring to it as the Dark Ages. The authors’ main point is that popular history tends to treat the medieval period as a fall from the glory that was the Roman Empire, but it’s better to
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Leave it to Le Guin to write a young adult book that’s a really moving story of slavery and freedom. This book is the story of Gavir, a slave in one of the households in the city of Etra, part of a confederation of cities that constantly seem to be at war with each other,
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Pattern: Agathis by Agata SmektalaYarn: I Knit or Dye Killing Me Softly Aran in Natural WhiteNeedles: Size 4 and 7 circs and Size 7 DPNs I’m really annoyed with myself. I picked the wrong yarn and/or needle size, and this is too big for me. But it’s really nice hat, so it’s not worth
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Interesting book. It’s set in a vaguely Eastern cultured world, where people use magic called madra. Lindon is born without any specific ability to shape madra, meaning he’s unsouled – more or less useless to his family. But he’s determined to make something of himself, and through sheer force of will sets out on what
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