This trilogy is an interesting take on Pride and Prejudice. It’s really only the first book that follows Austen’s story. For the next two, the story is just about how those characters act in this fantasy world. What I find interesting is how many people complained because it went dark. I’ll be honest – I […]
Flamebringer – Elle Katharine White Read More »
This is the final book of the The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club series, which is about the daughters of several different Victorian era villains – Jekyll and Hyde (they each have a daughter), Dr. Moreau, Frankenstein, and others. In this book, we also get an ancient Egyptian queen, and Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl – Theodora Goss Read More »
So this happened. I could have sworn I checked well enough for twisting when I cast on the middle stitching, but I think the back was actually twisted, so when I went to join the front and back, well. There you go. So I’ve put this to the side before I tink it back, in
I have finally finished moving the old compost pile away from the fence to the new pile. It helped that the remains shrunk quite a bit over the winter, so I was able to knock the rest out in about 45 minutes in the hour and a half between when I get done with work
I’ve actually done two rounds of planting since I last checked in – all of the surviving seedlings are now in larger pots. I need to do something about my marigold starts. I’m not having good luck in the pods. I may try those in larger flats next year, and prick them out into these
