Soot and Slipper – Kate Stradling
This is a twist on Cinderella. It starts with the step mother asking Eugenie to stay away from the coming masquerade ball – everyone knows that Eugenie is prettier than her two step sisters, and because she will inherit her father’s estate once she comes of age, it’s vitally important that they find themselves good
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The Golden Shears – D.S. Murphy
Following the action of The Scarlet Thread, Kai has managed to escape from the home of the gods lead by Hades – it would seem that their reasons for helping her might not always be pure, and they’ve neglected to tell her that her friends at the old institute, who are like sisters, are now
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Losing Mars – Cidney Swanson
Jess has returned to Earth, destroying the one ship left that can journey between Earth and Mars in the process. She’s been reunited with her brother Ethan, and Pavel, the boy she’s pretty sure she loves, but who is also the nephew of her (and Mars’) greatest enemy on Earth. So what’s a girl to
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Blue Gentian – Casey E. Hamilton
Salya is a Traveler, and as she’s approaching adulthood, she’s feeling the pressure to devote herself to the healing trade of her grandmother. It’s a very serious thing among her people –a true vocation. But she’s not quite sure she’s ready for it. One night, an injured man stumbles upon their camp. Bren is a
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Knitting Notes
Pattern: Stash Busting Helix Hat by Jessica RoseYarn: Quince and Co Owl in the Buru, Cranberry and Straits colorways, and Berry Meadow Heritage Alpaca in TashiNeedles: Size 8 and 9 circs and size 9 DPNs Stash busting continues, with a touch of it’s been cold, and I’m still trying to perfect my winter hat game.
Knight of the Crescent Moon – L. E. Towne
LibraryThing Early Reviewers book Tam Paradiso is a cop in Philadelphia who also happens to be one of the few people that can see otherworldly creatures, so she has a double job – cop by day, protecting the world from evil by night. As she’s tracking a particularly nasty creature one night, another creature hunter,
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Knitting Notes
Pattern: Cowl based on eyeballing the Bryce Canyon cowl by Courtney MussattYarn: Lichen and Lace Matte Sock in the Pressed Flower ColorwayNeedles: Size 5 DPNs The cowl is done. Still love the yarn, and I really like this colorway. I wasn’t much into the speckled colorways that have been popular in recent memory, but
Beautiful Creatures – Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
I can’t say this book is reinventing the YA star-crossed teenage love story trope, but it has a few things I like that are a bit different. We have Ethan, who’s lived a small South Carolina town all his life, and has wanted to leave for ages. His high school is full of people who
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Knitting Notes
Project: Holiday Cheer Ornaments by Kate Gagnon OsbornYarn: Lichen and Lace Matte Sock in the Teal Tide colorwayNeedles: Size 1.5 DPNs More using up the Lichen and Lace – this is one of nine options in this pattern set, so I’m sure I’ll be revisiting it – they’re all great yarn end busters.