Read for the 2009 YA Reading Challenge. Sixteen-year-old Sam’s life is going pretty well. School’s not bad, he’s actually starting to think about what he might want to do with his life, and he’s dating Alicia, a really cool and pretty girl who he wouldn’t have thought he had a chance with. And then she […]
Slam – Nick Hornby Read More »
Read for the Dream King Reading Challenge. This book would be an interesting read for anyone that wants a peek instead of Neil Gaiman’s creative process. It features interviews with 27 of his collaborators: editors, artists, inkers and other authors. (It was published in 2004, so you’d need to take that into account for any
Hanging Out with the Dream King – Joseph McCabe Read More »
This was meant to be a post about two new projects, but only one that I cast on this weekend decided to stick. I’d cast on some socks for either my father or C’s Christmas present (fortunately, they’re the same shoe size, so I can decide after I’ve made them who gets what), using some
It’s time to wrap up the RIP IV challenge for the year. I decided to do Peril the First, which was to read at least four books in the challenge genres. I hit four pretty quickly, so figured I’d see how many more I could read before the end of the challenge. I’ve now cleaned
R.I.P IV Reading Challenge 9/1/09 – 10/31/09 Read More »
Read for the RIP IV and Vampire Reading Challenges. This is the fifth book of the Sookie Stackhouse novels, and it’s quite as enjoyable as the ones that have gone before. One thing I’ve grown to appreciate about these books is Charlaine Harris’ ability to weave together at least three separate plot lines that by
Dead as a Doornail – Charlaine Harris Read More »
Pattern: Traveling Woman Shawl by Liz AbinanteYarn: Claudia’s Handpainted 55 Fingering Silk, in the Marooned colorwayNeedles: size 6 When I cast this little shawl on on Sunday, I certainly didn’t think I’d be done with it in under a week. Granted, I did have the week off, but I didn’t work on it every much
Read for the RIP IV and Vampire Reading Challenges. This book is best summed up as: Henry and Mike fight over Vicki, now with the undead! Undead joking aside, this book was clearly the source material whenever anyone on the TV show needed to deal with Henry and Mike’s prickly relationship, and it’s great fun.
Blood Pact – Tanya Huff Read More »
Somewhat to my chagrin, I finally made it out to Mackworth Island, for the first time this year. I’ve therefore missed the flowers and the warm breezes, but it’s still lovely out there in the Fall, and today was an extremely lovely day. I should preface my remarks about the above pictures by mentioning how
Fall At Mackworth Island Read More »
This reading challenge immediately caught my eye. I have a number of classics in my reading queue, and it seemed like the perfect excuse to dust off that portion of my virtual TBR pile. The challenge is to read just one book. (There’s a higher level to read four books, but I tend to read
Really Old Classics Challenge 11/1/2009 – 2/28/2010 Read More »
I think I only lasted a grand total of 24 hours on the enjoying having only finished projects thing. Yesterday evening was cold and rainy/snowy, and my hands were itching for some more knitting. So I cast on a Traveling Woman shawl with the Claudia’s Hand Painted Silk yarn I bought last time I was