I came to read A.S. Byatt by way of her novel Possession, a book I very much enjoyed. I was extremely intrigued to note that she also writes fairy tales, five of which are featured in this book. The first two are actually in Possession, which initially gave me an incredible sense of déjà vu […]
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I admit to being intrigued by a number of Laurell K. Hamilton’s books, but somewhat off-put by how they seemed to be mostly marketed for the sex content, more than the story. (It’s not that I’m a prude, I just like a certain amount of, hmm, plot in the books I read.) However, some of
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Riding a wave of fresh cranberry sauce success, I managed to cut out the background and water feature to one of the landscape quilts I’ve been pondering. It’s pretty rough, and will need some shaping (and a splash more green) once I go to sew it together, but actually seems to be shaping up pretty
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It snowed today. Now, this is notable because I have done next to no raking so far this year. As anyone that lives in leaf country can attest, it’s pretty much pointless to rake until all of the leaves are off the trees, unless you’re a masochist that enjoys constant rework. As I look out
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I forgot to mention it a couple days ago when I completed them but, I have socks! The second one came out slightly large than the other. (I’m apparently starting to relax out of the beginning knitter’s propensity to knit tightly. Wish that hadn’t happened mid project, but that’s ok.) I also need to find
I do enjoy Christopher Moore’s books. He comes up with the most random assemblage of characters and somehow manages to weave them into a cohesive story that actually makes whatever crack-brained idea he’s dealing with in the current book work. This book is about whales. He captured a pretty decent picture of the whale scene
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I have one and 2/3rds pair of socks! Which leads into the fact that my Nanowrimo novel is pretty much dead in the water. I decided to start with this story idea because I’d finally refined it to the point where I figured it was focused enough to pound out. Turns out I’ve focused it
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The Book to Movie Reading Challenge is done! I read the following: I had a good time reading these books. They were a nice counterpoint the RIP II challenge, where I’d chosen to read some much larger tomes. My only slight regret is that two of my choices were books where I had not seen
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Read for the Books to Movie Reading Challenge. Watership Down follows the journey of a few male rabbits from the warren where they were born, as they set out to found a new warren, following the lead of two brothers. I have to say, I’m not sure how it is that I haven’t read this
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I just returned from a long weekend in Mass, having attended the seventh annual alternate Thanksgiving celebration held my a group of my college friends. I’m coasting down from an insane sugar high. (The pie-fest was perhaps not well timed, as I have my first physical with a new doctor on Tuesday, and my weight