Had a bit of a lull this year – definitely didn’t read any books as I normally do. There were definitely some bigger books in this list that took me longer to get through than normal, so I think that was part of that. Other than that, not sure why things slowed […]
Once Upon a Time VII 3/21/13 – 6/21/13 – finished 6/7/13 RIP VIII Reading Challange 9/1/13 – 10/31/13 – finished 10/22/13
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Here’s the total of what I have after making this year’s hexipuffs. Still not enough to make a blanket, but I’m getting there, slowly by surely.
In this prequel to the City of Ember, a girl named Nickie has come to the small North Carolina town of Yonwood with her aunt so that they can get her great-grandfather’s house ready to sell. At the same time, the United States is teetering at the end of war with an unnamed enemy (it’s
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Lady Diana Furnaval’s husband, William, is the last in the line of gatekeepers. It turns out the family estate has a gate into another realm on it, and William’s family has kept the worst of what can come from the gate from effecting other people. There are of course other gates, and when William is
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Miss Buncle is a spinster in the little English village of Silverstream – the kind of person that everyone knows, and secretly pities, because she seems to have such a drab life. But Miss Buncle has a secret – she’s written a book, recasting Silverstream as the village of Copperfield, and showcasing all of the
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I read French Women Don’t Get Fat ages ago (definitely pre-blog), and I don’t remember having any strong feeling about it either way. It was basically a treatise on French attitudes toward food, and trying to apply that to our American eating habits. So, when I found a used copy of this book, the follow
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The Three Irish Girls Beckon Merino Auspicious is gone. I meant to make a pair of socks to go with the first hat, but didn’t have enough yarn, so ended up making another hat. I was just able to eek out one hexipuff with what was left. One of my coworkers commissioned
The perfect activity when you’re stuck inside during a Sunday snow storm? Quilt binding! So, I just have to sew that down to the back of the quit, and this one is done!
An interesting study of various Warrior Queens as an archetype through time, centering on Boudicea (who the author separates in Boudicea – the legendary figure, and Boudica – the historical figure). Boudicea was the Queen of the British Iceni tribe, who rose up against the Romans after they scourged her, and raped her daughters. That
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