Pattern: Arianrhod by Sue Lazenby Yarn: Knitpicks Alpaca Cloud in Blossom Heather Needles: Size 4 circs and DPNs I finally got around to blocking my sister’s shawl this weekend. (It’s an ideal activity while waiting for a coworker to drive in and pick up our old couch to go to the dump.) I’m really […]
I’ve been rereading the Elenium and the Tamuli, which I won’t do a full write up by book. But I wanted to say a few things. First: the Belgariad and the Mallorean are still Eddings’ better works, but these two series are very readable. Second, and I don’t know if it’s because a friend recently started
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This the Citadel hat by Beata Jezek, using KnitPicks Capra in the Pesto colorway, and Reywa Fibers Yak in the Festival colorway. (Yak! I got it half off!!) Is it weird that winter hats make good summer projects?
This series is set about twenty five years before Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate books, with the same zany steampunk atmosphere and sense of fun. In this case, it’s set at Mademoiselle Geraldine’s Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. Sophronia is sent there when her mother despairs of ever turning her into a lady.
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Another cool thing about the new camera? I can take evening shots, and reasonably expect the picture to come out in a usable format. I actually finished this about two weeks ago, but had been hoping to block it before I wrote about it. That hasn’t happened yet, so since it’s the last
I used to read the Ask the Pilot column on Salon, so when this book came up on the Kindle Daily Deal list, I jumped on it. I’d always enjoyed the author’s columns, so figured I’d enjoy this too. It’s basically a primer in all things commercial aviation – from how pilots train, to
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I thought McKillip only had one scifi book – but it’s actually three. Moon Flash (and its sequel, which I have not yet read) could be mistaken for fantasy at the beginning, but turn out to be scifi as the story moves along. Kyreol is the daughter of the village Healer, in a simple
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So remember how I snapped off about half of one of my tomato plants while I was getting the cages on, and really wasn’t sure if it would pull though? Well, it’s now the heartier of the two plants, both of which had to go to tier two of the tomato cages today.
I’ve been sitting on this book for a while – my only other experience with this author was the movie version of The Remains of the Day, which I loathed. (I think that was a case of seeing something with the wrong expectations or in the wrong mood – it’s been long enough I
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I have to admit, I’m a little sad I only have one book left in this series. I know I can count on these books when I want to be amused and entertained. The Wizards are up to their old tricks with the Enchanted Forest, and since Queen Cimorene is pregnant, everyone else is
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