2014 Books Read
Here’s the list for this year. I managed to hit 80, by the skin of my teeth. There were only two books this year I started and couldn’t find. They can be found here.
2014 Completed Knitting Projects
Here’s the final project wrap up for the year. Not too shabby, and I paired down a fair amount of my stash. I’m not sure yet what next year brings. I do like having something to do with my hands, but I don’t always have a reason to give away knitwear, so I’m thinking of
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2014 Books Started and Not Finished
1. The Windup Girl – Paolo BacigalupiThis is one of those scifi books that throws you straight into an advanced world with a lot of new tech, with weird names. In this case, apparently all of the food sources in the world have been overrun with disease, so you can make a ton of money
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Knitting Notes
Final cast on for the year: the Turbine hat by Wooly Wormhead, in the rest of the Malabrigo Rios Glazed Carrots yarn. I’m making the largest size – here’s hoping I have enough yarn leftover.
A Celtic Miscelleny – Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson
This book is a collection of translations from all the Celtic languages, meant to give a flavor for Celtic literature. It’s most heavy on Irish, Scottish and Welsh, but does bring in a bit of Manx, Cornish and Breton. The stories are loosely grouped by subjects – some are general, like Nature, but there are
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Knitting Notes
Here’s the obligatory year end hexipuff post. Someday, I’ll have enough for a baby blanket. At least this year, I got in some different colors to break up the mostly blue and green monotony.
Sewing Notes
In the course of Christmas shopping, I managed to find my niece’s next birthday present. (Yep, that’s in August. I’m way ahead.) Here’s a bag in which to contain it.
Wonders of the Invisible World – Patricia A. McKillip
Short stories – again, great plane material. But I also enjoyed that these are a different way of looking at McKillip’s work. Most of these stories were not so much about the beautiful language I enjoy so much about her novels, but the stories are still wonderful. Some favorites: “Undine”- an unexpected, modern take on
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Steelheart – Brandon Sanderson
When the Epics first appeared, there were many that believed that humans with super powers would want to help everyone. But it turns out that having powers goes to a person’s head, and a massive power struggle ensued, where regular people suffered as various Epics consolidated their power. David was there when Steelheart claimed Chicago,
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2014 Completed Reading Challenges
Once Upon a Time VIII Reading Challenge 3/21/14 – 6/21/14 – finished 6/12/14 RIP IX Reading Challenge 9/1/14 – 10/31/14 – finished 10/29/14 Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge 1/1/14 – 12/20/14
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