Read for the Once Upon a Time IV Reading Challenge. Peri has lost both her parents to the Sea – her father when he left one morning in his fishing boat, and her mother, because she has never stopped waiting for Peri’s father to come home, and no longer lives in quite the same world […]
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Pattern: Haruha Scarf by Mari MuinonenYarn: Malabrigo sock in the Solis colorwayNeedles: Size 7 I’ll admit, when I first managed to cut through this skein of Malabrigo sock while opening the package, I didn’t think I’d ever manage to use it in a project. I’m pleasantly surprised how well this scarf came out. There are
Read for the Once Upon a Time IV and 2010 YA Reading Challenges. Enna Burning is the second book in Shannon Hale’s Bayern series, picking up after the events of The Goose Girl. The Goose Girl is based on the fairy tale, but the books after it continue with the stories of some of the
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Pattern: Lilac Socks by Jeanie TownsendYarn: Knitpicks Stroll in the Dusk ColorwayNeedles: Size 2 DPNs My second pair of March Sockdown socks are done! Unfortunately, these socks suffered in comparison to the other socks I did for March, both patternwise and yarnwise. I actually feel a little bad about that, because this is a good
Read for the 2010 Complete Booker Challenge. Black Swan Green is a year in the life of Jason Taylor, a thirteen-year-old growing up in a small Worcestershire village in the early 80s. I really enjoyed this book. It had a very different tone than the other book I’d read by this author (Cloud Atlas), though
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Read for the Once Upon a Time IV Reading Challenge. Evie Scelan is a bike messenger in Boston who also happens to have a supernatural nose that makes her very handy at finding things. Just a few weeks earlier (as chronicled in the first book of this series, Spiral Hunt), she played a large roll
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Pattern: Belle Vittini (March SKA Mystery Sock) by Kristi GeraciSize: MYarn: Tess’ Designer Yarns Peruvian Sock yarnNeedles: 1.5 DPNs The March Mystery socks are done! I had such a great time knitting these socks. The pattern wasn’t too difficult, but was varied enough to keep things interesting, and as I’ve mentioned many times before, I
Aurora Teagarden is a librarian in an Atlanta suburb that may be near the city, but is still a small town. She also happens to be a member of the Real Murders club, which gets together to discuss famous murders. It seems like a harmless pastime until Roe one day arrives early at the monthly
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Read for the Once Upon a Time IV Reading Challenge. Niviene is of the Fey, and unlike most of those mysterious people, lives with her family: her mother Nimway, the Lady of the Lake, and her brother Lugh, on the magical island of Avalon. The mage Merlin is a frequent visitor to the island, where
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Mystery Sock #1 is done! I don’t think I can add much more to what I’ve already said about how much I’m enjoying this sock, so I’ll leave it at that. I’ve started the second Lilac Sock next. I figure I’ll at least get myself through the ribbing before I start on Mystery Sock #2.
