I really hate the covers of these books. Really, really hate them. But anyway. This is another solid entry in this series – I really like Nevada and Conner’s interactions, and it’s been interesting seeing more characters introduced that I already knew about since I accidently started this series midway through. I still think I […]
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One of the very irritating things about Covid (I’m choosing to just be irritated) is that I had plans for those two lost weekends. Yard work plans had factored in heavily. There’s a large pile of mulch under a tarp right now we had delivered two days before I developed symptoms, that I feel like
This is the Argus sweater, by Leila Raven, using Quince and Co Lark in the Iceland colorway. So, I’ve had Covid. Which is why, despite having cast this on at the end of April, I’m just posting about it now. (Case was fairly mild, I just had very little extra energy for things like blogging.)
Original review here. I don’t normally write up rereads, but I really needed to mention again how good this book is. (Really, everything Bujold writes in this world is excellent.) I love the religion, and how the gods are fairly hands off, because they need to work through humans. And I love how those people
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Coffee Admirers is done. I definitely still hate French knots. (And I totally cheated and used Colonial knots.) Back stitching wasn’t too bad, though I did take a break in the middle of it to power through some knitting, because it is definitely more boring than the cross stitch sections. I guess this spells the
The Great Libraries store the grimoires of Austermeer’s sorcerers. It’s an interesting dynamic – the librarians fear the power of the sorcerers, but everyone knows that it’s the sorcerers’ magic that keeps their country safe from enemies. Only orphans are recruited to be librarians, but even they usually only enter the service of the Libraries
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Guess who’s back in the yard? I had wanted to plant peas last week, but it was way too wet. BF had seen our little buddy around earlier, but I finally saw him yesterday, so plans had to be made to keep the peas safe. I already had the support up from my prep-work last
This was a nice interlude – we go back in time to when Pen had recently been forced to leave Martinsbridge. He’s at his first assignment after his disastrous try at the healing arts, and is currently serving as a court sorcerer. It’s in this capacity that he’s called to the local healing center, for
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Pattern: Northlights by Clare Hutchison Yarn: Sundara Sock in the Water Studies #35 colorway Needles: Size 4 circs and DPNs I managed to get a 21″ and 19″ hat out of this skein of sock yarn, and I should have enough left for a baby hat for the stash. Good pattern – easy, but
I’m really enjoying this series, which is about the monk Chih, who travels through a land much like China, recording tales to bring back to their monastery. Chih hires one of the mammoth scouts to take them through a mountain pass – while on their journey, they encounter three hungry tigers. Who can also talk.
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