It’s not often that you can actually sit down and read a craft book through, but the Knitter’s Book of Yarn is one that you can. It’s a very readable, very informative book. The other starts by breaking the various types of fiber into broad groups – Synthetic, Cellulose, Cellulosic and Protein. Within these groups, […]
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Read for the Young Adult and Once Upon a Time II Reading Challenges. I’ve found a new fantasy series to follow. I’d almost bought The Naming and The Riddle (the second book in the series) last Christmas, based on the cover illustrations and short descriptions in the book. However, I was good, and once I
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Quick! It’s an emergency! You just got an urgent call about a family emergency and had to rush to the airport with barely time to grab your wallet and your passport. But now, you’re stuck at the airport with nothing to read. What do you do?? And, no, you did NOT have time to grab
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The full title of this book is Pride and Prescience (Or, A Truth Universally Acknowledged) – A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery. Yep, it’s a Jane Austen knock off. And it’s fun! I’d actually read the second book in this series first (long story), and had then promptly forgotten about it, until I went looking
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Read for the Mythopeoic Award and Once Upon a Time II Challenges. I need to read more Peter Beagle. I’ve read The Last Unicorn, but it was long enough ago that I only remember the bare bones outline of the story. I picked up this book of short stories out of the Mythopoeic award list
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I have my first post up on the Soup’s On challenge blog. Just a little intro, and some possible selections for the challenge, which runs from 4/1 to 3/31/09.
Yesterday’s question was: I’ve always wondered what other people do when they come across a word/phrase that they’ve never heard before. I mean, do they jot it down on paper so they can look it up later, or do they stop reading to look it up on the dictionary/google it or do they just continue
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The cracktasic tour of David Eddings’ Belgariad and Mallorean continues. Belgarath the Sorcerer is the entire back story of the world of the series, as seen through the eyes of the 7,000-year old first disciple of the god Aldur. Belgarath is one of the better-developed and enjoyable characters from these books (how can you not
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Read for the Once Upon a Time II Reading Challenge. I’ve had Anansi Boys and American Gods on my to read list for quite some time (because someone had them buried in the basement and could never remember to grab them whenever he was in the area…). I’d always intended to read American Gods first,
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My cracktasic whirlwind tour of David Eddings’ longest story continues. The Mallorean picks up where the Belgariad left off, after Garion has defeated the dark god Torak, and all should be right with the world. Naturally, it’s not. Turns out, killing Torak was something that had to happen before the ultimate showdown between the Dark
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