a long long book
Oh my, 1Q84 by Haruki Muakami, 2011, is long. I listened to it and it seemed to go on forever. I couldn’t stop listening to it or skip parts, even though is slow and repetitive, sort of chant-like. It’s not … Continue reading →
knitting – 2 hitch hikers
Love knitting the hitchhiker pattern by Martina Behn and want to make another one. Socks for brother in law. Started a sweater, Kate Davies pattern;; Boreal, beautiful wool/ alpace mix. Second try at making a glove. First was too big, … Continue reading →
Books
Finished Michael Ondajte’s The Cat’s Table and liked it. Good thing I started again from the beginning. Ian Rankin’s latest book about the Complaint’s department, The Impossible Dead, 2011 was good too. He writes good mysteries with interesting characters and … Continue reading →
Good book
Anne Patchett’s latest book, State of Wonder, 2011 is good. It was rough going for awhile as the characters were unappealing but by the end she’s got you totally involved in all of them. The Amazon sounds overwhelming and too … Continue reading →
finishing things
Books and knitting…finished reading the last Troy book, John Lawton’s series following Frederick Troy. Sad to not have any more to read, I do like his writing. The last book was A Little White Death, written in 1998. It’s set … Continue reading →
blanket and mitts
Kay Gardiner’s Mitered Crosses Blanket so far. Love the pattern. I’m using left over and thrift shop sweater undone finds. Sock yarn doubled for a few squares. and Kate Davies, mittens only I am making them fingerless
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Stephen West scarfBacklogged because I have not got the camera out to take pictures.The baby sweater and booties were knit in September. I am working on 4 other things. Fingerless mitts, mitered square log cabin blanket almost finished. The bottom … Continue reading →
unneverving book
Zoe Heller, What Was She Thinking; Notes on a Scandal, 2003. Narrated by a dreadful controlling woman who is telling the story of a total flake of another woman, there are no redeeming qualities in either of them and yet … Continue reading →
Good book, not-so-good book
The Sister Brothers by Patrick DeWitt, 2011, may be up for many awards but I sure didn’t like it. Listened to most of it and finally gave up because I didn’t find it interesting in any way. I don’t get … Continue reading →
books
Finally tripped on the summer book that I listened to and forgot, In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson, 2011. With a title like that, no wonder I forgot. It … Continue reading →