Month November 2008
The Friday Night Knitting Club is the story of a group of women of different ages, different backgrounds, and very different personalities who meet at a little yarn shop on Manhattan’s Upper West Side — and surprise themselves by forging… Continue Reading →
The second easiest scarf in the world is still not done (the first easiest is just knitting all rows): Why? you ask… well, because I’m cheap. I don’t want to buy another skein of the yarn (also I know that… Continue Reading →
I really enjoyed Dewey, although I honestly admit to crying my eyes out at the end. Don’t worry, I’m not spoiling anything — it’s made clear from the beginning that this is written after Dewey’s time at the library. The… Continue Reading →
I receive a lot of review books, but I have never once told lies about the book just because I got a free copy of it. However, some authors seem to feel that if they send you a copy of… Continue Reading →
When I got the book, Dewey, I promptly put it on the floor to introduce Henry to his twin. The photo on the cover of Dewey is the cat himself when he was just under a year old (according to… Continue Reading →
Marina sent me a link to this blog post about graknitti — knitting graffiti! I’ve heard about this being done to lampposts, but this article talks about all manner of objects being graknittied!
I thought knew exactly what I was getting into when I picked up Nicholas Sparks’ novel, The Lucky One: be prepared with the tissues, the waterworks are about to start. However, I was kept guessing; I kept trying to predict… Continue Reading →
I can definitely see why The Cellist of Sarajevo got longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Through a series of characters, the reader is shown various aspects of the seige of Sarajevo. The scariest part of this book? I was… Continue Reading →
I initially chose this book because its description and look reminded me of Griffin and Sabine, which I love. The book, by Shaun Tan, is actually considered “juvenile fiction” or a “graphic novel”. If I was describing this book to… Continue Reading →
