Author Monnibo
Okay so I’ve gotten a lot of books accumulated here, and I definitely would like to read a few over the holidays. The only problem is the weight of my luggage both going to England (Dec.15), and coming home (Jan.3)…. Continue Reading →
Gar and Trudy Sawtelle breed and train dogs (a fictional breed) that have come to be known for their incredible intelligence and charisma simply as “Sawtelle dogs”. When Edgar was born mute, their dog Almondine was his voice — if… Continue Reading →
FO + FO = warm Monnibo!! Sorry for the crappy bathroom photos… but when you finish at midnight-thirty, during the winter season no less, there aren’t going to be any outdoor shots. Maybe later when I’m in England we’ll get… Continue Reading →
Dewey, of The Hidden Side of the Leaf passed away last week. She was a new blogfriend, prolific reader and reveiwer, amazing blogger full of creative energy, and the founder and organizer of Weekly Geeks, the Bookworms Carnival, and the… Continue Reading →
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 →
Every so often I see a great question and suggest it to Deb at Booking Through Thursday. Well this week, I’m famous! And I made Literary Feline famous too! Monica suggested this one: Got this idea from Literary Feline during… Continue Reading →
Broken is Daniel Clay‘s first novel, and immediately I knew it was set in England. Just the language, the slang, and the style took me straight back to the UK. I also really enjoyed how honest the book was. Sometimes… Continue Reading →
I finished Calorimetry…. Okay so I know that the pattern said gauge was important… and I know that I didn’t swatch, but what I want to know is HOW BIG IS THE MODEL’S HEAD!? I cast on LESS stitches than… Continue Reading →
I was so excited to get to read this book. I’ve been hearing about it all over blogs, it’s been popping up in my book radar (out and about) constantly. I only knew that it was about a burn victim… Continue Reading →
Despite Henry’s “help” with Calorimetry [pattern link], I’m nearly done. I lovelovelove the colour, and as I’ve mentioned before, I adore the Blue Sky Alpacas Organic Dyed Cotton! Yum! Hopefully I’ll finish it off during Birthday Knitting with Julia at… Continue Reading →
Theresa over at edittorrent (one of my new RSS feeds thanks to BBAW) went for a trip to the bookstore with her friends. In a very entertaining and articulate post, Theresa ends up musing over why and how we pick… Continue Reading →
Do any other readers have trouble at the beginning of a book establishing the speaker’s gender? I always seem to immediately assume the speaker is a female — but Getting the Girl by Susan Juby is narrated by Sherman Mack,… Continue Reading →
What was the most unusual (for you) book you ever read? Either because the book itself was completely from out in left field somewhere, or was a genre you never read, or was the only book available on a long… Continue Reading →
Meg Tilly’s new book, First Time, is directed towards reluctant teen readers. The book is small (just over 100 pages), and the font is fairly large (probably 12pt Arial). The story however, is not for a younger reader, it’s geared… Continue Reading →
Autumn is starting, and kids are heading back to school–does the changing season change your reading habits? Less time? More? Are you just in the mood for different kinds of books than you were over the summer? Great Booking Through… Continue Reading →
No one said my WIP knitting had to be good progress. So I cast on… and I hate casting on. I do the thumb method because it’s the only one I ever learned. And I hate how loose it is;… Continue Reading →
I’m not really feeling into talking about terrorism/villains/evil things that happen in the world because it just doesn’t seem appropriate. Also, to be honest, I read books and fiction so I can get away from real life. So I’m going… Continue Reading →
