Drop Stitch Scarf
My first Noro experience! It was on clearance and a steal at $6 a skein. It was scratchy, but I soaked it in Eucalan bath…
Booking Through Thursday — Heroine
Who is your favorite female lead character? And why? (And yes, of course, you can name more than one . . . I always have…
Eat, Pray, Love
A memoir of looking for pleasure, devotional and the balance of the two in Italy, India, and Indonesia. I first started reading last spring/summer, but…
Booking Through Thursday — Format
All other things (like price and storage space) being equal, given a choice in a perfect world, would you rather have paperbacks in your library?…
Pumpkin Scones
Pumpkin season is over, but do you have a can of puree? If not get some for this wonderful tea time snack. love lyrics love…
Life and Times of Michael K
Set in South Africa, this 1983 Booker Prize Winner by Nobel Laureate (2003) J. M. Coetzee is about a man surviving amidst war, civil unrest,…
Sunday Salon and Shakespeare: The World As Stage
It's been a good week for reading. I finished V for Vendetta after last TSS, finished Eugene Onegin by Wednesday and I listened to Shakespeare:…
Back-to-School U-Neck Vest
See my vest! When I first saw this pattern in the book, I was not that into it. First of all, this is my first…
Eugene Onegin
A novel in verse about the romance between the cynical dandy Eugene Onegin and Tatyana, a bookish country girl. The story itself is not particularly…
Booking Through Thursday — After the Honeymoon
This week's question is from the lovely Chris: Here’s something for Valentine’s Day. Have you ever fallen out of love with a favorite author? Was…
V for Vendetta
Before reading this graphic novel, I had read Alan Moore's other acclaimed work Watchmen. I enjoyed it, but I'm inclined to think right now V…
The Last of the Mohicans
The few positives of this book are that James Fenimore Cooper does his best to create a narrative of frontier life with themes of racism…