Booking Through Thursday – Ideal

by Athena // 30 May, 2013 // 5 Comments

I want you to think about your ideal reading experience. Think about the location. (Your bed? Favorite chair? The beach? Indoors or outdoors?). Think about the sounds. (Is there music playing? Happy children playing in the background? Utter silence?) Is... Continue reading →

FO Fridays: Welsh Country Stockings

by Athena // 24 May, 2013 // 10 Comments

This was first time completing fair isle on socks after failing to do so three years ago with the same white yarn. Nancy Bush is my favourite sock designer even though I always modify her parents a lot. Maybe part... Continue reading →

Booking Through Thursday – Childhood vs. Adult

by Athena // 23 May, 2013 // 2 Comments

Have your reading habits changed since you were a child? (I mean, I’m assuming you have less time to read now, but …) Did you devour and absorb books when you were 10 and only just lightly read them now?... Continue reading →

Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris

by Athena // 22 May, 2013 // Comments off

Another humorous book of essays by Mr Sedaris. I first read Sedaris’s books in 2008 with his When You are Engulfed with Flames. He appears in the Best American Travel Writing series a lot, but reading one of his books... Continue reading →

Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger

by Athena // 21 May, 2013 // No Comments

My second YA espionage novel in a little over a week! I thought this would be a good follow-up and foil to Ally Carter’s series. I really enjoy Carriger’s urban fantasy steampunk series The Parasol Protectorate. This is her new... Continue reading →

War Horse by Michael Morpurgo

by Athena // 20 May, 2013 // 2 Comments

I was apprehensive of this children’s book mostly because I get very sad with animal stories. I remember watching Black Beauty (1994) as a kid, and being crying. I rarely cried during movies when I was younger, and even now,... Continue reading →

Sunday Salon: Victoria Day Weekend

by Athena // 19 May, 2013 // 2 Comments

Hello, everyone! It’s the first long weekend of the summer, and I haven’t done much. Poo. I went to a tulip photo spree on Tuesday. Usually, I do not take a lot of flower photos, but tulips are one of... Continue reading →

Booking Through Thursday – Returns

by Athena // 16 May, 2013 // 6 Comments

What book(s) do you find yourself going back to? Beloved children’s classics? Favorites from college? Something that touched you and just makes you long to visit? (Because, doesn’t everybody have at least one book they would like to curl up... Continue reading →

The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark

by Athena // 15 May, 2013 // 4 Comments

This was my third Muriel Spark book, and I continue to like her style and prose. There is something distinct and a bit strange about her writing. The characters seem both real and unreal at the same time. This does... Continue reading →

Only The Good Spy Young By Ally Carter

by Athena // 14 May, 2013 // 2 Comments

I only read this because I thought this was the last book in the series and. It isn’t and I’m done with this series. It’s not actually that bad, but I grew out of young adult contemporary fiction a long... Continue reading →

The Classics Spin 2

by Athena // 13 May, 2013 // 8 Comments

The Second Classics Spin from the Classics Club. As with before, I must pick twenty books, then a random number will be selected and each of us must read the number listed at X number by July 1st 2013. These... Continue reading →

Sunday Salon: Challenges

by Athena // 12 May, 2013 // 4 Comments

Hello everyone! I did not post very much this week, but I read two books yesterday including Muriel Spark’s The Girls of Slender Means and the reviews will be up for them this week. As usual, work and fitness have... Continue reading →

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Month: May 2013