tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38277739953668076362024-11-05T19:08:30.689-08:00Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3827773995366807636.post-26436569577129156952012-04-14T11:16:00.001-07:002012-04-14T11:16:43.680-07:00

Dark Side of the Moon by Sherrilyn KenyonMy rating: 5 of 5 starsBeing a Northwest girl, I LOVE that this one was set in Seattle. We still got some crossover with some squires from previous books (relocated to Seattle temporarily from New Orleans by Katrina) so that worked well for me. I'm also glad we get Nick back in this one. Once again, a fun read, lots going on, good solid characters who

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Kiss of the Night by Sherrilyn KenyonMy rating: 5 of 5 starsI'm loving this series, and this one was one of the best so far.The plot development and fight scenes are fun. The hero is strong (and Viking), but sad, lonely and wounded. The heroine is real, strong, and not at all whiny. Plenty of witty banter, and we get a reunion of characters from the previous stories. Winner!I'm forever amused

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Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn KenyonMy rating: 5 of 5 starsWhat a sweet, lovely story. Truly, so much more than I expected to find.View all my reviews

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The Plagiarist by Hugh HoweyMy rating: 4 of 5 starsLoved this take on the ancient question of whether our dreams create worlds, and whether our own reality is just the fleeting dream of another. Like a house of mirrors reflecting reflections, looking for the real one.I ordinarily only give this high a rating for stories that contain chickens, or sinkholes (five stars if they have both), but this

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Here Kitty, Kitty! by Shelly LaurenstonMy rating: 5 of 5 starsIt's official. Shelly Laurenston is officially my favorite Shifter author. Her heroines are edgy, imperfect, scarred and insecure... and STRONG as hell. Mean girls on steroids, with knives and guns, they earn those alpha males. Tooth and nail.. and claw. These are so my people! Lunatics. It's the kind of crazy that earns respect

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Unraveled by C.J. BarryMy rating: 5 of 5 starsAnother winner.A fun, delightful steamy romping adventure through space. With a black lab. Named Elvis.View all my reviews

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Unearthed by C.J. BarryMy rating: 5 of 5 starsSuper fun read. Hitchhikers Guide meets Indiana Jones, meets... Star Wars? Spaceballs? Funny, entertaining, kept me up all night reading.It was like hanging out with a bunch of really awesome people for a weekend. You know you can't make a life out of it, but it sure is fun and leaves you smiling.I never rolled my eyes once. Lusty Quest-y

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Molly Fyde and the Fight for Peace by Hugh HoweyMy rating: 5 of 5 starsI've been wandering around in a funk all week. I completely devoured this series of books in the space of about a week, and now that it's over, it's like I fell in love, had a whirlwind romance, and then I woke up and it was all a dream.I was completely swept away by the story, the characters, I laughed, I cried, I laughed

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Molly Fyde and the Land of Light by Hugh HoweyMy rating: 5 of 5 starsI think the most endearing and moving undercurrent in this series is how the characters all endure such trials, challenges, even horrors and torture, and emerge without being irreparably scarred, even still with this cloak of innocence. They are courageous, even when they feel paralyzed with fear, and never quit even when it

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Molly Fyde and the Parsona Rescue by Hugh HoweyMy rating: 5 of 5 starsIf Hugh Howey's Wool are like crack, then surely Molly Fyde is the gateway drug. Fortunately, I didn't need a Medical Molly card to get me some.I haven't been really swept off the planet by a story like this since I was 12 and read A Wrinkle in TimeView all my reviews

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Wool 4 - The Unraveling by Hugh HoweyMy rating: 5 of 5 starsWith the unraveling, you would think it meant things were coming apart, but it's really just starting to come together.LOVE. THIS. SERIES.Can't hardly wait for Wool 5. But, you know, I will.View all my reviews

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Wool 2: Proper Gauge by Hugh HoweyMy rating: 4 of 5 starsI can't wait to get into Wool 3! Hugh Howey is my favorite discovery of 2012! More! More!(Did find it funny that the one instance of actual knitting and she's using cotton.)View all my reviews

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Wool 3: Casting Off by Hugh HoweyMy rating: 5 of 5 starsLove the knitting metaphors in the titles, by the way. In knitting, you really don't know how a project has turned out until you cast off and can hold it up free of the needles. With each installment of Wool, a character (or two) are cast off, and a character or two are picked up and carried along. It's taking shape, the patterns are

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Wool by Hugh HoweyMy rating: 5 of 5 starsI stumbled and tripped over this story while looking for knitting/spinning books for my new Kindle. Finished reading it in about an hour, and eagerly purchased the next of 4 pieces (of the eventual 5). This story literally takes you down rabbit hole and even when you reach the end of this one, you still don't know what happened. The last few pages, let

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My Lord Viking by Jo Ann FergusonMy rating: 4 of 5 starsI liked this one. It wasn't as saucy as I usually expect and enjoy in a romance novel, but what it lacked in explicit sex, it more than made up for with the appearance of several well described and researched Norse gods throughout the story. I was especially surprised and pleased to see Frigg make an appearance. We all expect to see Loki

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Fires of Winter by Johanna LindseyMy rating: 4 of 5 starsDelicious and tawdry. I still read romance novels for the same reason I still watch Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless. Impossibly pretty people, manipulating and scheming their way through the predictable and repetitive storylines. It's comforting in its familiarity, if not it's depth of plot or character development. But

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Sweet Potato Cottage PieYummmmFrom 2011-04-11

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Perusing the Nourishing Traditions book, by Sally Fallon, I'm feeling inspired these days. I have so many things fermenting and processing, and separating, and rising on my counter.. I can see I'm going to need a new system.A few months ago, I decided to take a stab at kefir. I ordered some water kefir grains and some milk kefir grains, followed the directions, and set them out of the way.

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This is my kefir... how do I get the kefir grains out? My first batch looked basically like milk, not thickened at all, smelled super yeasty and tasted kind of salty. but the kefir grains were right there, and easy to put back in the container, cover with milk and start again.This batch, which I let go longer, is all curdy and whey. I'm not sure how to separate what is curd and what is kefir

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Finished the tour, but still spinning for Summer of Spinning.. Maybe post pictures tomorrow...It's been too HOT to even take pictures of yarn. Let alone spin it, or knit with it.I spent three days out at my parents' house, working in the AC rather than staying home to have a heat stroke in the 105 degree heat. Finally cooled down now to a respectable 90 degrees. Amazing how tolerable that feels

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It's the first rest day in the tour, so I thought I'd just post what I've done so far.And yes, that odd contraption is my spinning wheel. :) Majacraft Millie.From Summer of Spinning 09

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Loving the tour this year! And as we head closer to the mountains, I have begun the long mileage of plying my two singes.It's like, the little wheel that could... plugging along.Who knows what kind of mileage I'll have when I'm done! (I'm going to need more bobbins!)

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0706 029 Originally uploaded by mrsthorla I wanted to take some fancier artsier pictures of my Tour yarns..For stage 3, I'm working my way through that black alpaca so I can ply it with that red Targhee Here's what I have so far.This is basically all I have for the first two stages...And here's what's done for Stage 3.

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Stash as of 6/1/09 Originally uploaded by mrsthorla This is my stash as of the first of June 2009. I have added a few more things, hit the Black Sheep Gathering, and browsed a few Etsy shops..stuff on the way...and I've done a little training so far getting ready. I re-worked and re-plyed a couple of skeins I did in the last year that I just wasn't happy with, and finished that Twisted

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My Nephew!02/10/2009Seriously, could he be more gorgeous :)Love, love love...

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