Books 12 and 13
Book 12 was a re-read, but I couldn't help it. Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett is just SO amusing. My favorite bit is at the end when Death is attempting to find a friendly diamond.
Book 13 was a new book that I had received for my birthday. My step-mom CLEARLY loves the fact that I also "get" knitting, so I got basically a giant goody basket full of yarn and knitting books. One of them was actually not a pattern book but instead Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. This was basically My Lady Nicotine for knitters, only actually amusing. I found myself giggling and laughing quite loudly throughout most of the book. I am relieved that there is another knitter out there who also hates crochet hooks, finds herself wondering why not everyone else understands her love of yarn, AND who also occasionally finds projects refusing to cooperate. I beg of you, if you have a knitter in your life, get them this book. They will get it, maybe feel a little odd that they did, but be overall highly amused and will likely want the rest of the books Stephanie Pearl-McPhee has written (I know I do). I've aslo gotten hooked on her blog, yarnharlot.com.
Also, I'm terribly behind on reading (mostly cuz I keep knitting) and books like this help me combine both since I still have failed to figure out how to read and knit at the same time.
1. The Eyre Affair (A Thursday Next Novel) by Jasper Fforde
2. What's Your Poo Telling You? by Josh Richman and M.D., Anish Sheth
3. The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
4. Maybe I'll Call Anna by William Browning Spencer.
5.The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
6. The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
7. The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman
8. The Amber Spy Glass by Phillip Pullman
9. Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks
10. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
11.The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity by Jeffery Burton Russell
12. Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
13. Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Book 13 was a new book that I had received for my birthday. My step-mom CLEARLY loves the fact that I also "get" knitting, so I got basically a giant goody basket full of yarn and knitting books. One of them was actually not a pattern book but instead Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. This was basically My Lady Nicotine for knitters, only actually amusing. I found myself giggling and laughing quite loudly throughout most of the book. I am relieved that there is another knitter out there who also hates crochet hooks, finds herself wondering why not everyone else understands her love of yarn, AND who also occasionally finds projects refusing to cooperate. I beg of you, if you have a knitter in your life, get them this book. They will get it, maybe feel a little odd that they did, but be overall highly amused and will likely want the rest of the books Stephanie Pearl-McPhee has written (I know I do). I've aslo gotten hooked on her blog, yarnharlot.com.
Also, I'm terribly behind on reading (mostly cuz I keep knitting) and books like this help me combine both since I still have failed to figure out how to read and knit at the same time.
1. The Eyre Affair (A Thursday Next Novel) by Jasper Fforde
2. What's Your Poo Telling You? by Josh Richman and M.D., Anish Sheth
3. The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
4. Maybe I'll Call Anna by William Browning Spencer.
5.The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
6. The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
7. The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman
8. The Amber Spy Glass by Phillip Pullman
9. Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks
10. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
11.The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity by Jeffery Burton Russell
12. Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
13. Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee