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 ( Read more... )

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2. A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry. 624 pages.
Once I started reading this book I had difficulties stopping. Mistry paints a picture of 1970’s India that comes alive, and the characters make you care about them. Warning, though: this is not a feel-good novel. Exceptionally well-written and realistic, though.

3. The Picture of ( Read more... )

78.  The Knitting Answer Book, by Margaret Radcliffe.  362 pages.  (2005 ( Read more... )

76.  One Corpse Too Many, by Ellis Peters.  224 pages.  (1979 ( Read more... )

54.  One Skein Wonders: Yarn Shop Favorites, edited by Judith Durant.  220 pages.  (2006 ( Read more... )

27. Drunk, Divorced, and Covered in Cat Hair, by Laurie Perry (aka Crazy Aunt Purl). 254 pages. (2007)

Grade: B

Part memoir, part knitting "recipes," this book is the tale of Laurie Perry, aka Crazy Aunt Purl. Actually, this is the tale of her life after her husband left her, and how she adapted.

A lot of fun, particularly if you knit.

#7 Crazy Aunt Purl’s Drunk, Divorced, and Covered in Cat Hair: The True-Life Misadventures of a 30-Something Who Learned to Knit After He Split

Rating: 3 overflowing wine glasses out of 5

Book Description: Drunk, Divorced, and Covered in Cat Hair is the irreverent first-person narrative of a contemporary, displaced Southern woman facing life ( Read more... )

17.  World of Knitted Toys, by Kath Dalmeny.   126 pages.  (1998 ( Read more... )

Two new books on the list since last post. Terry Pratchett's Wintersmith, the third in the Wee Free Men series. I greatly enjoyed this. Pratchett is a genius, and a very nice man.

And the other one was Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's Casts Off, which is a guidebook to the land of Knitting and its inhabitants. It was fantastic, I have loved every book she ( Read more... )

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