The ALA 2010 Midwinter Meeting begins tomorrow! I'm rather excited as this is my first ALA meeting-and it's right here in Boston!


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I've been wanting to knit the Knit Picks Holiday Stocking for quite a while-and for several reasons (some of which [well, one] are actually "practical"): 1. I heart holiday stuffs (decorating, baking, the music, gifting-I've definitely got holiday cheer to spread!); 2. it looks like a fantastic way to learn how to make socks; and 3. I less-than- ( Read more... )

Before I get to the aforementioned mittens, however, I have two new fibre-arts skills! Go me!

Back in May (I thought it was much more recent than that-oops!) I followed paxieamor's crochet tutorials and learned how to single & double crochet!

( Crochet & cables, away! )

I now have an account on LibraryThing! Yay! I set it up last week and have been having great fun cataloguing my books at home (when I go back to school on Monday I'll have more things to add, woot! Yes, I like organising things. Cleaning, not so much ( Read more... )

Bringsvaerd, Tor Age and Thore Hansen, illus. (2008). Ruffen: The Sea Serpent Who Couldn't Swim. San Fransisco, CA: Mackenzie Smiles, LLC. [63 pages].

Summary and Evaluation: Ruffen (whose real name is Arthur-but no-one calls him that) can't swim. He doesn't get to join the other little sea serpents in their swimming races, or go fishing, or even ( Read more... )

It seems I haven't posted on here in quite a while-March, to be exact! The book reviews I'd posted previously were following the reading journal assignment format for my YA lit course; others I post may or may not follow this format (they'll probably be similar, but I may leave off the booktalk "hook" if I can't think of anything in particular ( Read more... )

The ubiquitous Four Scarf makes up a good deal of the projects on who_knits. During (or perhaps a bit before) last year's Good vs Evil Knitalong, several discussions were started about what types of scarves the *other* Doctors might wear, including a FO or two of a Ten-inspired striped scarf. After the KAL (of course, I had intentions of making several ( Read more... )

Yolen, Jane (1997). Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast. New York: Harcourt Brace & Company. 175 pages.

Summary and Evaluation: This is a collection of twelve short fantasy stories, three of which had not appeared in a book beforehand. The stories range from the purely fantastic (“Harlyn’s Fairy,” “Sea Dragon of Fife,” and “Brandon and the ( Read more... )

Jinks, Catherine (2005). Evil Genius. New York: Harcourt, Inc. 486 pages.

Summary and Evaluation: Cadel Piggott is a genius. At seven he was already an accomplished hacker. By thirteen he was in twelfth grade (only taking three years to get through high school). From his psychologist, Thaddeus Roth, Cadel discovers that his real father is Dr. ( Read more... )