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gh the book thoroughly enjoying the wordplay the history the flashing between time one of my favorite writing methods to read i keep contemplating with wonder how society moved away from such strict delineations in social strata how does that happen someone finally just gets tired of hearing but that s the way it has always been done and becomes a trailblazer should be a lively discussion tomorrow night still knitting up a storm actually did three test knits last year would love to continue the tradition in 2009 but most importantly i bit the spinning bug cycling i already had but fiber this time around in a nutshell i had a mini lesson when we attended the estes park wool market festival last june from none other than maggie casey herself author of start spinning i purchased a hi low whorl from her store s booth a 1 1 oz schacht spindle spun my first fiber from pigeonroof studios over the summer made an unoriginal hat for the daughter of a friend but i m finally making some headway because i either practice every day or read something online to further my skills currently i m coveting some of the unique lightweight spindles that mary creates over at butterfly girl designs namely her paua shell version i have my eye on the lamborghini of drop spindles a golding the goal in 2009 is to spin up laceweight yarn to knit up my favorite project lace patterned shawls and last but not least e becomes a teenager today how did he become 13 soooo fast labels 101 books bgd fiber golding shawl spindle sunday salon posted by phoebe 8 19 am 1 comments wednesday march 12 2008 a feast of wool girl after receiving the first seven deadly spins kits that was geared around gluttony i decided to snap a couple of photos for my interpretation featuring my feast of 3 out of the 4 woolgirl sock club kits that i completed rather than all of my boring sock pair photos my coke glass is filled with the waterfall socks my salad bowl is showing off my spruce sprigs socks and my entre is the irish dream socks and to top it all off my cosmopolitan is made with my skein of zen garden that will eventually be knit into my blush socks so looking forward to the next round of the sock club jenn creates such unique themed kits labels clubs socks woolgirl posted by phoebe 7 08 am 2 comments thursday february 28 2008 tbr thursday i have been bad i confess in writing up my reviews at the time that i ve read the books in the last month so here comes a whole bunch shorter than i would have liked but giving my 2 cents worth nevertheless title the road author cormac mccarthy rating unexpected enjoyment genre award winning pulitzer number of pages 287 finished 1 30 08 challenges a to z title r notable books pulitzer project tbr 2008 101 books in 1 001 days i have to confess that i almost put this book down and went on to the next book in my tbr stack it reminded me of the brief history of the dead which i found one of the best reads last year but then i started to notice little touches in the writing and execution of the story like the way that the sparse prose was laid out on the page and the overwhelming feeling that everything in this new world is black white and grey here s a brief rundown of the story line a father and son are on a journey down a road after the world as we know it has been destroyed but for a very small number of people details of the who what where and when are few and far between and this fact makes the story even more stark in the end i found this a great read but in a different way than brief history the two books would make quite an interesting comp lit discussion title a thousand splendid suns author khaled hosseini rating thoroughly enjoyed genre literary fiction number of pages 384 finished 2 3 08 challenges a to z authors h book around the world tbr 2008 101 books in 1 001 days after devouring the story characters and prose of the kite runner i was a bit hesitant to read hosseini s second novel friends told me not to worry that a thousand splendid suns was the equal of kite runner and in some ways better and i have to agree this novel delves into the plight of women in the middle east during the time of the afghanistan war and beyond the author makes you angry sad and happy in the course of a few pages if not sentences where kite runner revolves around two boys growing into men a thousand splendid suns takes you on a feminine journey hate to say it twice but these 2 books would also be wonderful for a comp lit discussion title a sliver of truth author lisa unger rating page turner genre thriller suspense number of pages 368 finished 2 7 08 challenges a to z authors u tbr 2008 101 books in 1 001 days this book is the sequel to lisa unger s beautiful lies and i believe that to maximize the enjoyment of the storyline you need to read the books back to back without a span of several months in between sliver picks up where lies left off and the heroine ridley smith is beset with a whole new set of dilemmas intrigue and drama the story is fast paced and i really enjoy the author s quirky technique of addressing the reader directly in conversation as she discovers information or reflects on the past or expresses comments that foreshadow the future quick and enjoyable for lovers of mystery and thrill title the night watch author sarah waters rating disappointing genre period piece number of pages 544 finished 2 18 08 challenges chunkster a to z authors w themed challenge 101 books in 1 001 days our reading group chose this book as one of our selections for 2008 based on from what everyone could remember the fact that the author has won numerous awards for her writing in england so with that said my expectation was high the novel starts out in post world war ii england and with each section goes back in time so in essence you know how the story ends at the beginning but it is the discovering of how the characters arrived there that makes for an interesting book other than this technique i did not care for the book i had no interest in the characters at all except for maybe kay who was the most redeemable and interesting a masculine lesbian who was a paramedic during the war if this book wasn t to be read for reading group i would have not finished it title the bluest eye author toni morrison rating thought provoking genre literary fiction number of pages 224 finished 2 123 08 challenges my year of reading dangerously a to z authors m 101 books in 1 001 days this is award winning writer toni morrison s first novel and my edition had an interesting afterward by her dated 30 years after she first wrote the book it was a thought provoking reflection on how she viewed what she tried to accomplish then and relative to now the story is told for the most part from the point of view of a pre teen girl and cleverly divided into seasons i originally read the book when it was one of oprah s selections about 8 or 9 years ago so i always find it interesting to re read a book at a different stage in life however both times i felt anger that the adults allowed pecola breedlove to endure what she did in her life she was made to feel ugly inside and out and the only way that she thought that she could get her life back in order was the simple wish for the unnatural blue eyes and now i have to head over to my year of reading dangerously to comment on some of the posted questions and i am currently reading an advance reader copy of a book called the sister by poppy adams that i received via the b n s first look group and utterly enjoying the storytelling of the author first novel but she has been a bbc documentary writer producer until now labels 101 books a to z book around the world chunkster notable pulitzer reading dangerous tbr 2008 themed posted by phoebe 6 48 pm 5 comments tuesday january 29 2008 expectations a song and a muse what do the above all have in common snippets from the titles of the books that i recently finished reading and now here are the reviews title great expectations author charles dickens rating interesting reading again later in life genre classic number of pages 564 finished 1 27 08 challenges my year of reading dangerously chunkster mini challenge 7 a to z title g themed back to history 101 books in 1 001 days i have to confess that i kept putting off snapping the binding on this book because it started to feel like i had a college assignment that i truly didn t want to read however i am glad that i read great expectations it was actually my second time through as i realized when i started reading i discovered that this book was one of the classics that i read in between college and dental school when i was bound and determined to read as many of the classics as possible i have to confess that it was definitely a different experience reading as a seasoned adult versus a naive 20 year old great expectations follows the classic dickensian plot of an orphan who comes of age and learns valuable life lessons along the way written in the first person by pip you are constantly coming in contact with characters that you love or hate with very little in between gray there are definite high points in the story love the scenes with miss haversham and low points did not enjoy the years when pip is an apprentice with his brother in law joe looking forward to tackling the discussion questions at my year of reading dangerously title the nixie s song beyond the spiderwick chronicles author tony diterlizzi and holly black rating disappointed genre children number of pages 162 finished 1 27 08 challenges mini challenge 2 a to z author d 101 books in 1 001 days i m always on the hunt for a book to get e excited about reading he loves harry potter hatchett and old yeller he has never embraced reading for the joy of reading like mom and continues to view it as a chore so after seeing the commercials for the upcoming spiderwick movie i thought perhaps this is something that he might enjoy when i put a hold on the nixie s song at the library i thought it was the first book but alas when i retrieved it it was apparently book one in the second series and way out of the age range for something that e could read but i read it anyway and sorry i did trite and predictable and i think that if i read this when i was 7 years old i would have been turned off to reading here s the gist nick vargas dad has recently remarried and with the new wife comes a new sister for nick and his brother jules julian authors constantly switch between the two names laurie is nerdy and fascinated by fairies a fairy in the form of a nixie is discovered in the vargas backyard the fairy is saved from the giant but at the end the pair still need to find the nixie s missing sisters if i had to read another children s book i would re read from the mixed up files of mrs basil e frankweiler loved that book growing up title the muse asylum author david czuchlewski rating enjoyed immensely genre literary fiction number of pages 225 finished 1 28 08 challenges a to z authors c 101 books in 1 001 days after the nixie s song i really needed to pick up and read something that would get the bad taste out of my mouth and i certainly did with the muse asylum recommended to me by jill who knows my taste in books so well i quickly immersed myself in the words of this first time author who had been mentored by joyce carol oates although i personally don t care for her writing i knew that the writing had to be top notch the telling of the story alternates between journalist jake burnett and the writings of andrew wallace who just happens to be the resident of a psychiatric hospital both men s lives have been affected by a reclusive author by the name of horace jacob little who no one has ever seen nor has the author ever granted an interview both men also are in love with the same woman lara knowles the author takes you on a journey of discovery for both men that leaves the reader with a satisfying end to the tale can t say too much more just know that if you have enjoyed the keep and most any chuck palahniuk book you will not be disappointed thanks jill and now i am currently almost a 100 pages into the pulitzer prize winning the road labels 101 books a to z back to history chunkster mini themed year of dangerous reading posted by phoebe 6 43 pm 2 comments sunday january 27 2008 sunday salon it s that time of week again for sunday salon well so far today i read the last 80 pages of great expectations i originally thought it would be a lot more but yesterday was saturday salon while we waited for the cable company to fix our box for the third time this week currently reading the nixie s song which i thought was book one of the spiderwick chronicles but in actuality it is beyond spiderwick i wanted to read it first and then pass along to e to read but the target age is way lower than i had thought i was expecting more along the lines of the chronicles of narnia but sadly not at least when i m done i will have completed another mini challenge and can then pick up the muse asylum plans later are to write up the reviews all at one time and then hop over to my year of reading dangerously blog to comment on great expectations labels sunday salon posted by phoebe 10 07 am 4 comments wednesday january 23 2008 wip wednesday knitting content again so here is one of the projects that is currently on my needles brooklyn tweed s infamous hemlock ring blanket what an addictive pattern and what a clever discovery taking a doily pattern and using worsted yarn to create a blanket i originally had my eye on some cascade heather in the lake chelton i believe it s the name of the colorway turquoise green that totally didn t match our couch in the family room the main purpose for the knit once at the store i fell in love with my choice mirasol miski in lilac and a totally yummy soft 100 baby alpaca can t wait to finish this one labels blanket hemlock knit posted by phoebe 7 49 pm 2 comments tuesday january 22 2008 tbr tuesday title the memory keeper s daughter author kim edwards rating thought provoking genre contemplative fiction number of pages 401 finished 1 21 08 challenges tbr a to z authors e 101 books in 1 001 days when i first started to read the memory keeper s daughter i couldn t help but have a flashback to when i first read chris bohjalian s midwives many moons ago a birth during a snowstorm conjures up all kinds of images alongside the obvious stress of delivering a baby and in the case of this book add to the mix an orthopaedic surgeon having to deliver his baby or so he thought in 1964 where this story begins a family with a down s syndrome child rarely took care of the child the child usually was placed in a home with that precedent in his mind dr david henry truly believed that having the nurse who helped deliver his down s daughter phoebe and his healthy son paul bring her to a home would be best for the whole family the reader knows from the beginning that this fateful decision will impact everyone s l...