Winter time, and the knitting is easy…
The last time I talked about my knitting, I was in the midst of determining if I had enough yarn to finish my Stopover. So, some crazy knitty math was done and it will be close, but by my calculations, I think I will have the tiniest bit of yarn left so I will have enough to kitchner the underarms! I have started my second sleeve and am inching along on it. I have not been doing much knitting (outside of that birthday knitting that is finished and will be blocking today!)
However, Death Cleaning is winning big. I don’t know what got into me, but maybe this stretch of warm weather we have had has given me a bit of Spring Fever and I have been cleaning accordingly!
However, reading has not slowed at all and it has improved dramatically from last week!
I finished The Orphan’s Tale and Lie With Me. One was awesome, the other not so much. I gave The Ophan’s Tale 5-stars. It was moving and at times heartbreaking. I fell in love with Noa and Astrid and I highly recommend it! Lie With Me got 2-stars from me. I had high hopes for this book based upon the description from the publisher but, honestly, for most of the book I felt like this… what the heck is going on??? The story unfolded so slowly, it almost didn’t. The main character is horrid. I disliked him immensely and could not muster any sympathy for him. The ending did tie up so loose ends, but I felt it the story could have been told better. The ending felt rushed after the slog of the first 2/3’s of the book and sadly, I do not recommend this one at all.
I also began and finished Behold the Dreamers. It was so wonderful, and I really loved it. It is a 5-star book and I highly recommend it. I listened, and the narration is marvelous and even better is the singing that would be lost in the written word. The melodious language is captivating. I laughed, I got angry, and I cried. It is a powerful and moving story!
I also started The Girl in The Ice, I am not far into it, but so far, so good!
I also have some very, very, very good things in my queue:
The Woman Who Smashed Codes, Never Let Me Go, You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, and up next is Armand Gamache in A Trick of the Light.
I just want to do nothing but read all the things!
What about you? What is consuming you this week?
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Glad to hear you have enough yarn (Kate Davies to the rescue – genius!!). Looks like it is already gearing up to be a great reading year for you.
Hope you win that game of yarn chicken. As for the death cleaning, I desperately need to do it but…. the reality of how much junk I’ve accumulated might actually kill me. And last, thanks for the Lie With Me review. It’s in my que, but maybe I should skip it.
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I’m anxious to see your Stopover with all its resplendent colors. (Yes, I just finished looking at the dictionary for my 3oT post, but resplendent is the perfect descriptor for those colors!) You do have some excellent books in your queue; The Woman Who Smashed Codes is going to be one of the best I read this year!
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Sending you good thoughts for a successful Stopover finish! You are reading ALL THE BOOKS! You’ve got some good reading ahead. I have been knitting, but something else has my imagination this week.
http://zeneedle.typepad.com/zeneedle_process_of_art/2018/01/imagining-unraveled.html
I thought The Woman Who Smashed Codes was fantastic & I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did! Wishing you luck with enough yarn for Stopover & I look forward to seeing the finished sweater!
Oh, I-hope-there’s-enough-yarn knitting… It’s both nerve wrecking and fun. I tend to knit faster when I’m running out of yarn. It’s like a subconscious delusional believe that I can outrun the yarn or something like that 😉
The books you list look interesting.
I’m trying to knit my fourth hat (of the 52 I’m challenging myself to knit this year), but this week is not the best week for knitting it seems…
http://notastation.com/2018/01/knitting-and-reading-1.html
You are a brave woman, I think I might have put it all away for a while until I could face trying to figure out if I had enough yarn!
Here’s my link for today: https://the-ravelld-sleave.blogspot.com/2018/01/sometimes-basic-is-better.html
I pretty much always want to do nothing but read.all.the.things.
I am glad you will have enough yarn to finish — nobody likes playing yarn chicken!
I finished reading “The Zookeeper’s Wife” over the weekend. It was okay, but a bit drier than I expected. Now I am reading “The Nest,” which I got as a hand-me-down from my mother. I’m only about 20 pages in so far, but it’s entertaining. I just added “The Orphan’s Tale” to my to read list — sounds like it’s right up my alley!
Knit on! Here’s to PLENTY of yarn. And also plenty of time for reading All the Things!
Yarn chicken! Such an adrenaline rush when it works out. Just finished Sing,Unburied, Sing and need something a little lighter. I actually am downloading A Trick of the Light as one of my choices. The other is The Handmaid’sTale.
“knitty math” – sneaky, but useful!
I’ve got all the things available right now and not all the time! Good luck with your Stopover!
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Good luck with the yarn on Stopover (have you ever tried a 3-needle bindoff under the arms? my preferred closure and I promise not just because I hate to kitchener!) The Woman Who Smashed Codes is in my queue … I’m a ways back. which is good. because I have a “few” books to finish before my turn comes up! So much good stuff to consume us!
I love adding new books to my TBR! I finished You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me (the audio) and enjoyed it although it is a little repetitive because it’s 78 poems and essays.
http://www.kwizgiver.com/2018/01/unraveled-wednesday_24.html
I’m glad you have enough yarn! I worry sometimes and usually I am worrying for nothing. I’m working on my son in law’s sweater and my lined mitts – I cannot wait for the sweater to be done!! I’m reading a Gamache and Gilead (not much time to read this week..)
That’s good you feel like you will have enough yarn for the stopover sweater. I have been working on knitting my Wool and the Gang Farrah top and reading Wild by Cheryl Strayed. Hope you have a good week!
My link for this week: https://needlesandwool.blogspot.ca/2018/01/knitting-progress-crafting-projects-on.html
We finally have snow here and Colorado is always weird with warm days, then cold. But we just moved, again, which is the ultimate clean out! I gave away lots, which is hard for me. But most of the boxes are unpacked and gone. My kitchen is organized ( a first priority for me) and I made a lifetime of healthy Vegetable soup yesterday. Life is falling back into its normal rhythm. I’m finishing my Peace Shawl and reading Western Romances (a girl must have fun!). http://lovelyyarnescapes.blogspot.com/2018/01/wednesdays-yarns-peace-project-and.html
Sure you will squeak out the needed yarn to finish. Your book reviews make me want to just stop everything and read! Big Q: When?
Read more here:
http://honorefrancois.typepad.com/morning_glory_studio/2018/01/when.html
Cheers~
Thank you for the wonderful post! I’ve added Behold the Dreamers to my list. 🙂
I’m also joining in for Unraveled Wednesday this week. Thank you so much for hosting it! My post is here: http://www.knitpotion.com/2018/01/joining-unraveled-wednesdays/
I think my knitting is being affected by my being sick, but luckily my reading is not: http://www.spritewrites.net/?p=7702
Love to see a fellow knitter/reader Don’t know your titles this time but look forward to seeing more!