London Fields by Martin Amis. I read this book so slowly not because I didn’t love it, but because this time of year is just plain too busy for me.  I spent a lot of stolen moments reading just a few pages before returning to some pressing task or other.  It’s a mystery, sort of.  […]

I picked this for 12 books in 12 months because I’ve started it at least once or twice before and abandoned it each time, so it seemed to fit right into the spirit of the project.  I’m so glad I read it, though I can see why I hadn’t stuck with it previously.  I opted […]

I got myself the sort of (quite early) birthday present I always want, but would never ask for.  There’s just no way to send someone out to find the perfect handmade journal for me, you know? It was made by Kreativlink on Etsy. I got one of the larger format ones, since I like a […]

In and amongst my 12 books in 12 months reading, I’ve been wallowing in Alan Bradley’s two Flavia de Luce mysteries.  My Mom, an inveterate reader of mysteries, handed off her copies so we could titter over this hilarious new mystery heroine.  Flavia is a 10 year old English girl who happens to be obsessed […]

I decided to read this first because I love Morrison so.  I have the book on paper, but when I saw there was an audiobook version read by the author, I went with that.  I loved the book, but I am not so sold on Dr.  Morrison reading the audiobook herself.  I love her readings–I’ve […]

Let’s play catch up! I’ve done a lot of reading over the last many months, but not really talked about it. Starting with things that have been sitting in that list of books on the left . . . Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman. Yes indeedy, I am officially one of those obsessive Gaiman fans. I […]

I am in!  I am all the way in.  I have sooooo many books, and some of them have been traveling with me through life for too long without being read. The rules: 12 Books, 12 Months Challenge Pick 12 titles from your To Read Pile.  These should be titles you currently own in whatever […]

This is my favorite blogoshpere tradition, particularly because it coincides with Imbolc and with my Mom’s birthday.  And this is one of my favorite poems.  It’s one I return to  time and time again.  I love Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill’s writing, particularly for the way she intertwines the natural world with mythology and entagles her daily experiences in that […]

Do you know what I love even more than knitting? Reading. Do you know who I still miss every single day? Our dear friend Mike Dobbs, who died far too young this spring. Mike was a Reader. He read with a voracity and speed I envy beyond rubies. He’d read anything. He’d occasionally read 100 […]

The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter This is a wonderful little book of stories. I first became aware of Carter’s writing when I was a kid, finding Neil Jordan’s film adaptation of Carter’s story, The Company of Wolves. I loved the movie and watched it over and over again. I finally found it on DVD […]