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I’m reading Go Set a Watchman right now, just like the rest of the sheep. BAAAA. Actually, as I write this, I haven’t really started it, but I’ve flipped through the pages a bit. I happened upon a debate between … Continue reading
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Tagged Atticus Finch, English rib sweater, Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee, knitting, racism, sweater, yarn
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Early Thoughts on George R.R. Martin’s A Feast for Crows (by Bethany)
Pages read: 218 out of 976 I never wrote official final thoughts on A Storm of Swords, so for the tiny percentage of the population that doesn’t already know what happens, here goes: five major or semi-major characters die vicious, … Continue reading
Rapio, Rapere, Raptus Sum: Sexual Violence, Natural Selection, and A Song of Ice and Fire (by Bethany)
I’ve spent a good chunk of my time these last few months avoiding articles about Game of Thrones on social media. Every Monday morning while Season 5 was still airing, my Facebook feed overflowed with outrage about the violence and … Continue reading
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Yep, it’s the brown sweater again. And yep, I’m still reading A Storm of Swords. You can scroll back (and you won’t have to scroll very far back) and find me admitting these same basic truths every Wednesday for the … Continue reading
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I think my knitting (and maybe also my reading, though I hope not) will slow to a crawl this summer. I started a new job on Monday, and both Monday and Tuesday I was in bed by 8:00 – reading, … Continue reading
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I don’t have much news to report – I’m still reading A Storm of Swords, and I’m almost done with the back panel of my English rib sweater. The photos show the sweater’s two textures: ribbing on the “right side” … Continue reading
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Thoughts on the First Half of George R.R. Martin’s A Storm of Swords (by Bethany)
I am now officially reading this book “full-time.” Reading it only at night was working well until I skipped a few nights and then forgot that a major character had had his hand chopped off. That’s not the sort of … Continue reading
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A Review of Christopher Robinson and Gavin Kovite’s War of the Encyclopaedists (by Bethany)
I know – a novel written by a duo doesn’t sound very appealing, does it? That’s what I thought at first too, although I also remembered that I have enjoyed the work of co-authors before: Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason’s … Continue reading
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I haven’t made much progress on my sweater this week thanks to the whirlwind cross-country trip I took this past weekend, but I am reading a very good book: War of the Encyclopaedists by Christopher Robinson and Gavin Kovite. This … Continue reading
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A Used Book Mecca Right in the Milwaukee Airport: Who Knew?
I wrote the following post around 1 am this past Saturday morning, after a long day of snafu-ridden travels. I was impressed with both the day I’d had and with the bookstore I discovered in the Milwaukee airport, which is … Continue reading
Postcards From Purgatory 