Reading List

I got lots of knitting books for the holidays, and poured over them all. They include:

Knitting Tips and Trade Secrets
Folk Vests
Knitting Beyond the Edge
Stitchery Vol. 3 -- Color

I have yet to make anything using them, so stay tuned.

I've also read:

This Is Not Chick Lit -- like most anthologies, some are better than others. The contributions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Aimee Bender, Curtis Sittenfeld, and Jennifer Egan are the best. As a lover of short stories, however, I liked them all. And I heard all about how all the chick lit people are all bent out of shape over this. Perhaps you wouldn't be so defensive if you didn't know it was true: "chick lit" is mindless, useless crap. Stop reading that tripe and read something GOOD. Like this.

Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier. Yes, yes, I know. It's not Cold Mountain. But it's still good. I tend to favor southern writers, ironic in that I generally hate the south. But it's loosely based on a real person, with whom the character "shares some DNA." I recommend it.

The Thirteenth Tale (all the 13s........) by Diane Setterfield. I'm normally not one for the Brits, but this is quite a good story. I can't really describe it without giving away the good parts.