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merely talk

rantings and ravings with little cohesion and plenty of pretension

 

My dreams are filled with books and knitting needles


Hat!
Originally uploaded by Star_t.
So I'm thinking I should start to worry about the good ole blog. It seems to be less and less about my life and more of a knitting/reading blog. I guess it's the basic evolution of such things. My life lately has mostly consisted of knitting, reading, going to school and going to work...so I guess it makes sense that that's what I write about.

Anyway, here's a hat I knit. The yarn was bought on a whim, and the hat made out of necessity, since I lost the one I made last year. I still have a lot of the yarn left and I just loved the subtlety of the colours. My winter coat is big, long and pink and as such, I feel all of my accessories should tone it down as much as possible.

As for the reading, I thank all who gave me suggestions of books to read. All are now on hold at the library. I've been reading like crazy for the last few weeks, and the giant pile of books by my bed has lessoned some what. Of course I have the bad habit of bringing two books home for every book I return. But whatever.

Anyway I've decided to make this blog entry an interactive experience. I would love if both my readers would do me a favour. What is your favourite three books of the moment? I would say favourites of all time, but I know how often my tastes change, and I am often paralyzed by indecision when asked to name my favourite anything.

But if I can do this, I think y'all can too.

So mine are (these are just off the top of my head, and I guarantee, I'll want to change them as soon as I press the publish button, but c'est la vie):

1) Unless by Carol Shields
2) Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
3) Persuasion by Jane Austin.

Okay, your turn.

 

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Anonymous Anonymous Says:

1. Fire From Within - Carlos Castaneda
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (ABRIDGED) - Edward Gibbon
3. Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak - Kenneth S. Deffeyes

 
 
Anonymous Anonymous Says:

The Case of Lena S - David Burgen (it was more creepy than anything)
Why I Hate Canadians - Will Ferguson
The Romantic - Barbara Something

(and because I can't remember her name)

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie

 
 
Blogger The Chairman Says:

The Castle: Franz Kafka- anything by the surreal sovereign makes my blood weep, or something.
A Distant Mirror:The Calamitous 14th Century: Barbara W. Tuchman- Always a pleasure.
Book of Disquiet: Fernando Pessoa- Just discovered his work, it's absolutely fantastic.
Also, Tom Stoppard's plays and T.S Eliot's poems make excellent reading as well.

 
 
Anonymous Anonymous Says:

"The Grifters" by Jim Thompson
"Tapping the Source" by Kem Nunn
and any crime novel by Elmore Leonard.

And my secret shame is "The Dirt" by Motley Crue....hey, I'm a reformed hesher!

 
 
Blogger Unknown Says:

1. The Kite Runner by, can't remember
2. The Da Vinci Code (sorry...)
3. Reading Lolita In Tehran by Azar Nafisi

I'll add another incase you feel jipped that I put down The Da Vinci Code...

4.The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

There. :)

 
 
Anonymous Anonymous Says:

1)The Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast - Bill Richardson
2)Jackaroo - Cynthia Voigt
3)To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

 

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