Knitting for Peace: Make the World a Better Place One Stitch at a Time, by...
Though my reading tastes vary widely, I thought I would review some of my favorite knitting books this week. Some are good reads, some have great patterns, some have beautiful pictures, and some have...
View ArticleThe Knitting Circle, by Ann Hood
Mary Baxter’s life has fallen apart. Her five-year-old daughter Stella has died from meningitis and it is as if all hope and happiness has flown out of Mary’s life. She can’t work; she and her husband...
View ArticleThings I Learned from Knitting…whether I wanted to or not, by Stephanie...
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, otherwise known as the Yarn Harlot, is well-known in the world of Knitters. She started with a blog, the Yarn Harlot, which features her tongue-in-cheek musings about knitting,...
View ArticleOne-Skein Wonders: 101 Yarn-Shop Favorites, edited by Judith Durant
I have a condition that many knitters suffer from: knitting ADD. No sooner do I knit a few inches on a big project than I get itchy to start an entirely new one. The excitement of starting something...
View ArticleMason Dixon Knitting: The Curious Knitters Guide—Stories, Patterns, Advice,...
Mason Dixon Knitting is another book born out of a blog. The two authors met on a chat group for Rowan yarns and developed a friendship, despite living on opposite ends of the U.S. The friendship...
View ArticleBlack Juice, by Margo Lanagan
Bring on the Shorts! It may still be too chilly to wear shorts outside, but this week I’m sharing some great collections of short stories, in honor of springtime. The short stories in Lanagan’s Black...
View ArticlePretty Monsters, by Kelly Link
This terrific anthology of short stories caught my eye in our Young Adult collection the other day. Equal parts fantasy and horror genre, I was impressed with how complicated and mature these stories...
View ArticleSmall Crimes in an Age of Abundance, by Matthew Kneale
This series of short stories takes the reader around the globe, to a diversity of places, but all are set in our modern era and each deals with a morally ambiguous situation in some way. This is not,...
View ArticleFood Rules: An Eater’s Manual, by Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan is one of my favorite non-fiction writers. He usually writes about food, with a firm grasp of science and sociology, but with a journalist’s eye towards readability. Imagine my delight...
View ArticleThe Eternal Smile, by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim
Our last book this week is a collection of three short stories told in graphic novel form. In the last couple of years I have discovered how much I enjoy graphic novels. This format contains stories...
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