When Amethyst Met Superman
It is DC Comics Presents #63, “Worlds to Conquer.” Amethyst Princess of Gemworld meets Superman! Look at that cover, Dark Opal seems to be menacing Superman with some Kryptonite. Click to make the images bigger! I love the fact that Carnelian and Sardonyx seem to spend their time locked up in a castle together, plotting [...]
New Giveaway on Manga Report
Click on over for a chance to win Story of Saiunkoku Volume 1
Books Read, November 2010
Books I was a little light on the books this month because I just got bogged down attempting to read the newest book in the Chronicles of Elantra series and couldn’t get into it. I always struggle with leaving book unread after I’ve started them, but this one I just ended up taking back to [...]
Gothy Shawl
Here’s some more knitting I just finished: This is your basic Wool Peddler’s Shawl with a semi-Feather and Fan border. I say “semi” because there were some spots where I managed to mess up this simplest of lace patterns. I was thinking of ripping out the boarder and doing a garter stitch ruffle in a [...]
Free manga at Manga Report
I’m doing a giveaway of a mini stack of shoujo manga over at Manga Report.
Books Read, October 2010
Books Fool’s Girl by Celia Rees Blameless by Gail Carriger – This was a bit of a letdown when compared to the other two books in the series, partly because Carriger was using a particular stock plot from the romance novel that I find particularly annoying. Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen Rampant by Diana Peterfreund [...]
Free Vorkosigan Saga ebooks at Baen.com
I really like Lois McMaster Bujold, so I was excited to see that the The Miles Vorkosigan Saga books are now free for download. If you have an ipad, I think the regular epub format should work in the Stanza reader. Hooray for free space opera!
FakeAPStylebook Contest!
The Bureau Chiefs are having a FakeAPStylebook contest. Check out the contest page for all the details. You can win a zazzle gift certificate and eternal glory.
What I’ve knit recently
I decided to fold my knitting blog in back over here, since I don’t tend to update it frequently enough to warrant a standalone blog. Here’s what I’ve knit recently: It is a linen stitch scarf for me and a palindrome scarf for my husband. I learned to do cables for the palindrome scarf. I [...]
The Fool’s Girl by Celia Rees
I read a YA book every month for my YA book group, and I didn’t care for this month’s selection at all. The Fool’s Girl tells the story behind the play Twelfth Night, focusing on the daughter (Violetta) and son (Stephano) of the couples in the play. Normally, I’d expect to enjoy this book, but [...]
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