Mini Audio Book Review

(Have decided to start listening to audiobooks between Teaching Co. classes. Anybody have any opinions on Audible.com?)

Rebecca, read by Emma Fielding

I love Emma's voice; it's clear, flexible enough to shift into every character, and makes me want to run right out and get everything she's read.

However, the plot makes me want to run right out and kick either Mrs. DeWinter (If you can't afford a whole spine can you at least buy a single vertebra, you nematode?) or Maxim (Sure, don't tell her a thing and yell at her when she makes mistakes. That's really sane and mature of you.)

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Even if you don't know a thing about Girl Genius, this is frickin' hilarious. A must own for every "fizziks geek" and science buff.

Review - Yarn Harlot

Yarn Harlot - The Secret Life of a Knitter by Stephanie Pearl McPhee

I got this because it was 3-for-2 at Borders looked cute, and indeed it is. This collection of crafting anecdotes will sound familiar to anyone who's passionate about their hobby - the problems of storing the stash, the inability to find anything to use no matter how big that stash gets, the assurance turning to panic as Christmas looms, tackling projects that are too complex for current skills, and the like.

The chapters are very small, averaging three pages each. (I think they were probably originally posts on her blog www.yarnharlot.ca) While many are laugh-out-loud hilarious, the book as a whole has a nice mix of humor, reflection, and in some cases heartbreak. (I don't even like children and I was sobbing over the story of the sock knitted for the baby that didn't make it.)

While it's an obvious gift for knitters, I think this is a good one for any sewer, costumer, beader, and the ilk - and definately worth the buying while it stays on the 3-for-2 table. (Which still has Stiff - The Curious Life of Cadavers. That is SUCH a good book!)