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Book Review: Mr. CSI: How A Vegas Dreamer Made A Killing In Hollywood, One Body At A Time

March 26, 2012

It seems to be my luck that while reading the George R. R. Martin Ice and Fire series I tend to find other books that are engaging, interesting, and quick to read. Mr. CSI: How A Vegas Dreamer Made A Killing in Hollywood, One Body At A Time, the autobiography of television franchise CSI’s creator … More Book Review: Mr. CSI: How A Vegas Dreamer Made A Killing In Hollywood, One Body At A Time

Book Review: A Clash of Kings

March 16, 2012

Last year I decided it was time to start reading George R. R. Martin’s epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire. And now I have finally finished the second book in the series, A Clash of Kings. The second book in the series will soon be shown as a TV drama on HBO, … More Book Review: A Clash of Kings

Book Review: Roller Skating for Gold

March 6, 2012

Recently, I was wasting time on Amazon (well, I was looking for something, but the stupid incredibly helpful Amazon search engine found lots of other things for me to spend money on), and I found a wonderful book on roller skating that I didn’t even know existed – Roller Skating for Gold by David H. Lewis: Amazon … More Book Review: Roller Skating for Gold

Book Review: Gunn’s Golden Rules

February 20, 2012

I recently borrowed and read Tim Gunn’s fashion book, A Guide to Quality, Taste, and Style, as partial inspiration for my sewing challenge, and decided that it would also be fun to read his other book, Gunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making It Work. I am really a fan of this book! Organized … More Book Review: Gunn’s Golden Rules

Book Review: Lost at the Con

February 16, 2012

When I saw Lost at the Con recommended on a “geek blog,” I knew I simply had to read it. So, when I needed to order a teflon presser sheet I decided to round out my Amazon order with this book (please tell me I am not the only one who always adds something from my wish list … More Book Review: Lost at the Con

Book Review: How I Became Stupid

February 13, 2012

I had been reading a lot of fantasy novels at the end of last year, so I decided I wanted to read something a little different over the holidays, and I settled on the amusing satire, How I Became Stupid by Martin Page. This novel details the adventures of Antoine as he searches for happiness, which, … More Book Review: How I Became Stupid

Book Review: A Guide to Quality, Taste and Style

February 7, 2012

This year I have decided to give myself a Tim Gunn inspired sewing challenge, based on his short lived television series, Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style. However, when my mother recently got his book, A Guide to Quality, Taste & Style, I simply had to “borrow” it and read it first. This book was released … More Book Review: A Guide to Quality, Taste and Style

Book Reviews: Sergers

December 6, 2011

Although I have been sewing a lot since Thanksgiving, it has been mostly gift sewing, so I won’t be posting pictures until after the holidays. So I apologize for the excessive number of book and skating posts of late, but I hope to have at least one more finished object (aside from gift sewing) to post before the end … More Book Reviews: Sergers

Book Review: Mastiff

December 3, 2011

As may have been noticed, at the top of my Sewing Plans list is holiday gift sewing. This means sewing for others. This means lack of desire to actually get sewing accomplished. Or, rather, lack of interest in prepping the pattern to get sewing accomplished. I think once I get to my serger all will … More Book Review: Mastiff

Book Review: The Alloy of Law

November 29, 2011

Since I didn’t spend this weekend purchasing fabric as I had planned, I spent it reading instead. And, although I have been working through several books for quite some time, I instead decided to ignore all of them and read the entirety of Brandon Sanderson’s The Alloy of Law instead. The completely spoiler free review: In … More Book Review: The Alloy of Law