It is probably all too obvious based on the number of recent book review posts that I am dealing with the flu. Which was fine during the Olympics – online replays left me thoroughly entertained – but afterwards I turned to my big stack o’ books to fill the hours. It is one of those … More Book Review: The Lies of Locke Lamora
When The Hunger Games first came out I was interested – I had heard a lot of favorable reviews on the internet. So I picked it up and looked at the cover description in a bookstore and was immediately incensed. Unfortunately for Suzanne Collins, I had just finished reading Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, which I obsessively loved, … More Book Review: The Hunger Games Trilogy
One of my reading goals for this year is to keep up with the Sword & Laser book club picks, in the hopes that I can find fantastic new fantasy and sci fi authors, and read more diverse picks from the genre. The February book pick was A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin. … More Book Review: A Wizard of Earthsea
I have been reading George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series for quite a while now, and I am happy to finally be caught up with the main books in the series. I was gifted the pre-ordered paperback of A Dance with Dragons back when the release date was significantly earlier than it … More Book Review: A Dance with Dragons
Normally I don’t set out reading goals like I do for sewing and skating. Reading has always been fun, and I never want to make it feel like a task. Last year, however, my friend took me to a Geek & Sundry panel at WonderCon (a comics/general nerdiness convention), wherein I found The Sword & … More Book Review: The Einstein Intersection
I have more than a few holiday posts to get up, but it has become my yearly tradition to spend the last few days of the year doing a review of all of the topics I have been covering on my blog. Reading, skating, Burda, and sewing reviews, as well as plans for the upcoming … More Reading Round Up 2013
I have been a big fan of The Skating Lesson – a vlog that covers the latest news and gossip in the ice skating world – since it first got started. It has been a great way to keep abreast of figure skating news with minimal effort, and it is refreshing to hear about the … More Book Review: The Second Mark
I have been planning to sew jackets for a while, and when the lined jacket contest being run on Pattern Review convinced me to move around the projects in my queue. Though I have made a few coats in my time, I thought it would be good to read through Tailoring: The Classic Guide to … More Book Review: Tailoring: The Classic Guide to Sewing the Perfect Jacket
Tamora Pierce is an author I have been reading since I was eleven years old. I realize I have somewhat grown out of the target age group for her writing, but I continue to read her books anyway, because I enjoy seeing what happens in the worlds I loved so much as I was growing … More Book Review: Tortall and Other Lands
I have been reading the works of Brandon Sanderson ever since he was announced as the author who would complete the epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time. At that time he had four adult-length fantasy novels published – Elantris and the Mistborn trilogy. I devoured those within the space of about two months and I have been … More Book Review: Steelheart
Doctor T Designs 