The new spring collections for Simplicity and New Look have been posted on the Simplicity website. The Simplicity release seems larger than normal, though there does look to be more home dec than normal. Of the adult patterns, there are a few that I think are fairly cute, some that are rather generic, and others … More Newsflash: Simplicity and New Look Spring Patterns Announced
The Russian Burda website has changed their main page, and I haven’t seen them posting any good Burda news there yet. The German website, however, has posted the first look at the April issue. It looks to be something of a mixed bag… There are definitely a few photos that excite me, though Burda’s continued … More Newsflash: April Burda Early Preview Posted
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
McCall’s has just announced their new spring patterns. About half the collection is for kids, and the rest is… less than inspired. I don’t know, maybe I am starting to hit a pattern saturation point where I feel like I’ve seen it all before, but all of the designs in this release just feel particularly … More Newsflash: McCall’s Spring Patterns Announced
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
The full preview of the March edition is up on the Russian website. I have to admit I am totally covetous of most of the Burda Plus patterns in this issue. The rest of the designs… not so much. It not that there is anything particularly bad, it’s just that I don’t find any of … More Newsflash: March Burda Preview Posted
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
The Russian Burda website has posted the full preview of the Spring/Summer edition of the Burda Plus magazine. Half of the designs have been used previously in regular Burda magazines (BS-05-2012 and BS-07-2012), but I thought we should take a look at a few of the new designs… My favorite new designs for this issue … More Newsflash: Burda Plus Spring/Summer 2014 Full Preview Posted
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
It’s a double preview day – both the German and Russian websites have posted the early preview photos for the March 2014 Burda magazine and the 2014 Spring/Summer Burda Plus magazine. Right now I am feeling like Burda is going a bit overboard with the dust ruffle sleeves, but overall there are quite a few … More Newsflash: March Burda and Spring/Summer Burda Plus Previews Posted
