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I'm battling against a little bit of tiredness bought on by a friends birthday party, which was oh so full of delicious home made cocktails, so please excuse the lack of links in this post. I've started a new workout program and need to build up the motivation to do the third intensive 30 minute workout of the week, before dinner. I knew leaving this one until Sunday was a bad idea.
In an attempt to keep from doing that, by pretending that I am very busy right now let me talk about books.
I got a couple of surprise craft books last night. Apparently I hadn't received my birthday present from the girl whose party I attended last night (who knew) so I picked it up last night. I now own 'Ornametal Knots for Beadiing Jewellery' by Suzen Millodot and 'Fuzzy Felted Friends' by Saori Yamazaki, which is a Japanese craft book. Needle felting is something I'd like to do but it requires new craft purchases, so I think it's something I'll look into in the future. The projects are absolutely adorable and I love the author's notes about each one. Knotting is something I've had a go at before, it's fun once you learn how to master the tricky techniques. I can't wait to try learning some of the decorative knots and creating a few projects.
Some more of the books I ordered during the great book binge have arrived:
'Because I am Furniture' by Thalia Chaltas is a novel written in verse, about a girl who witnesses domestic abuse and struggles to stand up againts her father. Thalia has a lovely blog where she posts in poem form.
'Longing' by JD Landis is one of the books I bought from SnowBooks. It's the story of a love triangle involving the composer Robert Shumann. I'm a little annoyed that it arrived in a bit of a battered condition (via Amazon) but I guess it doesn't alter the content of the book.
'The Fairytales of Charles Perrault' - Angela Carter, will be part of my fairytale feature, which starts this month.
My mum bought some books this weekend, which means I have access to some new books without buying them myself. She got:
'Bones of the Hill' by Conn Iggulden, the most recent part in his Genghis Cann series. I loved the Caeser series and I think I need to move the first part of this series up the reading queue.
'Guernica' by Dave Bohling is a love story set in the Basque town of Geurnica during a particularly drammatic period of the second world war. I've been thinking about this one for a while, I'm hoping for some background on the subject of Picasso's famous painting.
'A Secret Alchemy' by Emma Darwin is another book I couldn't quite make up my mind to buy. I read Emma Darwin's blog regularly, but I couldn't decide if I wanted to read about the princes in the tower. It's not an area of history I've ever looked into, but it might be nice to expand my areas of interest.
I suppouse I'd better start getting ready to work out now. I'll see you later when my shoulders have stopped aching and I can type again.
In an attempt to keep from doing that, by pretending that I am very busy right now let me talk about books.
I got a couple of surprise craft books last night. Apparently I hadn't received my birthday present from the girl whose party I attended last night (who knew) so I picked it up last night. I now own 'Ornametal Knots for Beadiing Jewellery' by Suzen Millodot and 'Fuzzy Felted Friends' by Saori Yamazaki, which is a Japanese craft book. Needle felting is something I'd like to do but it requires new craft purchases, so I think it's something I'll look into in the future. The projects are absolutely adorable and I love the author's notes about each one. Knotting is something I've had a go at before, it's fun once you learn how to master the tricky techniques. I can't wait to try learning some of the decorative knots and creating a few projects.
Some more of the books I ordered during the great book binge have arrived:
'Because I am Furniture' by Thalia Chaltas is a novel written in verse, about a girl who witnesses domestic abuse and struggles to stand up againts her father. Thalia has a lovely blog where she posts in poem form.
'Longing' by JD Landis is one of the books I bought from SnowBooks. It's the story of a love triangle involving the composer Robert Shumann. I'm a little annoyed that it arrived in a bit of a battered condition (via Amazon) but I guess it doesn't alter the content of the book.
'The Fairytales of Charles Perrault' - Angela Carter, will be part of my fairytale feature, which starts this month.
My mum bought some books this weekend, which means I have access to some new books without buying them myself. She got:
'Bones of the Hill' by Conn Iggulden, the most recent part in his Genghis Cann series. I loved the Caeser series and I think I need to move the first part of this series up the reading queue.
'Guernica' by Dave Bohling is a love story set in the Basque town of Geurnica during a particularly drammatic period of the second world war. I've been thinking about this one for a while, I'm hoping for some background on the subject of Picasso's famous painting.
'A Secret Alchemy' by Emma Darwin is another book I couldn't quite make up my mind to buy. I read Emma Darwin's blog regularly, but I couldn't decide if I wanted to read about the princes in the tower. It's not an area of history I've ever looked into, but it might be nice to expand my areas of interest.
I suppouse I'd better start getting ready to work out now. I'll see you later when my shoulders have stopped aching and I can type again.