"Though many of us take pride in how different we are from our parents, we are endlessly sad at how different our children are from us."
-- Andrew Solomon, Far From the Tree, which I heard about because of his interview on NPR.
The official site
Shaken and Stirred: The ebook
Sweater Quest: The Podcast
Sweater Quest: My Year of Knitting Dangerously
- Amazon
- Books-a-Million
- Barnes and Noble
- IndieBound
- Powell's Books
- Green Toad Book Store
The Green Toad is my local bookshop, which is the best place to go if you'd like a signed copy of Sweater Quest. I can drop down to the store and personalize a copy for you, too. Just drop Michele an email and she'll set you up. - Sweater Quest : Excerpt
Annnnnnnnd something to whet your desire. - The finished cardigan
on the nightstand
- Lawrence Wright: Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
Only a little bit into it but L. Ron really was a turbo dick. - Lois McMaster Bujold: Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (Vorkosigan Saga)
Not her best -- that would be Memory, imo -- but still a good read. Plus, it's fun to see the world through Ivan's eyes. - Jennie Ketcham: I Am Jennie
Raw, compelling, honest and graphic. - Dorothy Wickenden: Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West
What struck me most is how resilient these two women were and how much cheer they seemed to approached every obstacle with. This is the sort of story that reminds you that history isn't just monolith but an enormous series of interlocked very local stories. - Tom Mueller: Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil
I've only just started - but I already want to buy a very expensive olive oil just to taste the difference. (Oh - and go to Italy but that's not a new thing.) - Captain Sig Hansen: North by Northwestern: A Seafaring Family on Deadly Alaskan Waters
I have a major Deadliest Catch addiction. The Northwestern is the boat I would work on if forced at gunpoint to go fishing for crab in the Bering Sea. When I saw this for $2 at the local ice cream shop/antique store/farmstand, I had to pick it up. It is about what you'd expect. The writing is meh, the stories are interesting. - Neil deGrasse Tyson: Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
I read a chapter here and there around other reading, mostly because it's not a linear sort of book, rather it's one of nuggets. Good nuggets, mostly, even if they can get a little repetitive. - Tim Powers: Hide Me Among the Graves: A Novel
If I may be so bold - and I'm only about halfway through, which means that there is still time for it to go horribly wrong - this might be among Powers best.
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Oh my goodness, that is shockingly true!
Posted by: Lee | November 16, 2012 at 01:46 PM
There's a review of it in the new New Yorker. I just read it last night.
Posted by: gemini in knoxville | November 16, 2012 at 03:13 PM
Wow. So true.
Posted by: Heidi | November 17, 2012 at 05:22 PM