Wahida Clark’s fourth book in the ‘Thug’ series was the first I had read. In this book, Trae and Tasha have left the game headed to California where they hope to start a new life. Along the way shenanigans ensue and the game pulls them back in and tears them apart. Although this urban fiction (her words, per her sight)…
The sweater that never was…. Whatever happened to your __________? Write about the fate of a past knitting/crochet project. Whether it be something that you crocheted or knitted for yourself or to give to another person. An item that lives with you or something which you sent off to charity. I have been trying to make The Bee a sweatwer…
Joe Schreiber’s first young adult novel, Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick is a fun read that embodies Le Femme Nikita, Chuck and a splash of Degrassi. From the marketing copy:It’s prom night—and Perry just wants to stick to his own plan and finally play a much-anticipated gig with his band in the Big Apple. But when his mother makes him take Gobija Zaksauskas—their…
Maeve Binchy’s Circle of Friends has been on my ‘mean to’ list for a while and opportunity knocked as I did rounds one night at work. This book is wonderful! Maeve Binchy weaves a marvelous tale of friendship and creates characters that are so alive that their lives seemed to continue off of the page. However the movie…wamp wamp wamp! I…
Why yes, the stash is the neatest thing in the house! How do you keep your yarn wrangling organised? It seems like an easy to answer question at first, but in fact organisation exists on many levels. Maybe you are truly not organised at all, in which case I am personally daring you to try and photograph your stash in…