Melody Kondrael
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I got books in the mail yesterday from Alyosha. ::happy::
Already thinking about how I could trade for more, and contemplating PBS and BookMooch more and more…
I am so addicted to reading.
Beyond the Summerland by L.B. Graham – 593 pages
Review:
This book annoys me, and yet I will re-read it – yes, I even will say I like it!It’s like Star Wars.
No, no, no, not like that. (thankfully- the world only needs one SW-like universe)
But it is like SW in that the characters grab you, but have definite dialogue issues – too on the nose and too wordy. If I were writing it into a screenplay, I would cut the dialogue way up. (my apologies to the author)
However, good overall plot, original elements, no magic, really frustrating ending, now I want to read the rest of the books.
Running Total:
3068Kidnapped & Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson – 496 pages
Review: Kidnapped – fairly good. Alan Breck is a very memorable character, and the adventure of the plot moves forward well. Catriona – not near so engaging. The love story was annoying (personality problems.
) and the best part probably was the high sense of honour that David had to clear the names of the Highlanders who had helped him. Must be able to understand the Highland speech in order to read… for example, ‘ken’ means ‘know’. Running Total:
1923My main annoyance is with Edmund’s line. But I liked how he was trying to enlist! Reminds us that this is still war-torn England. Otherwise we risk forgetting what year it is.
The whole glowing-blue-sword makes me think ‘are there orcs about?’
And otherwise, we’ll see how things go…
Thanks, Jordan! I don’t actually have any audio books, I only have FOFRT, but next time I get up to the library, I’ll see what I can find for unabridged readings.
(…I wish they had the Rob Inglis LotR cds, but they don’t… I’ll see what else there is. )Oh, I think there are websites that do audio books of out-of-print classics. I should look that up!
can I count audio books like Focus on the Family Radio Theatre? We could come up with a minute-to-page ratio. Because I haven’t got a lot of time to read-read, because I have a sample knitting job, but I like to listen to radio dramas and audio books on my cd player.
Amusing, Pip? What’s that mean?
Hee hee, I wouldn’t ever part with my C. S. Lewis philosophy/theology books (other than the fact that I don’t really own them, they’re all my dad’s except one.
) Well, take that back. I have The Great Divorce. Which is quite interesting, but I might part with it if you had a book that I really really wanted. (read: another C. S. Lewis book…)
Anyone know of any other personality tests for LotR? That link doesn’t work anymore.
I am a book fan, haven’t seen the films.
I also enjoy reading The Hobbit, the Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, and the History of Middle-earth books. 
Yes, I am crazy.
LOL about Canadian postage/etc… I’ve done some swapping to Canada before (light and fluffy stuff – I swap yarn & stuff on Ravelry all the time) and it can be very….interesting shipping. I hate filling out customs forms. LOL.
Okay, so this is like what you are talking? (not my photo, ganked from Ravelry…silly me, I’ve made about half a dozen out of that pattern and I sent them off without taking a photo.
) Or maybe something like this? (again, borrowed photo…) The latter is machine knit, reversible. One color on one side, another color on the other, double-thick. I’m getting ready to make a red white & blue one out of that pattern – just have to set up my machine this morning and cast on. (if you’re wondering, my knitting machine is handpushed (no punchcards, no computer, no electricity involved) and duplicates handknits very well…does a wide range of gauges. It’s very very fun. Very happy I have a new toy to play with this weekend. ) Difference between tam, beret, and slouchy hat: not much. Some of it is dialect. Typically, though…
Lucy wears a crocheted tam in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe – at the start. A tam is usually smaller, and doesn’t slouch so much. (I haven’t seen so many tam patterns, they blend into the beret category most of the time. I wish I could duplicate Lucy’s tam, it’s cute, but I haven’t got the right yarn to do it)
Berets are next, they have a more defined shape and are more slouchy. Like this. second photo I really like berets, that particular one is probably my favorite winter hat. (part of that is color & fiber content, part of it is the pattern) That is the pattern I’d use again for a beret, I really like it.
A slouchy hat is basically a small bag that you put on your head. (or so my brothers say) Very tubular. They range in size; this is my personal favorite one (a friend made it – this is for an example only because I have not been able to duplicate its niceness with the yarns I have)Does that clear things up any?
I will not be online at all on Sunday, and only part of today (I usually am off by 6 Central), just so everyone knows.
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