Review : Knits for Nerds

Knits for Nerds: 30 Projects for Fans of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Comic Books by a.k.a Toni Carr Joan of Dark
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I will admit that I am a coward with trying to know new items. I feel like I'm only just a beginner that's stuck at the beginner level. But looking at these knits I feel as if I need to try these!

This book has a little for everyone and honestly, I really enjoy that. It has wonderful color photos showing examples of the works completely. There are little snippets of the inspirations behind the works as well. There are size varients and suggestions for working the projects which is quite helpful.

I'd recommend this book to anyone honestly.



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Merry Christmas!

To all of you who ever read this, Merry Christmas!  I hope to have reviews of the five new books I received as gifts up as soon as I'm done reading them.  I also hope your day is better than mine has been......

Book Review : Blood Rights

Blood Rights by Kristen Painter
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The lacy gold mapped her entire body. A finely-wrought filigree of stars, vines, flowers, butterflies, ancient symbols and words ran from her feet, up her legs, over her narrow waist, spanned her chest and finished down her arms to the tips of her fingers.

Born into a life of secrets and service, Chrysabelle’s body bears the telltale marks of a comarré—a special race of humans bred to feed vampire nobility. When her patron is murdered, she becomes the prime suspect, which sends her running into the mortal world…and into the arms of Malkolm, an outcast vampire cursed to kill every being from whom he drinks.

Now Chrysabelle and Malkolm must work together to stop a plot to merge the mortal and supernatural worlds. If they fail, a chaos unlike anything anyone has ever seen will threaten to reign.

An unbelievable story honestly. Starts from the beginning with a mystery and ends fantastically.

I'm always wary when it comes to vampire books anymore. Twilight has killed my want to really peruse the field of vampire stories. But when I won this one I gave it a go. I couldn't put it down! I couldn't wait till I got to end of the story. But I must say I was quite disappointed when it did end.

The jumping around of the story was a bit confusing to be honest. The story changed different point of views several times but after I read a bit more I got pretty used to it all. The mystery behind the characters was quite fascinating. I did not expect the twist at the end of the story either. It wasn't just one, or two but three! The answer to the main reason why Chrysabelle is on the run is reveals and it blew me away. I literally pouted when the story was over. I can't wait to read the second book of the series!

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Well, you have to admit that I do need to post more. Maybe I'll try to post another review that I need to post. I read the story only a couple weeks ago and just never posted anything. Anyway..... May do a blog hop here at some point. I kind of need more followers if I want to review early copies from netgalley. So many books that I'd want to read from them and I can't because I don't have enough viewers. Which stinks. But I'm a loser and I don't update as often as I should. Anyway.... I'm off for a shower then bed soon. I've got a headache that seems to want to linger and has lingered for a couple hours or so. Good night everyone!

Review : Wool 2 - Proper Gauge

Wool 2: Proper Gauge by Hugh Howey
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Wool 2 - Proper Gauge was fantastic! It started right where the first left off. A cleaning has been performed, and now the silo is without a sheriff. With only one good candidate available, Mayor Jahns and Deputy Marnes set off for the Down Deep to recruit her in person. Along the way, they discover much about each other, troubling news about this candidate, and stumble upon fractured alliances that could spell the doom of a silo they've worked long years to protect.

I couldn't wait to get my hands on this book. When I heard there was another I bought it immediately. I found that it lived up to what I expected from the author. I enjoyed getting to know the Mayor more and learning more about her past along with the Deputy. I also had been curious with how the Silo had been set up and how exactly it worked. It was refreshing though depressing all the same. I will admit too that I couldn't help but curse at the end. It left so much open and though I am happy with how it ended somewhat, I couldn't believe it ended the way it did. I cannot wait till the next of this set. I really need to know what happens!


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Blast me and my forgetfulness! I apologize to those who couldn't really make out anything. I'm still getting used to the html on this sorry excuse for a blog.

Look, Art!

So, woke up this morning feeling pretty good.  I would have fallen back to sleep but my bladder decided to try an pop.  Which really isn't cool, especially when I was quite content to lay with my girlfriend and stay cuddled.  

So, got up, went pee and decided to check the nets like I usually do.  Amazingly I didn't play any games so that was a plus.  I did read a bit and try and figure out what we were going to do today.  And I decided that this morning I was going to draw something and I bloody well did.  It wasn't detailed or anything but it was something.  I hadn't doodled a lot in a while I thought I just need to do it.  Well, when Traci finally got up we both read a bit more and we decided to order foods.  I should have cooked something but I didn't know what so it was Chinese.

We got our food and started playing Boarderlands for the Xbox 360.  It was going good until there at the end of our gaming session when I started to feel off.  Thinking it was me just being motion sick I thought just sitting about for awhile would help.  Nope.  Didn't at all.  Ended up praying to the keeper of the toilet.  Not good. I know I fell asleep at one point on the couch hoping that after that I'd feel better but nope..... Didn't happen.  

Anyway.... still feeling off and another bought of being sick and I'm doing a little better.  Not the best.  I feel kinda bad because Traci's had to fend for herself this evening with foods and what not.  She's hoping it's not a stomach bug and so am I because she's had it more than I.  With my luck it's been food poisoning or something.  What ever it is, I don't like it at all.

Anyway, onto the art!  Because you guys probably don't care about how I feel.   The squibble beastie started out with just a scribble.  That was the shape of the head mostly.  The rest came from there.  I just wanted a quick deal.  No details that were too time consuming.  Chose the colors at random.  I think it's cute.  I just need to try and keep this up.  Sooner or later these these doodles will show up more.

Squibble Beastie

Book review : Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks

Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I adored this graphic novel. Maggie is the typical girl who grew up with older brothers and I could kind of relate to her. I grew up being closer to the guys than the other girls. I guess I could relate to them more since I liked guy things more than girly things. Her brothers seemed like a few guys I'd hang out with as well when I was in high school

I really liked the art work with this graphic novel. It was simplistic. I love simplistic art that is emotive on it's own level. Some artists get overly complicated. I'm completely jealous that these artists make it look so easy!

I kind of like how the characters react with each other. It's not the typical 'everything's ok' sort of story. There are problems in it and a few of the problems do get solved. I'm still curious about the ghost though. She seemed so sad and Maggie only wants to help her. I really want to know why her brothers can see the ghost as well. Is it a huge family secret or something? I'd be really willing to get the second book when it ever comes out. I'm definitely going to try to follow this writer as well. I'm very fond of comics on the net and was excited to learn she has a site!

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Look! I did it again! lol I figured it out finally. Quite proud of myself and I can't wait to post again. I need to go through what I read though and make sure I have a review for it. That might be the hard part.

I'm also thinking of maybe trying to post a sketch every once in a while. I need to get back into the habit of doing that.

Review : Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder

Keep your head down. 

Don't get noticed.

Or else.

Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I was quite confused when I started reading this book. I didn't remember when exactly I got this story. I'm glad I did though. I didn't give it a five star review because, well..... I'm going to put it simply. Not all books I like deserve it all the time.

Inside Out was well written. First person is sometimes hard to get into but I did like the character of Trella a lot though. She had such a strong personality that I couldn't help but like her. Her development throughout the story was quite wonderful. I like when it takes a whole book for a character to realize they've changed. It definitely builds something about it.

I guess I'm just a bit of a stickler for happy endings and of course, this story had a somewhat happy ending. But knowing there is more really just kills me. I can't wait to read the second book!

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