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A dragon branch weaving by Sarah Batchelder

Thoughts on weaving, writing, stories, and life.

  • Procrastination 2013

    Happy Belated New Year! I started writing this a couple of weeks ago to post in mid-January – and it had been a while since I had finished the books then….  Some parts of my life just feel as though I am wading through quickly drying mud.  A couple of weeks ago, I was going… Read more

  • The Dog Stars

      By Peter Heller I found this book to be extremely moving.  While the story is both grim and bleak, it is also wondrously hopeful and beautifully written. The story is about love, courage, and finding one’s home.  It is written from the main character, Hig’s, perspective in short segments.  While the first part of… Read more

  • October is a Great Month for Nordic Noir

    Often I will put books on hold with the library and they all tend to come in at once – or in a very short time period.  This is what is happening right now.  I’ve had many items on hold for months which have started to arrive.  First I got Phantom by Jo Nesbø.  I… Read more

  • Bless Me, Ultima

    By Rudolfo Anaya It’s been three weeks since I’ve returned from a visit to NYC on a not fun plane trip and a really long time since I’ve posted here. And I read most of this book on this excruciating journey.  The woman who was sitting next to me joked about me finishing the book… Read more

  • Gone Girl

    By Gillian Flynn Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Crown Publishers, 2012 This book has had over eight hundred holds on it in my library system for the past couple of months.  It is the must read of 2012.  I think I first became aware of it through EarlyWord, but it wasn’t until I put… Read more

  • Masques

    By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2010, 1993 Recently at work, I was checking in books and this book passed through my hands.  I am mostly familiar with Briggs’s more recent Mercy Thompson and Alpha & Omega series – both of which I love.  I did read Dragon Blood a little while… Read more