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A dragon branch weaving by Sarah Batchelder

Thoughts on weaving, writing, stories, and life.

  • The Watchmen

    By Alan Moore Illustrated by Dave Gibbons Place: Publisher & Year: New York: DC Comics, 1995 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, adventure Format: graphic novel ISBN: 9780930289232 Intended audience: adult Number of pages: 413 Settings: New York City, Antarctica, and Mars Time period: late 1930s through mid 1980’s (The Cold War) Plot Read more

  • The Girl who Played with Fire

    By Stieg Larsson (Translated from Swedish by Reg Keeland) Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009 Genres: Thriller, mystery, suspense Series: Millennium trilogy; 2 ISBN: 9780307269980 Intended audience: adult Number of pages: 503 Settings: Stockholm, Sweden and Grenada Time period: around 2004 – 2005 Plot summary: Lisbeth Salander is an extremely introverted Read more

  • The Sandman: The Doll’s House

    By Neil Gaiman Illustrators: Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III, Chris Bachalo, Michael Zulli, & Steve Parkhouse, illustrators; Todd Klein & John Costanza, letterers; Robbie Busch, colorist; Dave McKean, covers  and design Place: Publisher & Year: New York, NY : DC Comics, 1995 Genres: Fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, mythic fiction, adventure, horror Format: Read more

  • The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes

    By Neil Gaiman Illustrators: Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III, artists; Todd Klein, letterer; Robbie Busch, colorist; selected recoloring by Daniel Vozzo; Dave McKean, covers. Place: Publisher & Year: New York: DC Comics, 1995, 1991 Genres: Fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, mythic fiction, adventure, horror Format: Graphic novel Series: The Sandman series; Read more

  • The Girl Who Played with Fire

    By Stieg Larsson I just checked by hold list this morning with the library and noticed that I should have this title coming to me shortly! Read more

  • A Lick of Frost: a novel

    By Laurell K. Hamilton Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ballantine Books, 2007 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, dark fantasy, paranormal romance, romantic suspense, horror, mystery, occult fiction, erotic fiction Series: Meredith Gentry series; 6 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 274 Setting: Los Angeles, CA and the Seelie Court Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: The Read more