Recently Completed Book Archive

The Best Make-Ahead Recipes--Daniel Van Ackere (So I went through a phase where I requested a ton of cookbooks from the library...only to shuttle them home and shuttle them back again without cooking delicious things. So far we haven't actually made a recipe per say, but we've read so many interesting things about ingredients and such that it's being added to that big WishList in the Sky. 8/2)

A Vision of Light--Judith Merkle Riley (So this is the first in her Margaret of Ashbury trilogy--In Pursuit of the Green Lion is the second. Even though I read them out of order and thus spoiled thus suspense of Light's ending, I still liked. The plots in her books are really well written and I'm doing okay at ignoring the dialogue and 'thoughts' of the characters. 8/1)

The Knitters Book of Yarn--Clara Parkes (This is a really cool book-- and way more info than I could absorb before I had to give it back to the library and pay my late fine. She goes into fabulously complete detail about pretty much every kind of fiber anyone has ever knitted with. It's on the list of books I keep in my head that I'd love to get a copy once I have a real job again. 7/25)

The Best of Interweave Knits--Ann Budd (So I've been checking out tons of knitting books from the library and then marking with a post it the patterns in each book that I would really like to scan in and save so I can make them...someday. Well, after the 18th post-it in this book I realized it would be cheaper to get it on the 1/2 off sale knitpicks.com was having then to pay myself to scan in all 150+ pages of it. And I'm glad I bought it, cuz it's got absolutely gorgeous patterns. As soon as I feel I'm up to the intricate lacey bit, I'm making myself the Lotus Tank Top in this gorgeous cottony-silky yarn in 'harbor'. Yum. 7/20)