Mostly Books But Also The Possibility of Me Walking In Front of a Bus

If it's April 1st then that means that April 15th is actually going to arrive, doesn't it?

Doesn't it? Because seriously, if it doesn't, that bus looks mighty inviting. Maybe I'll just board the bus, as opposed to stepping in front of it. Terrible thing to do to a bus driver. Way too much paperwork.

Look at all the lovely Tess Monaghan's that the lovely Knitted & Purled sent me eons ago. The end of February in fact. I'd never read Laura Lippman's mysteries before, I really enjoyed meeting Tess.

For a change of pace, no quiz. A book meme! via Teabird:

1. What book are you reading right now? Science Friction by Michael Shermer.

Wow, I drafted this awhile ago. I'm actually reading The Man Who Never Missed by Steve Perry as my carry-'round and Fraction of the Whole by Stephen Tolz.

2. What was the last book you read on a plane? Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe. Finally, a period of time where I just sat down and dove into it. So much better than indulging in my normal "we're all going to die" airplane chatter.

3. What was the last book you read on a roadtrip? Most of the road trips I do the driving. But I've listened to audiobooks occasionally. The most memorable one was a trip up Hwy 1 with my ex best friend listening to a Jude Deveraux romance and the book ended at EXACTLY the moment we pulled into the motel parking lot. Hwy 1 gets really creepy at night when it cuts back inland and I swear, we saw a cemetary on the coast that evening (twilight, naturally) that has never been there since.

4. What was the most unusual place you found yourself reading? Unusual? I read anywhere, any place, any time. Once, trapped in an elevator, but IMO, that's a pretty normal way to occupy your time when you can't get out of a tiny stifling place suspended nine floors above ground.

5. What books would you take to keep you occupied on a two-week vacation to the beach? Whatever books I'd take to keep me occupied on a two week vacation in the mountains, or in Europe or on the way to work or......whatever I was reading at the time. The real question is, what knitting projects would I bring?

More books to indulge in my favorite knitting stitch obsession - Annie Maloney's books at Needlearts Book Shop. And the packaging was so darling too, brown paper package tied up in ribbon. I torn it off for the books inside in a hot second though. The cables are just amazing.

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The progress on V - notice how there's only one buttonband?  (Well, maybe you can't notice, considering the quality of that picture, but there is only one. Now.)

Before? Cleverly, I'd knit one on each side.

In fact, not just knit it, I actually said "OMG, I don't have the buttonband on this!"

And dropped stitches to knit it in.

About fifteen rows later I noticed that I was knitting a buttonband on both sides. GAH. It took me most of the month to get that far too.

Hez sez: "Why are you knitting and reading when you're home when you've been neglecting me so horribly? by never being home? I refuse to even look at you, you neglectful thing."  She utterly refused to pose in the tulips outside too, even with cat treats as an incentive.

Comments

[Michelle]

April 15th? La-La-La I can't hear you.

[Bron]

April 15th...There is light at the end of the tunnel...go toward the light.

Wait! That would involve walking in front of a bus, wouldn't it...

Never mind.

[Sonya]

It'll be April 15th before you know it. And then you need a good long vacation. I've been tempted to get the Annie Maloney books, but haven't. Now I'll have to if you say they are good. I'm in a very cable mode.

[Charity]

Two more weeks! You can do it - you're almost there! :0)

[Marina]

What did you expect from a cat? A dog would do it!

[Bridget]

Hey, at least it's April - you're almost there!

Uh-oh, you're really in trouble with Hez ...

[Jennifer]

Ah, the wrath of Hez.

[Birdsong]

I can imagine that freedom by any method is looking really good about now... hang in there and start planning at least a mini-vacation to recoup some of your mojo.

[Chris]

Counting down... Then you're going to sleep for a week? Or start working on the extensions? ;) Hmm - double buttonband in case of weight fluctuation - could be a new style.

[melanie]

Step AWAY from the bus.

I love Michael Shermer. Wish he was our president. Wish... oh , never mind.

You'll be fine. Two more weeks, and you can be a person again!

[Jenni]

You have to drive on car trips! Poor you...I knit and knit!

[Becky]

I hate it when my cat ignores me -- it's cruel and unusual punishment in my mind.

Two button bands. Sounds like something I'd do.

[Tim Rooch]

Are you and Hez staying in a hotel? I thought only paintings of villas with red tile roofs were allowed in your living room. All the best through August extensions.

SiL

[Brigitte]

:( Aw, poor you! Here's to April 15th gets here really quick. And Hez, be nice to your Mom!

[mrspao]

It'll be over soon - only two weeks!

[Lorraine]

Carrie- Less than 2 weeks-

and have a bit of class, if you're going to get run over, a public vehicle is sooooo tacky- how about a nice Jag or something?

[Lisa]

Happy countdown! Only a little bit of time left...

I'm so glad you like the books.

[Opal]

A book is a perfect thing to have while trapped in an elevator. Maybe I should start carrying a book along with my knitting. I don't think my knitting would sufficiently calm my nerves!

[La]

All that reading, no wonder you haven't squee'd about the BSG marathon this week!

You may want to check out the book, Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku. It's on my next read list.

[Elspeth]

So far so good, 4/15 is getting there, and then you can have a nice vacation (until next year!)

[BigAlice]

oooh, I've never seen those Annie Maloney books before. How is the stitch design one? They both look really interesting.

Ha, my cat has decided to settle on top of me, half on the keyboard, in hopes I will pay attention SOLELY TO HER. I guess it's mostly working.

[susoolu]

Hez is clearly not a Wordsworth fan (what is her favourite poet? And T.S. Eliot is just too obvious!).

[Miss T]

I'm never good at those "what books would you take..." questions. What I feel like reading changes too rapidly. And if I'm going on vacation, I *always* take too many books.

[kookiejar]

Tell me you love 'A Fraction of the Whole'. Even if you don't tell me you do.

[Geraldine]

Your book choices were interesting to read about. Still loved the Hez photo, mostest of all LOL. What a cutie.