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Reading: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Bronte. I got this book for Christmas last year (2016 I mean), but I'd been putting off reading it. First of all, it's almost 600 pages long, which is a...

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Knitting: recent knits.

Despite the fact that it has been forever since I posted about a finished knitting project on here, I have actually finished some things over the past few months! I finished a sweater for myself back...

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What I Read: January

I read six books in January...a wonderful way to get back into reading and to start off the new year! I haven't read this many books in a month since last summer. (To be fair, one of them was very...

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Knitting: black Dexter cardigan.

Finally! I finished this cardigan back in October, and I finally have pictures of it. :)For a long time, I've been wanting to replace two of my lightweight cotton cardigans (purchased probably 8 years...

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What I Read: February

February was a decent reading month! I read four books and enjoyed most of what I read. As always, click on the titles for my Goodreads reviews. The Problim Children, by Natalie Lloyd. Natalie's books...

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Knitting: Find Your Fade shawl.

When everyone was knitting Find Your Fade (and all of the other fade patterns that came afterwards), I had no desire to and never planned on making one myself. But then I found a set of four...

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What I Read: March

In March, I read a couple of books that I'd been meaning to read for quite a while! Like last month, I read four books and enjoyed most of what I read. As always, click on the title for my Goodreads...

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Knitting: autumn socks.

These socks took forever. I started them at the beginning of September and just finished them at the end of March! There was a lot going on, and I did knit other things in between. But I'm really glad...

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What I Read: April

April was an okay reading month! Once again, I read four books...that seems to be the monthly number I've settled into and that's good with me. :) One of these was a reread. As always, click on the...

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What I Read: May

May was a decent reading month! Once again, I read four books: two that I really enjoyed, one that I didn't like, and one reread. As always, click on the titles to read my Goodreads reviews!The Curious...

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Knitting: two pairs of socks.

Here are my two most recently completed sock projects! The first ones I actually finished back in May but never posted here because I was so frustrated with how lackluster the photos kept turning out....

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What I Read: June

June was a pretty good reading month, though some of what I read was a bit mediocre. I managed five books, though to be fair two of them were very short and I was already halfway through East of Eden...

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I'll Have What She's Having: How Nora Ephron's Three Iconic Films Saved the...

 I loved this book! I expected to like it...I'm one of those people who loves watching special features on a DVD and hearing behind the scenes stories about my favorite movies. You've Got Mail is one...

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What I Read: July

July was a great reading month! I read more than usual (seven books in total), and I loved nearly everything I read. Very satisfying. :) As always, click on the titles to read my Goodreads...

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Knitting: birthday socks.

These are the socks I knitted for my Mom's birthday earlier this month! They're pretty basic, so not that much to say about them. The main speckled yarn is KnitPicks Hawthorne Speckle in the Birthday...

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What I Read: August

August wasn't as wonderful of a reading month as July, but it was still decent! I read six books, one of which was a reread. I also started a book but gave up on it. As always, click on the titles for...

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What I Read: September

September was a great reading month! I liked almost everything I read. I didn't just read the five books pictured...I also read three other books through Hoopla. (It's a free service through my local...

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What I Read: October

October was a decent reading month. I'm still keeping up with the audiobooks...this month I actually finished more audiobooks than physical books! And four of the six books I read were rereads. As...

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Recent knits.

When I started this post, these were recent knits! Now they're well over a month old...I have been doing a lot of knitting lately, but it's all Christmas gifts that I can't share here quite yet. But...

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What I Read: November

Posts two days in a row? What is this madness?? :)November was another good reading month. I read seven books total: four physical books and three audiobooks. Only one reread this month! As always,...

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My 2019 resolutions.

2018 was a good year! It wasn't super eventful, but it was my first full year of marriage to Kenny and that made it pretty special. :) I did okay with my goals for the year. As far as knitting goes, I...

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What I Read: December

I'm a little behind posting this! December was a great reading month. I read 8 books total: five of those were audiobooks and two were rereads. As always, click on the titles to read my Goodreads...

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What I Read: January

January was an okay reading month. I read a total of 8 books, including 5.5 audiobooks (ha, more on that later). I really liked a few of the things I read, but some of the others were just okay. As...

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Christmas knitting.

Hey, how about I finally share the gifts I made for Christmas? :)These plain socks were for my mom, of course, who loves pink! I picked up this yarn back in March at a fiber festival, and it's dyed by...

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What I Read: February

February was an okay reading month. Only one of the books I read was one that I truly enjoyed. Also, this is one of those months where the physical books I read slowed me down so much that audiobooks...

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