Robynettely

Daily efforts Edited Chapter 5, 7, and 8 of WWS. Another editing pass on “Tale of the Tail” which still needs a better title. Accomplishments Did my big reading for What’s Your Story: North York , the contest I won. It was a really great experience.  Connecting Critted 9 One of the people I have been following since chapter 1 has disappeared, which makes me sad. Got back 1 Circulating 1 Knitting Ann Boleyn (1998).  Still on the hips, knitting downward. This month 0 rows. Okracoke cardigan (Shirley Paden). Finished left front, started sleeve. Slow Fade sock (Knitty FF 17). Finished first sock, started second. Celtic Gang Girls of the 70’s (Rowan and me). Continued back.

I was sitting listening to music and knitting last night, and I realized I missed having Infinite Jest to read. WTF! I was suddenly sad because I’ll never know more about the Incandenza family. I was working on Ocracoke, of course, the sweater that always makes me cry when I work on it. What is with this depressing sweater! “The Girl with all the Gifts” by MR Carey. My sister gave it to me for Christmas, saying she’d started it, but it was too much squick for her, though it would be fine for me. Apparently it’s been made into a movie, which knowing me I’ll never see. The story moved along really fast, which made me less notice the occasional thing about the world that I thought didn’t quite make sense, but the characters were absolutely fantastic. I am forcing this book on my reading group (a.k.a., my family). “Cirque du Freak” by Darren Shan. I think I listened to a podcast that had him in it, or some otherwise thing, maybe an interview or a chat. This would have ...