Lots of Reading Going On
Those who come for knitting and fiber arts, please have patience. A lot of what I’m currently working on won’t see public eyes until 2009! That means blog fodder about knitting is hard to come by. That said, I’m anticipating two knitting related posts before the week is out - I hope!
It came to light during my eight weeks of physical therapy this spring that the massive amounts of computing were the main contributor to my shoulder/neck problems (and no, it wasn’t the mousing shoulder). So I’ve had to cut back drastically on my Internet time. Most of my computing time is being spent these days on drafting patterns for publication in books and magazines or taking down notes or charting pattern ideas for future design projects. This means my usual blogging time and blog reading time as well as time spent on Ravelry has been cut down to the occasional quick pop-in. I am still read sporadically, but my commenting has become nearly non-existent.
Getting away from the computer more is a good thing in a lot of ways. I’m out in the garden more regularly and for longer periods. I’m knitting a lot more efficiently. The other side effect is I’m reading a bit more at the moment as well, as can be witnessed by the stack of books at the top of this post. We’ve had a few weekends were DH and I have spent most of it reading in between some yard work and little socializing here or there.
The books up top are just a smattering of some of the books I’ve read in the last month or so. Others have already been returned to the library. The past two weeks I’ve relied very heavily upon Prospector, the more regional form of Interlibrary loan. In between reading about knitting and dyeing I’ve been reading plenty of cozies (as well as a few not-so-cozy mysteries). Because I’m nearing the end of one of my favorite cozy series, Aunt Dimity
, I’ve been on the look out for some new series to try. In the process I finally brought my LibraryThing up to date and have been poking around that site more deeply when time allows. I also discovered another fun web site (in addition to the ever helpful Stop You’re Killing Me) called Cozy Library. Cozy Library isn’t nearly as comprehensive in scope as SYKM, but it includes helpful reviews without having to check the reviews at Amazon or other web sites that allow customer reviews.
Speaking of LibraryThing, I am thinking I may close out my Shelfari account soon. Chris told me months ago about some of the questionable practices of Shelfari (and yes, I realize that information is coming from LT, but the links provided really do back up what they are saying). It has made me think about not supporting them further with my visits to update my shelf and such. I am disappointed as I really like some of the newer features Shelfari has added recently such as an easy way to keep track of books you want to read and books you wish to own and books you’ve read or are currently reading without having to remember to tag everything appropriately. I also find the groups a bit more useful since they have their own shelves of books and don’t rely completely on conversation to recommend titles. At the same time, I love that LibraryThing interfaces with my public library so I can easily see if they have a given title. Since I prefer to support the library for my fiction reading and for test driving possible non-fiction purchases I love that feature of LT. If you are on either of these services I’m fiberfool at both. Look me up so we can share what we are reading.
If you’re aren’t on either of those, my most recently read books can be found in my aStore as well.
