Archive for January, 2012
January 22nd, 2012 | Author: Polgara
I have been obsessed with Kindles lately, and it doesn’t help that every time I go to Amazon.com, Kindle promos are front and center right above the fold on the homepage. I have thirty gazillion physical books in my to-be-read bookcase, I do not need to be purchasing digital books too! And yet, I drool over the Kindle Fire every day. Is it the tech of it? The instant gratification of being able to buy a book from anywhere at any time? Knowing I can get to my book from any computer?
I’ve been borrowing my department’s Kindle to try to get the temptation out of my system, and so far I’ve finished one book on it ([amazon_link id="0061231177" target="_blank" ]Scepter of the Ancients (Skulduggery Pleasant)[/amazon_link]) and am about a quarter into my second ([amazon_link id="0345515579" target="_blank" ]Unholy Ghosts (Downside Ghosts, Book 1)[/amazon_link]). I’ve also purchased several ebooks from Amazon, when they’ve been cheap enough that I couldn’t resist.
So far, it’s cool. I’m reading just fine on it. Any more than with physical books? Maybe not so much, but it does help curtail spending in physical bookstores (not necessarily a good thing, though, since I don’t want physical bookstores to go *poof* like Borders *sniff*). But in 2011, my reading volume went down significantly from previous years, and I believe part if it can be attributed to me trying not to buy new books, yet not being particularly interested in the books I’d already bought.
This post is all over the place, isn’t it? What is it even about? Not sure. Let’s try to break it down to bullet points:
1. I’m not buying a Kindle yet because I can’t afford it.
2. I’m borrowing a Kindle, so I can buy books by new to me authors without spending too much or taking up space on my already crowded bookshelves.
3. I’m newly inspired to find new authors.
i.e., I’m trying harder to spend more time reading, whether it’s an ebook or a physical book. (Finished three physical books this year already.) So, there’s that.
Whatever, I think I’ll just go read something now.
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January 19th, 2012 | Author: Polgara
Per usual, I spent the Christmas holidays in New England, and the combination of awesome baby nephew and getting [amazon_link id="0823099032" target="_blank" ]Baby Beanies: Happy Hats to Knit for Little Heads[/amazon_link] for Christmas meant getting back on the knitting wagon. Of course, that also meant a trip to Michael’s for yarn, circs and double-pointed needles–always fun!
I finished this hat in two days:
Choc....something hat from Baby Beanies
Which looks even more adorable *on* him:
Riley in the first hat his Auntie Polgara made for him
I made another hat as well–a pointy one in blue and green–but for some reason completely forgot to take a picture of it. Plus I suspect it’s already too small for his head. Obviously this means I’ll need to make another in the next size up!
I also picked up some marbled yarn (don’t have it with me, will try to remember to add the name later) in cranberry colors to make a Big Bad Baby Blanket, which I wanted to get started on a couple of days ago, but I can’t find any of my size 11 or 13 circs. I know I have them, ’cause it’s my favorite size, so I can only assume I have a gazillion WIPs still on needles hiding in the many nooks and crannies of my apartment. Question is, do I go in search of them, or do I just buy more needles? Hmm. I think I see some new Addi Turbos in my future! 
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