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Born of Starlight

Another week of reading and zero crafting here. I wrote a review post earlier in the week for The Garnet Daughter and Where the Tide Meets the Sand. That post is here . I followed up those two reads with a req I found on Instagram. I wish I could remember which account that req came from. I finished Born of Starlight by Mariet Kay last evening. This was a loose Rapunzel retelling and the debut novel from this author. It was really really good; I enjoyed it. The FMC Asterie is an immortal enchantress and oracle who lives a secluded life in a tower in the Central Corridor. There are 5 corridors total and each kingdom is advised by its corresponding immortal enchantress. Asterie has never ventured out of her tower before but when she sees a prophesy foretelling the attack on her kingdom she decides she must act. She corresponds with her queen who sends her most trusted Constable, Emmerick, to escort...

The Garnet Daughter and Where the Tide Meets the Sand

Alright, book reviews ahead, that will contain spoilers so read on with caution. First up; The Garnet Daughter by Katrina Calandra. This is book three in the Viridian Priestess series. I was lucky enough to get an Advanced Reader Copy. It will be published on September 26th (tomorrow). This is part of a series and the first two books need to be read first. This book follows Calliape and August. Since this isn't out yet I won't do a play by play quite yet. I gave this book 5⭐s and a 3 on the spice scale. The author describes the worlds of these books to be Star Wars meets The Witcher. I can definitely see that as a good basic description but they are soo much deeper than that. It's science-fiction romance. The main tropes in this book in particular are friends-to-lovers, forced proximity (so so much forced proximity) and found-family. The pace is, I would say, medium....

Reading, Not Crafting

I started and finished Broken by Daylight by Elizabeth Helen this week. This is book four in the Beast of the Briar series. It's a fantasy why choose; very loosely based on Beauty and the Beast. It's also a multi POV which makes it interesting. This series is probably one of the more spicy that I've read. It can get fairly repetitive in places but the authors do a pretty good job of giving each prince a unique personality. There are quite a bit of in world politics and dynamics at play. In the previous books quite a bit of action happened in the last 50 to 100 pages and then ended on a cliffhanger. This one was no different. I finished the book last evening an am still rolling over all the implications. I'm truly worried about several of these characters. I'm really hoping the authors don't kill off a couple of these main characters. I read this book while I waited for The Garnet Daughter by Katrina Ca...

YOP: Week 37

I didn't do any crafting what so ever this past week. We had my parents and brother over for lunch on Sunday. I cooked up some of the green beans from my garden that I had frozen. They were very good. We had a nice meal and it got one of the two turkeys out of the freezer. When I was going to work Friday morning I noticed one of our neighbors had put a fridge or stand-up freezer out by the road with a free sign on it. I called my husband immediately and told him where I had seen it. He grabbed it right away. It's an upright freezer from probably the 60s or 70s so it's solid. We put it in the garage and moved the few things that were left in the "middle" chest to that one so the chest freezer could be defrosted and cleaned. We're still waiting for the new one we ordered from Lowe's. They know its been shipped but have no idea where it is. At one point they thought it was in Pennsylvania; then they thoug...

YOP: Week 36

I didn't get any crafting done this week. I did receive my swap package from the My Favorite Things swap. Here's what I received: An ample stack of fabric squares. Most are knitting related, the rest coordinate well. A book that looks interesting, The Vampire Knitting Club, one of my favorite candies, a skein of Alpaca yarn in a glorious color and cat chair feet. My daughter commandeered a couple of them already. I'm going to put a set on the clothes chair in the bedroom. All in all it was a fun swap. I also signed up for the Halloween Mini and got my partner assignment. I've got some ideas brewing for that one. Since my knitting mojo still hasn't returned despite the change in weather, I picked up a book (kindle) series instead. About two years ago I read an excellent science fiction romance; The Viridian Priestess. I know I talked about it. It was my favorite boo...

YOP: Week 35

Not much to report this week. I didn't do much crafting. I finished the swap, got it packaged up and mailed out. It should have arrived to my recipient yesterday. I'll share what I made. The theme was Favorite Things. She likes the colors pale yellow and deep dark red and dragons, so I went all out with the dragons. I chose Dragon Scale Mitts for the handmade item. I used Madeline Tosh Sport in the Tart colorway. My camera doesn't really do this colorway justice. It has more depth in real life. I think they came out nicely though. I was able to find dragon fabric at The Quilt Shop. I made a reversible project bag. I paired each dragon fabric with one of her favorite colors. Liara really liked the dragon fabric as well. I'm probably going to get some more when I go again. I also sent some stationary items and a bunch of Swedish Fish, which were also things she had req...