Liquid by Mark Miodownik
Have you ever wondered if peanut butter is a liquid? Before reading “Liquid – The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives” by Mark Miodownik, I assumed Continue Reading →
Author Archives: Marie Irshad
Suicide Club by Rachel Heng
In the future you can be one hundred years ago and yet look barely fifty. It’s all thanks to innovations like Smart Blood and Diamond Skin. Alcohol is restricted, coffee Continue Reading →
Books! Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel – Yokits good!
The conclusion of the Themis Files trilogy. Well, I did have to wait a year to get the conclusion to the cliff hanger ending of the last book Continue Reading →
Books! Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel
When I first heard of Sylvain Neuvel’s novel Sleeping Giants: Themis Files Book 1 (Themis Files 1) I was wary of all the hype surrounding it. It couldn’t be THAT good, Continue Reading →
New Books! The Girls by Emma Cline
There’s been such a buzz around Emma Cline’s first novel The Girls, that when I started to read it I wondered if it would be disappointing. It’s worth all the fanfare. Continue Reading →
New Books! Some Possible Solutions by Helen Phillips
If there was a machine that could tell you the exact date that you’d die – would you use it? Would you tell your spouse what it said? What effect Continue Reading →
Books! Company Town – Madeline Ashby
AÂ kick-ass heroine, disturbing vision of the future and a twisty plot are the key ingredients of this gripping sci-fi thriller. Oh Company Town, you nearly broke me. I was Continue Reading →
Sad news about Colinette Yarns
I received a really sad email yesterday from Sam at Colinette yarns saying that they’d dyed their last hank and had closed their shop in Llanfair Caereinion. Colinette is the yarn company Continue Reading →
14th Blogiversary!
Oh poor neglected blog. It’s about eighteen months since I last posted. So a little catch-up: I’m still knitting, but not as much as I used to. I have an Continue Reading →
Very Quick Blog…
…because I’ve not done a great deal of crafting this week. But I have begun a reorganisation of my craft room. I’ve started to go through my fabric collection and Continue Reading →