Friday
19Mar2010

Book Review: Murder in Mesopotamia

DateFriday, March 19, 2010 at 12:10AM

Title: Murder in Mesopotamia

Author: Agatha Christie

Source: Bookmooch.com

Rating: 2 out of 5

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It's just as well written as all the other Poirot stories, and all the characters are spot on. Yet this one is a disappointment. I figured out who the murderer was before I hit the half way mark! I kept looking for another character to be the murderer, a classic Christie twist, but I ended up being correct in the end.


Not that I mind figuring one out, but the twist is why I read her books. Definitely not the one I'd recommend to a first time Christie reader. 




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Saturday
13Mar2010

Gallery is up and working...

DateSaturday, March 13, 2010 at 11:41PM

Just wanted to let everyone know that the Gallery section is up and running. It has Artwork, Photograpy and Photos of my yarn related projects.

Please go check it out and let me know what you think. :)

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Friday
12Mar2010

Mostly ironed out, and moved in.

DateFriday, March 12, 2010 at 8:12PM

Most of the bugs should be worked out. There's probably a couple of photos in older entries that I need to redo, but most things are back up.

I left out a couple of Sketches entries that I was planning to take down anyway.  New about page up and running as well. I just need to put a photo up on it, and then it's done.

I'm planning on going though and rewatermarking my older photos, and artwork, with my new watermark, so I'll be adding those a few at a time.

So far I'm enjoying squarespace. It's been easy to find out how to do everything that I've needed so far. :) Now off to go finish my current book for next week's book review. :)

Later y'all!

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Friday
12Mar2010

Sudden Move, Ironing out the kinks.

DateFriday, March 12, 2010 at 12:51PM

There are a few blog posts that I'm going to manually re add (I hadn't backed up since November... whoops). An there are some links that are broken, but otherwise it'll all be sorted out. I'll let you know as soon as everything is sorted. I've been putting off the move, but this gave me the kick in the pants that I needed.

Squarespace is awsome so far. So far it's been easy for me to figure out from just diveing right in and working on it.  :) 

As Alex Lidsey says on MacBreak Weekly. "Back to work, Break time is over!"

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Wednesday
10Mar2010

Book Review: A Year Down Yonder

DateWednesday, March 10, 2010 at 3:23PM

Title: A Year Down Yonder
Author: Richard Peck
ISBN: 0142300705
Rating: 4 out of 5
Source: Bought used
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A city girl moved to the country, and learning about her grandmother in 1937.

The story was predictable in places. If you’ve read a lot of ‘rural life’ stories before. (My parents grew up just after this era so they’ve told me a lot of stories.) Yet there are enough twists to keep the story moving without going overboard. Just believable enough that you wonder if they happened, but out there enough to make you wonder.

While I found it somewhat dull, but it was well written enough that I finished it. For someone not as well versed in ‘country life’ it will make a excellent, and fun read. I’m going to offer it to my parents to read and see what they think of it.



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