Gosh, it's been ages since I posted here! I've been posting on my other blog, plus Eldest and I have something in the works that will be coming live soon, but this poor, sad little blog is being neglected. *sniff* It's getting to the point that I don't know quite where to start anymore.
So I'll start with a library list. Our weekly library trips aren't quite as regular - Eldest tends to go several times a week, these days, and a few times they've had regular library day, but I've had to stay home for one reason or the other. So we've got plenty to list, I just haven't gotten to it.
For new stuff we got today, Youngest took out:
Dragons: a natural history
Kings, beasts and heroes
The Resistance (CD)
Showbiz (CD)
She's gone through most of the folklore and mythology section, but found a couple she hadn't taken out before. She's not too impressed with the dragon one so far. Mostly, it's the tone of the writing, as it's rather condescending towards dragon mythologies. A pet peeve of hers when it comes to books exploring mythology.
Eldest, meanwhile, has taken out:
Polka's not dead (CD)
Alice (DVD)
Memento mori (DVD)
Vampire knits: projects to keep you knitting from twilight to dawn
Expletive deleted: a good look at bad language
The case for relgion
The twilight of atheism: the rise and fall of disbelief in the modern world
While sitting at Second Cup after getting our books, we were going through the Vampire knits book. Oh, the horror! The projects are great, but... well, let's just say we're NOT Twihards and leave it at that... ;-)
On my talke out list today, I've got:
The faith of the centure (DVD about communism)
Chicago (1927 silent film)
A guide to making guantlet mitts (teacher's resource)
Cultural accents
Other stuff we still have lying about from recent library trips include:
Batman, the animated series (DVD set, first season, if I remember correctly - Youngest had put it on hold)
Darling, maybe someday (CD)
I love the Escarpment (DVD)
The battle (CD)
Blank unstaring heirs of doom (CD)
The legion sessions (CD)
In the noise (CD)
Deadmalls & nightfalls (CD)
Visiter (CD)
Spelled in bones (CD)
Vanguard of the young and reckless (CD)
Oh little fire (CD)
Blind man on a flying horse (CD)
Dark shades of blue (CD)
Flying upside down (CD)
Release the sunshine (CD)
Lost channels (CD)
Omnibus (CD)
Yeah, that's a lot of CDs! Eldest has taken to searching through the library website for interesting sounding music and putting lots of stuff on hold. She actually maxed out her hold limit with mostly CDs! Then she listens to them all fairly quickly. With a stack like this, she considers herself fortunate to find 2-3 discs of music she actually likes, and as often as not, just one good song on each of those.
Terribly happy (DVD)
A tale of two sisters (DVD)
The city of violence (DVD)
Edlest has also taken to watching foreign horror movies. There's some very strange stuff out there!
Millennium actress (DVD)
This Japanese animation is one that's been taken out a couple of times already. The first time you watch it, it's very confusing. Then, after you see the very end, the whole thing just falls into place with a shock. Then you watch it again, knowing what happens in the end, and the whole thing is less confusing, yet more heartrending. It's worth hunting down.
I don't believe in atheists
The Devil's delusion: atheism and its scientific pretensions
These two books are research material for Eldest and I. The first one got returned today, unfinished. We really didn't like the author and a lot of what he was saying was basically BS. The Devil's delusion, on the other hand, is one we're passing back and forth and reading with interest. The author's writing style is much more enjoyable, for starters, and he makes a much better case for his arguement. Worth reading.
The G.O.D. experiments: how science is discovering God in everything, including us
Another research piece, I actually haven't had time to start reading it yet.
Perfect Blue (DVD)
The book fo the dead (DVD)
The ossuary and other tales (DVD)
The vanishing (DVD)
Tell me something (DVD)
I'm not sure how many of these actually got watched before they had to be returned. :-P
There's more, but I think that's enough of a list for now!
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
At long last... a library list
Our library days have been touch and go for the last while, with too many things taking precedent. We've been managing to get back into them again. Eldest in particular has been going more often, as it's where Raider King's bus stop is, and he's as much a bibliophile as she is. :-D
So here's a look at some of the stuff we've got right now (though Eldest did return a bunch of stuff today while picking up her holds).
Film & Video Budgets: Eldest got this one, as she and Raider King are planning to make a video.
Semantic Antics - How and Why Words Change Meaning: One of Eldest's choices, and quite interestings food for discussion. Did you know, for example, that the word "meat" used to mean all foods, not just animal flesh?
Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis: one of many dvd's Eldest has been taking out and watching with Raider King.
Argumentaion - The Study of Effective Reasoning: This is one of those course lectures on cd. Another she just returned was Creating Humans - Ethical Questions Where Reproduction and Science Collide. This is what Eldest listens to while playing WoW in the mornings.
Damp Squid - The English Language Laid Bare
Seeing Salvation: images of Christ in Art
The Arts of China
The above three are also Eldest's choices, though I don't know that she's have much chance to look at them yet. Some more recent additions to her pile are:
Leonardo's Lost Robots
Maybe I'm Dreaming (cd)
Ocean Eyes (cd)
Castle in the Sky (dvd)
Princess Mononoke (dvd)
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (dvd)
Paprika (dvd)
Them (dvd)
Fallen Angels (cd)
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (dvd)
The History of the English Language (cd set of lectures, part 1)
Youngest has finally started to take more stuff out again, mostly with dvds. Here are her current selections.
books:
The Annotated Brothers Grimm : She's taken this one out a few times now.
The Saga of the Volsungs - The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer
Sundays With Vlad - from Pennsylvania to Transylvania, One Man's Quest to Live in the World of the Undead (we've actually taken that one out several times)
dvds:
The Professionals
Nothing to Lose
Midsomer Murders - set twelve
Get Carter
Agatha Christie, Miss Marple, Series 4 Volumes 1 (Pocket Full of Rye) and 2 (Murder is Easy)
As for myself, I got tired of going through the craft section and only seeing books I've taken out several times already. Instead, I went searching and put a bunch of stuff on hold. This is what's come in so far.
Sexy Little Knits - Chic Designs to Knit and Crochet: I'm afraid we got this more for amusement then anything else. Like the fuzzy underpants with caterpillar thingies on the butt.
Party Crochet - 24 Hot Designs to get you in the Party Mood: This one I've actually taken out before, but quite a long time ago. I wanted to revisit it. There isn't much I'd actually make in there, but I do like almost all of the designs.
Lost Crafts - Rediscovering Traditional Skills. I'm actually kind of disappointed with this one. I'm always on the look out for new crafts to learn, and picking up older, traditional crafts greatly interests me. The title is a bit of a misnomer. I'd never thought of "farming" as a craft before, nor did I expect things like stone walls. It's interesting, but you're not going to actually learn how to do many of the crafts and skills from it. Not enough information, I found.
Glorious Crocheted Sweaters. This one was a pleasant surprise! While I'm not to keen on some of the patterns and colours, it's got more to do with my personal preference for solids and textures over multi-colours in funky shapes and patterns.
The Simple Art of Japanese Temari - 45 Traditional and Contemporary Designs. There aren't a lot of temari books in the library system, so I was glad to find this slender book. I'm thinking I need to start doing temari again. It's quite fun.
The French Chef 2. I actually found this one by accident. I've recently read Julie Child's My Life in France and really enjoyed it. Of course, I've heard plenty about her show, but had never actually seen it before. What a hoot! It would never make it on the air today, and that's a shame. We could use more geese trussed with knitting needles, suckling pigs closed up with 2 inch finishing nails, giant hunks of swordfish below a mallet, cleaver and hacksaw wielding Julie Child, and demonstrations on how to flay a duck and using the skin to make a pate. Gosh, what fun to watch! I think I'm going to renew it, as I've yet to watch the 3rd disc. Then I want to find out how many other sets are in the series and put them on hold.
Scared Sacred - Unwrap the Darkness, Reveal the Light. This one piqued my interest when the description talked about how people turn sites of mass tragedy into sacred spaces. It was filmed over 5 years, in the middle of which 9/11 happened. Considering recent controversies about the "Ground Zero Mosque" and people mocking those who oppose it for considering the space sacred, I thought it worth checking out. I watched about half of it before I had to stop it to do something else, and I've got no desire to go back to it. The topic is interesting, but the narration of the guy who did it was driving me nuts. The video wasn't about the any of these sacred places and the horrors that happened there. It was all about him and his personal, self-indulgent journey. I didn't want to hear how these places make *him* feel or what *he* thinks about them. What little he covered about these places and the people affected by them still managed to be more about him then about them. Totally self-aborbed and annoying.
Well, I think I've got most of what we have right now listed. I'm pretty sure I've missed a few things, though.
Oh, well. Tomorrow is library day. It's probably all going to change, anyhow.
So here's a look at some of the stuff we've got right now (though Eldest did return a bunch of stuff today while picking up her holds).
Film & Video Budgets: Eldest got this one, as she and Raider King are planning to make a video.
Semantic Antics - How and Why Words Change Meaning: One of Eldest's choices, and quite interestings food for discussion. Did you know, for example, that the word "meat" used to mean all foods, not just animal flesh?
Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis: one of many dvd's Eldest has been taking out and watching with Raider King.
Argumentaion - The Study of Effective Reasoning: This is one of those course lectures on cd. Another she just returned was Creating Humans - Ethical Questions Where Reproduction and Science Collide. This is what Eldest listens to while playing WoW in the mornings.
Damp Squid - The English Language Laid Bare
Seeing Salvation: images of Christ in Art
The Arts of China
The above three are also Eldest's choices, though I don't know that she's have much chance to look at them yet. Some more recent additions to her pile are:
Leonardo's Lost Robots
Maybe I'm Dreaming (cd)
Ocean Eyes (cd)
Castle in the Sky (dvd)
Princess Mononoke (dvd)
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (dvd)
Paprika (dvd)
Them (dvd)
Fallen Angels (cd)
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (dvd)
The History of the English Language (cd set of lectures, part 1)
Youngest has finally started to take more stuff out again, mostly with dvds. Here are her current selections.
books:
The Annotated Brothers Grimm : She's taken this one out a few times now.
The Saga of the Volsungs - The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer
Sundays With Vlad - from Pennsylvania to Transylvania, One Man's Quest to Live in the World of the Undead (we've actually taken that one out several times)
dvds:
The Professionals
Nothing to Lose
Midsomer Murders - set twelve
Get Carter
Agatha Christie, Miss Marple, Series 4 Volumes 1 (Pocket Full of Rye) and 2 (Murder is Easy)
As for myself, I got tired of going through the craft section and only seeing books I've taken out several times already. Instead, I went searching and put a bunch of stuff on hold. This is what's come in so far.
Sexy Little Knits - Chic Designs to Knit and Crochet: I'm afraid we got this more for amusement then anything else. Like the fuzzy underpants with caterpillar thingies on the butt.
Party Crochet - 24 Hot Designs to get you in the Party Mood: This one I've actually taken out before, but quite a long time ago. I wanted to revisit it. There isn't much I'd actually make in there, but I do like almost all of the designs.
Lost Crafts - Rediscovering Traditional Skills. I'm actually kind of disappointed with this one. I'm always on the look out for new crafts to learn, and picking up older, traditional crafts greatly interests me. The title is a bit of a misnomer. I'd never thought of "farming" as a craft before, nor did I expect things like stone walls. It's interesting, but you're not going to actually learn how to do many of the crafts and skills from it. Not enough information, I found.
Glorious Crocheted Sweaters. This one was a pleasant surprise! While I'm not to keen on some of the patterns and colours, it's got more to do with my personal preference for solids and textures over multi-colours in funky shapes and patterns.
The Simple Art of Japanese Temari - 45 Traditional and Contemporary Designs. There aren't a lot of temari books in the library system, so I was glad to find this slender book. I'm thinking I need to start doing temari again. It's quite fun.
The French Chef 2. I actually found this one by accident. I've recently read Julie Child's My Life in France and really enjoyed it. Of course, I've heard plenty about her show, but had never actually seen it before. What a hoot! It would never make it on the air today, and that's a shame. We could use more geese trussed with knitting needles, suckling pigs closed up with 2 inch finishing nails, giant hunks of swordfish below a mallet, cleaver and hacksaw wielding Julie Child, and demonstrations on how to flay a duck and using the skin to make a pate. Gosh, what fun to watch! I think I'm going to renew it, as I've yet to watch the 3rd disc. Then I want to find out how many other sets are in the series and put them on hold.
Scared Sacred - Unwrap the Darkness, Reveal the Light. This one piqued my interest when the description talked about how people turn sites of mass tragedy into sacred spaces. It was filmed over 5 years, in the middle of which 9/11 happened. Considering recent controversies about the "Ground Zero Mosque" and people mocking those who oppose it for considering the space sacred, I thought it worth checking out. I watched about half of it before I had to stop it to do something else, and I've got no desire to go back to it. The topic is interesting, but the narration of the guy who did it was driving me nuts. The video wasn't about the any of these sacred places and the horrors that happened there. It was all about him and his personal, self-indulgent journey. I didn't want to hear how these places make *him* feel or what *he* thinks about them. What little he covered about these places and the people affected by them still managed to be more about him then about them. Totally self-aborbed and annoying.
Well, I think I've got most of what we have right now listed. I'm pretty sure I've missed a few things, though.
Oh, well. Tomorrow is library day. It's probably all going to change, anyhow.
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Changing schedules and our library list.
This school year is slowly changing from the last few. That's to be expected, of course. :-)
Youngest's voice coaching started up again yesterday. She got a CD player for Christmas and has been practising a lot on her own time, which is pretty fantastic. Things are working out quite well on that front. The teacher has a small recital at the end of the school year for those students that want to participate, but Youngest won't be taking part this year.
Eldest is signed up for a Junior Authors online course. This morning was a "meet the teacher" meeting. A good time to figure out the online software that's being used. It turns out she's the oldest person taking the course, so the teacher has said she'll be giving Eldest more challenging stuff. She's really looking forward to it.
The course is on wednesdays, which is our usual library day. That's something else that we want to change. Not library day, exactly. Youngest and I will probably still go out - not necessarily to the libary, though - to let Eldest have her class time without distractions.
The girls are both telling me we need to cut back on the library days quite a bit. We have our personal library again, plus the books for Christmas and other books we've been aquiring. The girls are finding they just don't have time to read everything they want. Because library books are time dependent, they tend to take priority over other things they'd want to read. Throw in music cds and dvds, and there's just no time to see them all. So we'll have to back off on the library trips a bit. Well... they will. I'm still borrowing craft books, craft books, etc.
With that in mind, here is today's library list.
Actually, I'll include titles from our returns, too, since I haven't been doing library lists in a long time...
Dvds include...
Of these, the kids only had time to watch one - Jaws.
Eldest's books included:
These are the last two a a large number of evolutian related books Eldest has been borrowing. She never got to Politically Incorrect and hasn't finished Uncommon Dissent yet.
Youngest has been working on Legendary Fictions of Irish Celts for quite a long time. A lot of her recent withdrawals have been books on mythology and folklore plus lots of dvds. I think she's worked her way through most of the libraries Film Noire collection. Since she's also working her way through the Harry Potter books, among other things, it's been slow going. She didn't take out anything at all today.
Some of my previous loans, most of which I still have, include:
Secrets of a Healthy Middle Eastern Cuisine (a disappointment - turned out to be just another diet cookbook)
Shakespeare's Kitchen (one I've taken out a couple of times already)
plus a bunch of crochet books.
In the new stuff, I have:
Creep Cute Crochet: Zombies, Ninjas, Robots and More (Youngest has been making the Ninja but got stumped on a couple of parts)
Wrap Style: Innovative to traditional, 24 inspirational shawls, ponchos and capelets to knit and crochet (not a lot of crochet, but I'm already thinking of how I can make modified versions of some of the knit patterns)
Woman's Day Prize Winning Afghans (a mix of knit, crochet and embellisments. I don't think it'll be as useful as I thought it would be)
Eldest only took out the one book she had on hold - On Monsters: An Unnatural History of our Worst Fears, but she grabbed quite a few cds and dvds.
Dvds:
Cds:
Youngest's voice coaching started up again yesterday. She got a CD player for Christmas and has been practising a lot on her own time, which is pretty fantastic. Things are working out quite well on that front. The teacher has a small recital at the end of the school year for those students that want to participate, but Youngest won't be taking part this year.
Eldest is signed up for a Junior Authors online course. This morning was a "meet the teacher" meeting. A good time to figure out the online software that's being used. It turns out she's the oldest person taking the course, so the teacher has said she'll be giving Eldest more challenging stuff. She's really looking forward to it.
The course is on wednesdays, which is our usual library day. That's something else that we want to change. Not library day, exactly. Youngest and I will probably still go out - not necessarily to the libary, though - to let Eldest have her class time without distractions.
The girls are both telling me we need to cut back on the library days quite a bit. We have our personal library again, plus the books for Christmas and other books we've been aquiring. The girls are finding they just don't have time to read everything they want. Because library books are time dependent, they tend to take priority over other things they'd want to read. Throw in music cds and dvds, and there's just no time to see them all. So we'll have to back off on the library trips a bit. Well... they will. I'm still borrowing craft books, craft books, etc.
With that in mind, here is today's library list.
Actually, I'll include titles from our returns, too, since I haven't been doing library lists in a long time...
Dvds include...
The Color of Pomegranates
Jaws
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Jacquou le CroquantOf these, the kids only had time to watch one - Jaws.
Eldest's books included:
Uncommon Dissent: intellectuals who find Darwinism unconvincing
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design
These are the last two a a large number of evolutian related books Eldest has been borrowing. She never got to Politically Incorrect and hasn't finished Uncommon Dissent yet.
Youngest has been working on Legendary Fictions of Irish Celts for quite a long time. A lot of her recent withdrawals have been books on mythology and folklore plus lots of dvds. I think she's worked her way through most of the libraries Film Noire collection. Since she's also working her way through the Harry Potter books, among other things, it's been slow going. She didn't take out anything at all today.
Some of my previous loans, most of which I still have, include:
Uselss Arithmatic: Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future
Poirot: The Perfect Murders (a compilation of 4 books)Secrets of a Healthy Middle Eastern Cuisine (a disappointment - turned out to be just another diet cookbook)
Shakespeare's Kitchen (one I've taken out a couple of times already)
plus a bunch of crochet books.
In the new stuff, I have:
The Myths of Human Evolution
Consuming Culture: What You Eat What You Eat
Just Food: Where Locavores Get it Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly (I *really* hope this one doesn't turn out to be preachy...)Creep Cute Crochet: Zombies, Ninjas, Robots and More (Youngest has been making the Ninja but got stumped on a couple of parts)
Wrap Style: Innovative to traditional, 24 inspirational shawls, ponchos and capelets to knit and crochet (not a lot of crochet, but I'm already thinking of how I can make modified versions of some of the knit patterns)
Woman's Day Prize Winning Afghans (a mix of knit, crochet and embellisments. I don't think it'll be as useful as I thought it would be)
Eldest only took out the one book she had on hold - On Monsters: An Unnatural History of our Worst Fears, but she grabbed quite a few cds and dvds.
Dvds:
The Brave One
The Collector
I Wake Up Screaming
National Geographic - Atmospheres: Earth, Air Water
It Came From Outer Space
Apocalyps Now
Cds:
Thrice - Beggars
Leona Maess - Comatised
Scribble Mural Comic Journal - A Sunny Day in Glasgow
The Sundays - reading, writing and arithmetic
The Walkmen - Bows & ArrowsWednesday, September 09, 2009
Library List
Our weekly schedule for the year is going to be changing, as we're looking into joining another local hs'ing group that meets on what is normally our library day.
Eldest has gone all out in studying art; specifically watercolour techniques. She explains here. In the process, she's been putting on hold as many watercolour (and watercolor) books she can find in the library system. Hence the current pile of related titles.
Mastering Light & Shade in Watercolor: Infuse your paintings with luminosity and dramatic contrast.
Painting Wildlife in Watercolor
Paint a watercolor landscape in minutes: Buildings, Bridges and Walls
Paint a watercolor landscape in minutes: Atmosphere, Mood and Light
Paint a watercolor landscape in minutes: Skies, Mountains and Lakes
Watercolour Series: Hills & Mountains
Robert Wade's Watercolor Workshop Handbook
Watercolor for the fun of it: Flowers & Leaves
Watercolor for the fun of it: How to Sketch with Watercolor
Reader's Digest - The Ultimate Watercolor Course: Simple Techniques to Paint Like the Pros
Exploring Watercolor: Creative Exercises and Techniques for Watercolor and Mixed Media
The Watercolourist's Guide to Painting Buildings
Watercolor: Painting outside the lines: a positive approach to negative painting
Chinese Brush Painting: Step by Step
Watercolor made simple with Claudia Nice: Complete easy-to-follow instructions from start to finish
Simplifying complex scenes in watercolor: 18 hands-on projects
Light up Your Watercolors Layer By Layer
This is just the list of what was waiting for pick up today. She maxed out the number of holds the library allows, and has already taken out dozens more that I never blogged about over the summer, with more she wants to put on hold once there's room again.
Yeah, she's passionate about her art. :-D
Youngest is still working on a couple of books from before, including one on drawing in the Graphic Noir style. Lately, though, she's been plowing her way through old, again mostly film noir, movies. This week she has:
"Crossfire" Hate is Like a Loaded Gun. This 1947 movie features Robert Young, Robert Mitchum and Robert Ryan (a suspect a bit of confusion on the set with 3 Roberts starring!), along with Gloria Grahame, Paul Kelly and Same Levene.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame with Anthony Hopkins. This is a newer version than I'm familiar with (other than the Disney version, of course). It stars Derek Jacobi (who played Brother Cadfael in the tv series) as Dom Claude. Lasley-Anne Down plays Esmerelda. Looking it up, I see was was a TV version from 1982. No wonder I've never heard of it before.
The Usual Suspects. At 1995, this one is positively new.
As for myself, I borrowed books with specific requirements. We're finally going to heading out to see the families next month, and I want to make gifts. Since I still haven't figured out what I want to make for this year's Christmas decorations, and even if I did, it's unlikely I'd have time to actually make enough of them to bring along, I was looking for quick projects in crochet. Hats, Scarves. Accessories. That sort of thing. With that in mind, I got...
Get Your Crochet On: Hip Hats & Cool Caps.
Quick Crochet: 35 fast, fun projects to make in a weekend
Crochet in No Time: A Simple, Stylish Collection of 52 Quick-Crochet Projects
Easy Crocheted Accessories: 30+ fun fashionable projects
24 Hour Crochet Projects
I've taken all of these out before, at some point or another. The last one even includes how long each project takes, which is good to know for what I have in mind.
So that's our list for this week. :-D
Eldest has gone all out in studying art; specifically watercolour techniques. She explains here. In the process, she's been putting on hold as many watercolour (and watercolor) books she can find in the library system. Hence the current pile of related titles.
Mastering Light & Shade in Watercolor: Infuse your paintings with luminosity and dramatic contrast.
Painting Wildlife in Watercolor
Paint a watercolor landscape in minutes: Buildings, Bridges and Walls
Paint a watercolor landscape in minutes: Atmosphere, Mood and Light
Paint a watercolor landscape in minutes: Skies, Mountains and Lakes
Watercolour Series: Hills & Mountains
Robert Wade's Watercolor Workshop Handbook
Watercolor for the fun of it: Flowers & Leaves
Watercolor for the fun of it: How to Sketch with Watercolor
Reader's Digest - The Ultimate Watercolor Course: Simple Techniques to Paint Like the Pros
Exploring Watercolor: Creative Exercises and Techniques for Watercolor and Mixed Media
The Watercolourist's Guide to Painting Buildings
Watercolor: Painting outside the lines: a positive approach to negative painting
Chinese Brush Painting: Step by Step
Watercolor made simple with Claudia Nice: Complete easy-to-follow instructions from start to finish
Simplifying complex scenes in watercolor: 18 hands-on projects
Light up Your Watercolors Layer By Layer
This is just the list of what was waiting for pick up today. She maxed out the number of holds the library allows, and has already taken out dozens more that I never blogged about over the summer, with more she wants to put on hold once there's room again.
Yeah, she's passionate about her art. :-D
Youngest is still working on a couple of books from before, including one on drawing in the Graphic Noir style. Lately, though, she's been plowing her way through old, again mostly film noir, movies. This week she has:
"Crossfire" Hate is Like a Loaded Gun. This 1947 movie features Robert Young, Robert Mitchum and Robert Ryan (a suspect a bit of confusion on the set with 3 Roberts starring!), along with Gloria Grahame, Paul Kelly and Same Levene.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame with Anthony Hopkins. This is a newer version than I'm familiar with (other than the Disney version, of course). It stars Derek Jacobi (who played Brother Cadfael in the tv series) as Dom Claude. Lasley-Anne Down plays Esmerelda. Looking it up, I see was was a TV version from 1982. No wonder I've never heard of it before.
The Usual Suspects. At 1995, this one is positively new.
As for myself, I borrowed books with specific requirements. We're finally going to heading out to see the families next month, and I want to make gifts. Since I still haven't figured out what I want to make for this year's Christmas decorations, and even if I did, it's unlikely I'd have time to actually make enough of them to bring along, I was looking for quick projects in crochet. Hats, Scarves. Accessories. That sort of thing. With that in mind, I got...
Get Your Crochet On: Hip Hats & Cool Caps.
Quick Crochet: 35 fast, fun projects to make in a weekend
Crochet in No Time: A Simple, Stylish Collection of 52 Quick-Crochet Projects
Easy Crocheted Accessories: 30+ fun fashionable projects
24 Hour Crochet Projects
I've taken all of these out before, at some point or another. The last one even includes how long each project takes, which is good to know for what I have in mind.
So that's our list for this week. :-D
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Combined library list
Since we're actually going to make it to the library tomorrow (last week, we were able to just renew everything that was due, as we didn't have time to go to the library at all), I figure it'd be a good idea to actually write out what we have right now.
For myself, I went on another blitz of crochet books.
Blueprint Crochet; modern designs for the visual crocheter. Interesting book, but not a lot that I'd actually want to make.
Crochet Magazine; Nov. 2008 This one had sock patterns I wanted to get a closer look at. All cuff down designs. I prefer toe up.
The Crochet Dude's Designs for Guys; 30 projects men will love. This was was really excellent. Lots of great designs.
101 Double-ended Hook Stitches. I just had to take this one out. Not as complicated as I thought it would be. Not that I've been able to find double ended hooks anywhere.
Afghans for All Seasons and Mosaic Magic; Afghans made easy. Eldest has asked me to make her a blanket for the winter, so I have been taking out a variety of books for her to look at patterns. She decided on one in Afghans for All Seasons. Unfortunately, Mosaic Magic had quite a few pages missing.
Embellished Crochet; 28 stunning designs to make using Caron International yarn. This is one I've taken out before and wanted to check out for ideas again.
Get Your Crochet On; Hip Hats & Cool Caps. Another repeat for me.
I've also taken out a bunch of books for a specific event. I am trying to get together a group of people interested in historical cookery, and for the first attempted gathering, I've decided to do a Brother Cadfael theme. As the character was a soldier and sailor in the crusades before becoming a monk, this would include not only food from England and Wales in the early 1100's, but also foods from the Holy Land.
Cadfael Country; Shropshire & The Welsh Border
Food and Feasts in the Middle Ages
A Taste of Thyme; Culinary Cultures of the Middle East
Feast from the Mideast; 250 Sun-Drenched Dishes from the Land of the Bible
A Biblical Feast; Foods from the Holy Land
Brother Cadfael Omnibus and The Second Cadfael Omnibus
Brother Cadfael's Book of Days
British Food; An Extraordinary Thousand Years of History
Taste; The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking
The next batch were taken out by my daughter's. I'm not quite sure who took out what with some of these! *L*
Nine Crazy Ideas in Science
Classical Kimono; Four Centuries of Fashion
Everyday Fashion of the Twenties; As pictured in Sears and Other Catalogs
Victorian and Edwardian Fashions from "La Mode Illustree"
Brides Sept/Oct 2005
Medieval Structure: The Gothic Vault
England's Thousand Best Churches
Folktales of Ireland
We didn't get a lot of music cd's this time around...
La Dolce Vita; Fellini/Rota (film music)
The Queen Collection played by they Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra presents Symphonic Rock
... but we did get a lot of dvd's. Unfortunately, even with renewals, we haven't had a chance to watch them all.
The Bible's Buries Secrets; Beyond Fact of Fiction. We only made it about half way through this fascinating dvd.
Solar Max; The hottest new film under the sun. Quite interesting!!
Two Fat Ladies Season 4.
Alice; A film by Jan Svankmayer. NOT the Disney version!
Das Boot; The Director's Cut
Intolerance. This 1916 movie is not for the faint of heart.
The Man Who Wasn't There.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers; The original nightmare that threatened the world. This is the 1955 version.
The Edgar Allen Poe Collection: Annabel Lee & Others Tales of Mystery and Imagination. This includes Annabelle Lee, The Raven, and The Tell-Tale Heart
Hmmm... I should probably renew a bunch of these again. Especially the historical cooking/Cadfael ones.
For myself, I went on another blitz of crochet books.
Blueprint Crochet; modern designs for the visual crocheter. Interesting book, but not a lot that I'd actually want to make.
Crochet Magazine; Nov. 2008 This one had sock patterns I wanted to get a closer look at. All cuff down designs. I prefer toe up.
The Crochet Dude's Designs for Guys; 30 projects men will love. This was was really excellent. Lots of great designs.
101 Double-ended Hook Stitches. I just had to take this one out. Not as complicated as I thought it would be. Not that I've been able to find double ended hooks anywhere.
Afghans for All Seasons and Mosaic Magic; Afghans made easy. Eldest has asked me to make her a blanket for the winter, so I have been taking out a variety of books for her to look at patterns. She decided on one in Afghans for All Seasons. Unfortunately, Mosaic Magic had quite a few pages missing.
Embellished Crochet; 28 stunning designs to make using Caron International yarn. This is one I've taken out before and wanted to check out for ideas again.
Get Your Crochet On; Hip Hats & Cool Caps. Another repeat for me.
I've also taken out a bunch of books for a specific event. I am trying to get together a group of people interested in historical cookery, and for the first attempted gathering, I've decided to do a Brother Cadfael theme. As the character was a soldier and sailor in the crusades before becoming a monk, this would include not only food from England and Wales in the early 1100's, but also foods from the Holy Land.
Cadfael Country; Shropshire & The Welsh Border
Food and Feasts in the Middle Ages
A Taste of Thyme; Culinary Cultures of the Middle East
Feast from the Mideast; 250 Sun-Drenched Dishes from the Land of the Bible
A Biblical Feast; Foods from the Holy Land
Brother Cadfael Omnibus and The Second Cadfael Omnibus
Brother Cadfael's Book of Days
British Food; An Extraordinary Thousand Years of History
Taste; The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking
The next batch were taken out by my daughter's. I'm not quite sure who took out what with some of these! *L*
Nine Crazy Ideas in Science
Classical Kimono; Four Centuries of Fashion
Everyday Fashion of the Twenties; As pictured in Sears and Other Catalogs
Victorian and Edwardian Fashions from "La Mode Illustree"
Brides Sept/Oct 2005
Medieval Structure: The Gothic Vault
England's Thousand Best Churches
Folktales of Ireland
We didn't get a lot of music cd's this time around...
La Dolce Vita; Fellini/Rota (film music)
The Queen Collection played by they Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra presents Symphonic Rock
... but we did get a lot of dvd's. Unfortunately, even with renewals, we haven't had a chance to watch them all.
The Bible's Buries Secrets; Beyond Fact of Fiction. We only made it about half way through this fascinating dvd.
Solar Max; The hottest new film under the sun. Quite interesting!!
Two Fat Ladies Season 4.
Alice; A film by Jan Svankmayer. NOT the Disney version!
Das Boot; The Director's Cut
Intolerance. This 1916 movie is not for the faint of heart.
The Man Who Wasn't There.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers; The original nightmare that threatened the world. This is the 1955 version.
The Edgar Allen Poe Collection: Annabel Lee & Others Tales of Mystery and Imagination. This includes Annabelle Lee, The Raven, and The Tell-Tale Heart
Hmmm... I should probably renew a bunch of these again. Especially the historical cooking/Cadfael ones.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Double library list
We actually didn't go to the library last week, as we simply renewed our acquisitions from the previous 2 weeks. We've got another library day coming up, however, so I figured I'd better make up the list before we start returning these.
Books.
Sundays With Vlad Eldest enjoyed this one so much, she convinced Youngest to take it out, too. Now, they both love it.
Encyclopedia of Things that Never Were I've lost track of how many times we've taken this one out. Youngest took it out again, this time.
Wild About Herbs I'm working on a balcony herb garden, now that we have a south facing balcony and long hours of sunshine. In choosing my herb books, however, I select the ones that also have recipes for various herbal concoctions like shampoos, fragrances and medicinals as well as foods.
Waiter Rant I've been following Waiter Rant for a long time, so I had to snap up the book when I found it. I just finished it last night and really enjoyed it.
Good To Eat I took this one out again because I didn't finish it before I had to return it last time. Fascinating glimpse on how different cultures came to eat the foods they do.
Hooked On Style, Couture Crochet Workshop, Plus Size Crochet I've taken all three of these out before, but they're worth taking out again. What's fascinating is to look at the different sizings for clothing items. For example, Couture Crochet has a lovely top that goes to 4X - but the measurements for that 4X is barely a 1X in Plus Size Crochet, and wouldn't actually fit me! (I wear a 2X top most of the time, but I like my tops quite loose.) I wasn't too impressed with that, as I wanted to make that top for myself and I don't know that I'm up to adjusting the pattern.
Crochet with Bits and Pieces This was a new one, and it's hilarious. I can't believe some of the patterns in here. Quite a few would be right at home at What Not to Crochet! (warning - not all items featured at that link are safe for work or small children - people will crochet the strangest things!!!)
The Climate Diet: How You can cut carbon, cut costs and save the planet I try to read both sides of the argument. Really, I do. With this one, I barely got through the introduction without tossing it. Aside from the erroneous assumptions, it makes claims like I'll "save $1,600 a year on your energy bills." Since my energy bills have never been that high since we left the old house we were living in in Manitoba, that would but me into the negative. I don't think so... :-P
The Deniers: The world-renowned scientists who stood up against global warming hysteria, political persecution and fraud (and those who are too fearful to do so) This is the book that resulted from the National Post series.
The Really Inconvenient Truths: Seven environmental catastrophes Liberals don't want you to know about - because they helped cause them Still working on this one. Most of the topics are ones I was already aware of, though not with the background details the book provides. For example, I knew that estrogens from birth control bills were damaging fish reproductive systems, but I didn't realize that morning after pills and abortion pills were used so much that they were part of the problem, too.
Mass Extinctions and the Aftermath There have been many mass extinctions in the earth's history. This book tries to answer the questions about why and how they happened.
Roman Life: 100 B.C. to A.D. 200 Written as stories from the perspective of individuals of different levels of status in ancient Rome, based on real people. This is the sort of glimpse into ancient life I really enjoy!
Adventures in Unhistory: Conjectures on the factual foundations of several ancient legends Eldest chose this one and quite liked it.
21st Century Etiquette Eldest really liked this one, too, though many of the situations described are ones she's never encountered.
Bridezilla: True Tales from Etiquette Hell! If you like the site, you'll love the book.
McMinn's Color Atlas of Human Anatomy and The Johns Hopkins Atlas of Human Functional Anatomy Eldest has been using these mostly as art references. Not for the faint or heart or squeamish of belly.
Underwater to Get Out of the Rain: a love affair with the sea Another choice from Eldest, it seems to be almost a biography.
Human Remains: Dissection and its histories Another choice from Eldest that she found quite good.
DVDs
Eldest and Youngest have been working their way through these...
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Vanishing
13 Tzameti
Queen Kelly
They're mostly horror, thriller types. The girls both find these older movies to be much better than modern movies. Better story telling, quality, etc.
Sweeny Todd The girls found this one for me, knowing I was curious to see it. Wow! Talk about a lot of blood! Still, I'm glad we got it, if only to see Alan Rickman sing.
CDs
Some choices by Eldest...
Tool - Undertow, Lateralus and 10,000 Days A friend recommended Tool, so she found a whole bunch to take out. 10,000 Days has fantastic packaging. A flap with a built in pair of "glasses" lets you look at images in a booklet inside, rending them into 3D. Very cool.
Rezia - Protest the Hero
Greely Estates - Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East
Skeleton Key - Obtanium
I grabbed these other ones.
She Had a Taste For Music (soundtrack recordings)
The Shadows - The Final Tour
Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Miles of Styles
La Loungerie by Sharezade
When it comes to CDs, I often grab discs I've never heard of before. I might want to get some instrumentals, music from a particular country or culture, or a style. Usually, I get at least one or two enjoyable surprises. Not this time. Most of these sucked. *L* Actually, I did like a few pieces from The Shadows, but it's a live recording. After a while, the sounds of audiences screaming and shouting or introductions and patter begin to grate on me. I love live performances LIVE, not recorded.
Well, that's the list for the last while. Our "school year" will technically be over at the end of the week, after our facilitator visit, but we'll be keeping up our library visits. Actually, not much will change at all. LOL
Oh, that reminds me. I have to go through our receipts and send them on.
The girls are putting together portfolios for the facilitator. They're not quite sure what to include in them, but these library lists I've been putting online have come in handy! We're lucky to have a really great facilitator and always enjoy his visits. I know some hs'ing families aren't so fortunate!
Books.
Sundays With Vlad Eldest enjoyed this one so much, she convinced Youngest to take it out, too. Now, they both love it.
Encyclopedia of Things that Never Were I've lost track of how many times we've taken this one out. Youngest took it out again, this time.
Wild About Herbs I'm working on a balcony herb garden, now that we have a south facing balcony and long hours of sunshine. In choosing my herb books, however, I select the ones that also have recipes for various herbal concoctions like shampoos, fragrances and medicinals as well as foods.
Waiter Rant I've been following Waiter Rant for a long time, so I had to snap up the book when I found it. I just finished it last night and really enjoyed it.
Good To Eat I took this one out again because I didn't finish it before I had to return it last time. Fascinating glimpse on how different cultures came to eat the foods they do.
Hooked On Style, Couture Crochet Workshop, Plus Size Crochet I've taken all three of these out before, but they're worth taking out again. What's fascinating is to look at the different sizings for clothing items. For example, Couture Crochet has a lovely top that goes to 4X - but the measurements for that 4X is barely a 1X in Plus Size Crochet, and wouldn't actually fit me! (I wear a 2X top most of the time, but I like my tops quite loose.) I wasn't too impressed with that, as I wanted to make that top for myself and I don't know that I'm up to adjusting the pattern.
Crochet with Bits and Pieces This was a new one, and it's hilarious. I can't believe some of the patterns in here. Quite a few would be right at home at What Not to Crochet! (warning - not all items featured at that link are safe for work or small children - people will crochet the strangest things!!!)
The Climate Diet: How You can cut carbon, cut costs and save the planet I try to read both sides of the argument. Really, I do. With this one, I barely got through the introduction without tossing it. Aside from the erroneous assumptions, it makes claims like I'll "save $1,600 a year on your energy bills." Since my energy bills have never been that high since we left the old house we were living in in Manitoba, that would but me into the negative. I don't think so... :-P
The Deniers: The world-renowned scientists who stood up against global warming hysteria, political persecution and fraud (and those who are too fearful to do so) This is the book that resulted from the National Post series.
The Really Inconvenient Truths: Seven environmental catastrophes Liberals don't want you to know about - because they helped cause them Still working on this one. Most of the topics are ones I was already aware of, though not with the background details the book provides. For example, I knew that estrogens from birth control bills were damaging fish reproductive systems, but I didn't realize that morning after pills and abortion pills were used so much that they were part of the problem, too.
Mass Extinctions and the Aftermath There have been many mass extinctions in the earth's history. This book tries to answer the questions about why and how they happened.
Roman Life: 100 B.C. to A.D. 200 Written as stories from the perspective of individuals of different levels of status in ancient Rome, based on real people. This is the sort of glimpse into ancient life I really enjoy!
Adventures in Unhistory: Conjectures on the factual foundations of several ancient legends Eldest chose this one and quite liked it.
21st Century Etiquette Eldest really liked this one, too, though many of the situations described are ones she's never encountered.
Bridezilla: True Tales from Etiquette Hell! If you like the site, you'll love the book.
McMinn's Color Atlas of Human Anatomy and The Johns Hopkins Atlas of Human Functional Anatomy Eldest has been using these mostly as art references. Not for the faint or heart or squeamish of belly.
Underwater to Get Out of the Rain: a love affair with the sea Another choice from Eldest, it seems to be almost a biography.
Human Remains: Dissection and its histories Another choice from Eldest that she found quite good.
DVDs
Eldest and Youngest have been working their way through these...
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Vanishing
13 Tzameti
Queen Kelly
They're mostly horror, thriller types. The girls both find these older movies to be much better than modern movies. Better story telling, quality, etc.
Sweeny Todd The girls found this one for me, knowing I was curious to see it. Wow! Talk about a lot of blood! Still, I'm glad we got it, if only to see Alan Rickman sing.
CDs
Some choices by Eldest...
Tool - Undertow, Lateralus and 10,000 Days A friend recommended Tool, so she found a whole bunch to take out. 10,000 Days has fantastic packaging. A flap with a built in pair of "glasses" lets you look at images in a booklet inside, rending them into 3D. Very cool.
Rezia - Protest the Hero
Greely Estates - Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East
Skeleton Key - Obtanium
I grabbed these other ones.
She Had a Taste For Music (soundtrack recordings)
The Shadows - The Final Tour
Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Miles of Styles
La Loungerie by Sharezade
When it comes to CDs, I often grab discs I've never heard of before. I might want to get some instrumentals, music from a particular country or culture, or a style. Usually, I get at least one or two enjoyable surprises. Not this time. Most of these sucked. *L* Actually, I did like a few pieces from The Shadows, but it's a live recording. After a while, the sounds of audiences screaming and shouting or introductions and patter begin to grate on me. I love live performances LIVE, not recorded.
Well, that's the list for the last while. Our "school year" will technically be over at the end of the week, after our facilitator visit, but we'll be keeping up our library visits. Actually, not much will change at all. LOL
Oh, that reminds me. I have to go through our receipts and send them on.
The girls are putting together portfolios for the facilitator. They're not quite sure what to include in them, but these library lists I've been putting online have come in handy! We're lucky to have a really great facilitator and always enjoy his visits. I know some hs'ing families aren't so fortunate!
Friday, March 27, 2009
A lovely time... (plus library list)
*sigh*
That sound you hear is the sound of peace, comfort and satisfaction. I've just finished having lunch with the girls, which as a sort of mini-afternoon tea.
The tea is a new one we're trying - English Toffee; a very nice dessert tea. We also tried some Double Devon cream. This brand, in fact. I've been wanting to try clotted cream, which this apparently isn't, for years, but haven't been able to find it. Which is fine. This stuff is more than satisfying.
Oh, gosh. I've just browsed that site a bit. I'm in love!!! All sorts of lovely stuff!
Where was I? Oh, right... lunch. LOL
We also had some French bread - we didn't have any scones, so we made do ;-) - with raspberry spread. Actually, the girls had the raspberry spread and double cream on their bread, I just had the cream. I can't stand any types of fruit jams, spreads or jellies. Even though it was sugar free, I found it too sweet, and the texture of any of these gives me the willies. The rest of the family enjoys them, though, so I've started to buy it regularly. The girls really liked it with the cream on their bread.
We also had bowls of fresh strawberries and red grapes, sprinkled with a bit of sugar and drizzled with the double cream. It was glorious!
What a lovely way to spend some time with the kids. Before I crack the whip and they do the dishes. ;-)
While they're doing their chores, here's our library list from yesterday. We didn't return much from our last trip, and renewed most of the dvd's, since we never got a chance to watch all of them. We don't watch tv during the day at all, and in the evening, it just doesn't seem to work out.
First off, I'll list my stuff.
The Deniers; The world-renowned scientists who stood up against global warming hysteria, political persecution and fraud* (*And those who are too fearful to do so.) Gotta love those really long sub titles. With a footnote, even. *L* I was pretty excited to find this new acquisition on the library shelf. I've read excerpts from the book and interviews by the author and had been very interested in reading it.
Facts, Not Fear; Teaching Children about the Environment - Canadian Edition. I've borrowed this one before and grabbed it again to reacquire sources for some data I was looking for.
The Really Inconvenient Truths; Seven Environmental Catastrophes Liberals Don't Want You to Know About - Because The Helped Create Them. Nice to see a book that dares to actually talk about this.
Consuming Passions; Food in the Age of Anxiety: Not sure about this one - it looks to be an examination of our relationships with food as much from a biological as a societal perspective.
The Little House Cookbook; Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic Stories: A friend of mine has this books and I'd had a chance to glance through it. I found it interesting enough to grab a copy for a more in depth look. :-D
Decorating Eggs; Exquisite Designs with Wax & Dye: I grabbed this for design ideas for some Easter paper cutting projects I'm working on right now.
Holidays '92; Crochet, Cross-Stitch, Knitting and More; A New Year-Long Collection: I'd done some searches for crochet pattern books. I was a bit disappointed when I actually saw the book, though. The patterns are pretty lame. Ah, well.
Shisha Mirros Embroidery; A contemporary Approach: Another repeat loan for me. Looking for more design inspiration.
The Food and Cooking of Poland; Traditions - ingredients - tastes - techniques - over 60 classic recipes. Have you noticed that there are hundreds of holiday themed cookbooks for Christmas, Thanksgiving, Independence Day, Passover, even Halloween - but virtually none for Easter? The best I've been able to find are books with sections on Easter, and usually in Polish cookbooks. As someone who grew up with Easter being as big a deal as Christmas, I find this odd. So I borrow Polish cookbooks, instead. ;-)
And now for the girls' selections.
A Tribble's Guide to Space; How to Get to Space and What to do When You're There. The author's name is Alan Tribble, and I love how the title plays on his name. :-D Eldest picked this one.
Full House; The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin. Another choice from Eldest, who's been doing quite a bit of research on the various theories of evolution. She picked this one because the author's name, Stephen Jay Gould, was familiar to her, but she been wracking her brains on just where she heard of him before.
False Prophets; Fraud and Error in Science and Medicine. Another area of interest for Eldest. With so many people banking on the infallibility of science and scientists, I think it's good to know just how fallible the field and the people in it really are.
Words You Don't Want ot Hear During Your Annual Performance Review and Dilbert Gives You the Business: Youngest hasn't returned her previous books yet, but just had to add a couple of Dilbert books to her stack. ;-D
Now - on to the dvds. :-D
Two Fat Ladies, seasons 3 and 4. I just had to put these ones on hold after not being able to find any in our last trip. This show is hilarious.
The Last Man on Earth. This 1964 Vincent Price movie is based on the same books as the new I Am Legend and, from the looks of it, a much better version. But then, it's got Vincent Price. You just can't get better than Vincent Price. Sorry, Will Smith. You're good, but not that good. ;-)
In Bruges; Shoot First. Sightsee Later. I have no clue what this is about. Never heard of it until Eldest found it. A comedy involving hitmen and mob bosses.
Cape Fear: This would be the Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum version of from 1962, not the 1991 version.
The Big Clock: You may have noticed a theme here - my kids prefer old movies over new ones. This one goes back to 1948.
Broken Blossoms: Speaking of which, this one goes back even farther, to 1919. Eldest had borrowed it before and regretted not watching it a second time before having to return it, so she put it on hold to see it again.
Solaris: At 1972, this one is positively modern! Okay, not as modern as The Bruges, but still pretty modern for the girls' choices. ;-) It sounds positively campy - I look forward to it!
That sound you hear is the sound of peace, comfort and satisfaction. I've just finished having lunch with the girls, which as a sort of mini-afternoon tea.
The tea is a new one we're trying - English Toffee; a very nice dessert tea. We also tried some Double Devon cream. This brand, in fact. I've been wanting to try clotted cream, which this apparently isn't, for years, but haven't been able to find it. Which is fine. This stuff is more than satisfying.
Oh, gosh. I've just browsed that site a bit. I'm in love!!! All sorts of lovely stuff!
Where was I? Oh, right... lunch. LOL
We also had some French bread - we didn't have any scones, so we made do ;-) - with raspberry spread. Actually, the girls had the raspberry spread and double cream on their bread, I just had the cream. I can't stand any types of fruit jams, spreads or jellies. Even though it was sugar free, I found it too sweet, and the texture of any of these gives me the willies. The rest of the family enjoys them, though, so I've started to buy it regularly. The girls really liked it with the cream on their bread.
We also had bowls of fresh strawberries and red grapes, sprinkled with a bit of sugar and drizzled with the double cream. It was glorious!
What a lovely way to spend some time with the kids. Before I crack the whip and they do the dishes. ;-)
While they're doing their chores, here's our library list from yesterday. We didn't return much from our last trip, and renewed most of the dvd's, since we never got a chance to watch all of them. We don't watch tv during the day at all, and in the evening, it just doesn't seem to work out.
First off, I'll list my stuff.
The Deniers; The world-renowned scientists who stood up against global warming hysteria, political persecution and fraud* (*And those who are too fearful to do so.) Gotta love those really long sub titles. With a footnote, even. *L* I was pretty excited to find this new acquisition on the library shelf. I've read excerpts from the book and interviews by the author and had been very interested in reading it.
Facts, Not Fear; Teaching Children about the Environment - Canadian Edition. I've borrowed this one before and grabbed it again to reacquire sources for some data I was looking for.
The Really Inconvenient Truths; Seven Environmental Catastrophes Liberals Don't Want You to Know About - Because The Helped Create Them. Nice to see a book that dares to actually talk about this.
Consuming Passions; Food in the Age of Anxiety: Not sure about this one - it looks to be an examination of our relationships with food as much from a biological as a societal perspective.
The Little House Cookbook; Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic Stories: A friend of mine has this books and I'd had a chance to glance through it. I found it interesting enough to grab a copy for a more in depth look. :-D
Decorating Eggs; Exquisite Designs with Wax & Dye: I grabbed this for design ideas for some Easter paper cutting projects I'm working on right now.
Holidays '92; Crochet, Cross-Stitch, Knitting and More; A New Year-Long Collection: I'd done some searches for crochet pattern books. I was a bit disappointed when I actually saw the book, though. The patterns are pretty lame. Ah, well.
Shisha Mirros Embroidery; A contemporary Approach: Another repeat loan for me. Looking for more design inspiration.
The Food and Cooking of Poland; Traditions - ingredients - tastes - techniques - over 60 classic recipes. Have you noticed that there are hundreds of holiday themed cookbooks for Christmas, Thanksgiving, Independence Day, Passover, even Halloween - but virtually none for Easter? The best I've been able to find are books with sections on Easter, and usually in Polish cookbooks. As someone who grew up with Easter being as big a deal as Christmas, I find this odd. So I borrow Polish cookbooks, instead. ;-)
And now for the girls' selections.
A Tribble's Guide to Space; How to Get to Space and What to do When You're There. The author's name is Alan Tribble, and I love how the title plays on his name. :-D Eldest picked this one.
Full House; The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin. Another choice from Eldest, who's been doing quite a bit of research on the various theories of evolution. She picked this one because the author's name, Stephen Jay Gould, was familiar to her, but she been wracking her brains on just where she heard of him before.
False Prophets; Fraud and Error in Science and Medicine. Another area of interest for Eldest. With so many people banking on the infallibility of science and scientists, I think it's good to know just how fallible the field and the people in it really are.
Words You Don't Want ot Hear During Your Annual Performance Review and Dilbert Gives You the Business: Youngest hasn't returned her previous books yet, but just had to add a couple of Dilbert books to her stack. ;-D
Now - on to the dvds. :-D
Two Fat Ladies, seasons 3 and 4. I just had to put these ones on hold after not being able to find any in our last trip. This show is hilarious.
The Last Man on Earth. This 1964 Vincent Price movie is based on the same books as the new I Am Legend and, from the looks of it, a much better version. But then, it's got Vincent Price. You just can't get better than Vincent Price. Sorry, Will Smith. You're good, but not that good. ;-)
In Bruges; Shoot First. Sightsee Later. I have no clue what this is about. Never heard of it until Eldest found it. A comedy involving hitmen and mob bosses.
Cape Fear: This would be the Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum version of from 1962, not the 1991 version.
The Big Clock: You may have noticed a theme here - my kids prefer old movies over new ones. This one goes back to 1948.
Broken Blossoms: Speaking of which, this one goes back even farther, to 1919. Eldest had borrowed it before and regretted not watching it a second time before having to return it, so she put it on hold to see it again.
Solaris: At 1972, this one is positively modern! Okay, not as modern as The Bruges, but still pretty modern for the girls' choices. ;-) It sounds positively campy - I look forward to it!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
My fix...
Ah, finally - since well before our move, we made a library trip! We walked, since it's only a 10 minute stroll from our new home. Whoot! And a nice day for a walk, too.Unfortunately, it meant limiting what we could take out to what we could fit into the 2 backpacks we brought with us. Not that that stopped me from over doing it anyways. The stack on the left is just my stuff. The stack on the right is both girls' stuff together. *L*I
So this is our first library list since the move..
Scared to Death; From BSE to Global Warming; Why scares are costing us the Earth. This one is a repeat for me. I got it again because I had to return it before I had a chance to write a review on my other blog. I highly, highly recommend it.
Fear Less; Real truth about risk, safety and security in a time of terrorism. I have never heard of this book before, but when I saw it was by Gavin DeBecker, I had to grab it. We've already got a copy of Gift of Fear and have read Protecting the Gift, two more books I unhesitatingly recommend.
The Great Canadian Car Camping Cookbook. This one just looked like fun.
A Taste for Adventure; A culinary odyssey around the world. This one seems as much novel as cook book. After reading a bit of it, I had to take it home.
Gatherings and Celebrations; History, folklore, rituals and recipes for the occasions that bring people together. Easter is coming soon, but I find there aren't a lot of cookbooks dedicated to Easter, like there are for Christmas, Thanksgiving, various Asian holidays, or even Halloween. This one had an Easter section in it, so I decided to give it a go. We're always up to trying traditional dishes from cultures unfamiliar to us.
The Eastern and Central European Kitchen; contemporary and classic recipes. I liked the variety of countries represented; this is "home style" cooking, for me.
Crocheting School; A complete course. There are some pretty advanced techniques in here I look forward to trying.
Crochet for Barbie Doll; 75 delightful creations to crochet. I got this while thinking of Youngest and her perpetually naked Barbie dolls, but I also couldn't resist when I saw it had patterns for teenie, tiny hats.
The Encyclopedia of Things that Never Where. Youngest has chosen this one yet again. If I could find it in the stores, I'd buy it for her, she likes it so much. *L*
Sundays with Vlad; from Pennsylvania to Transylvania; One man's quest to live in the world of the undead. Eldest had borrowed this before and highly recommended that Youngest read it, too. So she will. :-D
The next bunch are Eldest's eclectic choices.
Draw Comics Like a Pro; Techniques for creating dynamic characters, scenes and stories.
A Mermaid's Tale; A personal search for love and lore.
The Essential Darkroom Book; A complete guide to black and white and colour processing
Simplexity; Why simple things become complex (and how complex things can be made simple)
Arguing Comics; Literary masters on a popular medium
Now for the DVD list. I wonder how many we'll actually get to see before we have to return them? We don't actually watch this much tv, even with the girls having their own upstairs.
Bizarre Foods: Collection 1 This is one of my choices, but I was thinking of squid and octopus loving Eldest when I got it. *L*
What the Bleep; Down the Rabbit Hole. Having enjoyed What the Bleep Do We Know, I thought this 4 dvd set worth getting. I do find it funny that a dvd set on quantum physics is in the religion/philosophy section.
Tribal Fusion Belly Dance. I have a preference for Tribal belly dance - that, and I totally detest how other belly dance dvd's are now marketed at the weight loss/exercise niche instead of dance.
Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence; Partners in Crime. I've never heard of this, but it's Agatha Christie, so I figure there's a good chance we'll like it.
Life in Cold Blood. One of Youngest's choices, it's a nature dvd about reptiles.
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. It's been a long time since we've seen this one. Edlest doesn't remember it at all.
The rest of the dvd's and cd's listed below are Eldest's choices.
Das Boot
The Kingdom (she wants me to make sure I say, this one is NOT the war movie. *L*)
Delicatessen (she had this one on hold for almost a year, and it's finally in! She's really hoping it was worth the wait.)
Munchhausen
CDs
The Black Maria: A shared history of tragedy
The Cloud Room
Close to Paradise: Patrick Watson
Stray Light Run
Menomena: Friend and Foe
*happy sigh*
It feels good to be loaded down with library stuff again. :-D
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Extended library list
Our library visits for the last while have been sporadic. Scheduling has been a bit of a problem, and I won't do a library trip if I've got a shift that night, and my shifts aren't always on the same days. So we've been doing more renewing than taking out. *L*
This is what we've got right now.
Starting with the multi-media items (because they're easier for me to reach right now) we have:
The Edge of Evolution: The Search for the Limits of Darwin. This is a 9 CD set of the book by Michael J. Behe (who was also interviewed for the dvd, A Flock of Dodos). We've only got to disc 4 so far. Fascinating stuff. Behe is also the author of Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution.
Kissey Asplund: Plethora. Music cd; I didn't really like this one.
Energy Avenue: Shh, Just Go With It. Music cd; I didn't really like this one, either.
Samurai Japan: A Journey Back in Time. From the Lost Treasures of the Ancient World dvd series, this was quite interesting.
The Sherlock Holmes Collection Vol. Two. A four dvd set of old black and white movies: Pearl of Death, The Scarlet Claw, The Spider Woman and The House of Fear. The kids found them all right, but I had a really hard time watching them. I've never seen Holmes portrayed so ... erratic. It wasn't the most flattering portrayal of Waston, either. The stories were set in a more recent time period, and had little to do with the original stories at.
Origins of Life: Parts 1 and 2. From the Great Courses series, each part is 2 dvds for a total of 24 lectures. Eldest had been watching these during her home alone times, but she hasn't have many of those lately.
Now to the books. Youngest's list is short and sweet. She took out Folk Tales of Ireland and has been really enjoying it.
Eldest's list is a lot more extensive... *L*
Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science - from the Babylonians to the Maya. Totally fascinating. I highly recommend it. Lots of read-aloud parts. I might have to renew it again so I can read it from top to bottom myself.
The Case Against Adolescence: Rediscovering the Adult in Every Teen. This one got renewed so I could work on it. I think many home schooling families recognise that the stereotypical teen angsty behaviour is not as inevitable as our culture has lead us to expect. It's another book I highly recommend. When Eldest read it, there were a lot of read-aloud moments, too.
Sundays with Vlad: From Pennsylvania to Transylvania. One Man's Quest to Live in the World of the Undead. This book is quite hilarious and entertaining. The author, Paul Bibeau, has a very conversation writing style, and great sense of humour.
A Dictionary of Sacred and Magical Plants.
Garden Flower Folklore.
I don't know that Eldest has actually read either of these. They both seem excellent sources of historical information surrounding specific plants.
A Venetian Bestiary. This one looks at the portrayal of creatures both real and fantastical.
Juice of Life: The Symbolic and Magic Significance of Blood. Eldest just finished this one, but I don't know what she thought of it yet.
Nursery Rhymes of Newfoundland and Labrador. Samples from a random page include:
and
or
From the opposite page:
Alrighty then... LOL
And finally, Cassell's Dictionary of Superstitions. This one was still sitting in the book bag, so no one's tried to read it yet. *L*
Now for my list!
In the weather/climate category I've got:
The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization
Extreme Weather: a guide & record book
Blame it on the Weather: Strange Canadian weatehr facts
I also grabbed:
I Love my Life: A mom's Guide to Working from Home. This would be much more useful for someone in the US.
Fix-It and Forget-It: Diabetic Cookbook. I recently picked up the regular Fix-It and Forget-It slowcooker cookbook. This one has diabetic friendly recipes from the same book
Every Day's a Holiday Diabetic Cookbook: More Quick & Easy Recipes Everybody Will Love. Interesting recipes. Lame commentary.
Then there's my stack of craft books.
Let's Make Cute Stuff by Aranzi Aronzo! Cute Dolls. A suprisinly hilarious book I picked up for Eldest.
Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts: Amigurumi. I've discovered I like Amigurumi techniques. I'm going to have to start coming up with my own designs, though.
Mr. Funky's Super Crochet Wonderful; Included Supercute: Amigurumi Animals, Super-Cool Accessories. More varieties of amigurumi than in the previous book.
So Simple Crochet: A fabulous collection of 24 fashionable and fun designs. Some really nice stuff in here.
Quick Crochet: 35 fast, fun projects to make in a weekend; bags, jewelry, scarves, accessories, hats. Some nice some, some... uhm... kinda weird stuff.
Crochet for Today. A wide variety of projects in here.
How to Crochet: The definitive crochet course complete with step-by-step techniques, stitch libraries and projects for your home and family. Some nice projects that demonstrate the different techniques.
Crochet Style: chic and sexy accessories. A few nice projects and one that kind of freaked me out. It was billed as an ankle bracelet - or arm band. The idea that anyone's upper arm is as thin as their ankle really alarms me. Yes, they had photos of models wearing it both ways.
The Harmony Guides 220 more Crochet Stitches Vol. 7. Useful and practical. No projects, just patterns.
Party Crochet: 24 hot designs to get you in the party mood. Some very beautiful projects in here!
Also:
Embroidery Techniques & Patterns. I got this for a reference more than anything else.
Creative Backstitch. This is the book that got me to change my mind on my yearly Christmas decoration. Beautiful patterns and projects.
All done!! :-D
This is what we've got right now.
Starting with the multi-media items (because they're easier for me to reach right now) we have:
The Edge of Evolution: The Search for the Limits of Darwin. This is a 9 CD set of the book by Michael J. Behe (who was also interviewed for the dvd, A Flock of Dodos). We've only got to disc 4 so far. Fascinating stuff. Behe is also the author of Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution.
Kissey Asplund: Plethora. Music cd; I didn't really like this one.
Energy Avenue: Shh, Just Go With It. Music cd; I didn't really like this one, either.
Samurai Japan: A Journey Back in Time. From the Lost Treasures of the Ancient World dvd series, this was quite interesting.
The Sherlock Holmes Collection Vol. Two. A four dvd set of old black and white movies: Pearl of Death, The Scarlet Claw, The Spider Woman and The House of Fear. The kids found them all right, but I had a really hard time watching them. I've never seen Holmes portrayed so ... erratic. It wasn't the most flattering portrayal of Waston, either. The stories were set in a more recent time period, and had little to do with the original stories at.
Origins of Life: Parts 1 and 2. From the Great Courses series, each part is 2 dvds for a total of 24 lectures. Eldest had been watching these during her home alone times, but she hasn't have many of those lately.
Now to the books. Youngest's list is short and sweet. She took out Folk Tales of Ireland and has been really enjoying it.
Eldest's list is a lot more extensive... *L*
Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science - from the Babylonians to the Maya. Totally fascinating. I highly recommend it. Lots of read-aloud parts. I might have to renew it again so I can read it from top to bottom myself.
The Case Against Adolescence: Rediscovering the Adult in Every Teen. This one got renewed so I could work on it. I think many home schooling families recognise that the stereotypical teen angsty behaviour is not as inevitable as our culture has lead us to expect. It's another book I highly recommend. When Eldest read it, there were a lot of read-aloud moments, too.
Sundays with Vlad: From Pennsylvania to Transylvania. One Man's Quest to Live in the World of the Undead. This book is quite hilarious and entertaining. The author, Paul Bibeau, has a very conversation writing style, and great sense of humour.
A Dictionary of Sacred and Magical Plants.
Garden Flower Folklore.
I don't know that Eldest has actually read either of these. They both seem excellent sources of historical information surrounding specific plants.
A Venetian Bestiary. This one looks at the portrayal of creatures both real and fantastical.
Juice of Life: The Symbolic and Magic Significance of Blood. Eldest just finished this one, but I don't know what she thought of it yet.
Nursery Rhymes of Newfoundland and Labrador. Samples from a random page include:
The last living father is dead
The last living father is dead
Oh, take off his glasses
And put him to bed
The last living father is dead.
and
Vote for Wyatt: she won't be quiet
or
Diefenbaker, thief and faker.
From the opposite page:
Here's to our foes,
May we cut off their toes,
So we'll know them again
When we see them limping.
Alrighty then... LOL
And finally, Cassell's Dictionary of Superstitions. This one was still sitting in the book bag, so no one's tried to read it yet. *L*
Now for my list!
In the weather/climate category I've got:
The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization
Extreme Weather: a guide & record book
Blame it on the Weather: Strange Canadian weatehr facts
I also grabbed:
I Love my Life: A mom's Guide to Working from Home. This would be much more useful for someone in the US.
Fix-It and Forget-It: Diabetic Cookbook. I recently picked up the regular Fix-It and Forget-It slowcooker cookbook. This one has diabetic friendly recipes from the same book
Every Day's a Holiday Diabetic Cookbook: More Quick & Easy Recipes Everybody Will Love. Interesting recipes. Lame commentary.
Then there's my stack of craft books.
Let's Make Cute Stuff by Aranzi Aronzo! Cute Dolls. A suprisinly hilarious book I picked up for Eldest.
Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts: Amigurumi. I've discovered I like Amigurumi techniques. I'm going to have to start coming up with my own designs, though.
Mr. Funky's Super Crochet Wonderful; Included Supercute: Amigurumi Animals, Super-Cool Accessories. More varieties of amigurumi than in the previous book.
So Simple Crochet: A fabulous collection of 24 fashionable and fun designs. Some really nice stuff in here.
Quick Crochet: 35 fast, fun projects to make in a weekend; bags, jewelry, scarves, accessories, hats. Some nice some, some... uhm... kinda weird stuff.
Crochet for Today. A wide variety of projects in here.
How to Crochet: The definitive crochet course complete with step-by-step techniques, stitch libraries and projects for your home and family. Some nice projects that demonstrate the different techniques.
Crochet Style: chic and sexy accessories. A few nice projects and one that kind of freaked me out. It was billed as an ankle bracelet - or arm band. The idea that anyone's upper arm is as thin as their ankle really alarms me. Yes, they had photos of models wearing it both ways.
The Harmony Guides 220 more Crochet Stitches Vol. 7. Useful and practical. No projects, just patterns.
Party Crochet: 24 hot designs to get you in the party mood. Some very beautiful projects in here!
Also:
Embroidery Techniques & Patterns. I got this for a reference more than anything else.
Creative Backstitch. This is the book that got me to change my mind on my yearly Christmas decoration. Beautiful patterns and projects.
All done!! :-D
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Another library list
I guess I'd better get in the habit of posting more often, since the "school year" has started, though we don't actually have our facilitator visit until next week.
So this is our new library list. We ended up returning two large bags and one small one when we went in, only to come back out with two more bags of books. *L* We hadn't returned everything, so I figure I'd better write up the new list before everything gets hopelessly mixed together. ;-)
Eldest got her usual varied selection.
Gene Future: The Promise and Perils of the New Biology - Thomas F. Lee
The Trial - Franz Kafka
The Stories that Haunt Us: More Terrifying Tales from the author of Maritime Mysteries - Bill Jessome
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Nemesis: The Death-Star and the Other Theories of Mass Extinction - Donald Goldsmith
Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England's Vampires - Michael E. Bell
Night Creatures - Enchanted World Series (usually, Youngest picks books from this series. ;-D )
Vampires, Zombies and Monster Men - Farson
The irony of all these vampire books is that Eldest doesn't like vampires and really detests vampire stories. She started reading the Anne Rice books and was totally turned off the entire genre. But, she's doing some stuff that requires vampire research, so there ya go. Eldest is also staying away from this entire list until such time as she finished the books she hadn't returned yet. She's finished Fly, which was a fascinating - and hilarious - read. Who though a book about evolution, genetics and fruit flies could be so funny?
Youngest still has stuff from last time, so she only took out one more book, Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels - Scott McCloud
I've already gone through a lot of my books, so I can tell you more about them. ;-)
Stitch 'n Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker - Debbie Stoller. This book has a wide variety of designs from different designers, as well as the basics of crochet. Some of the patterns are hopelessly tacky. Others are pretty fantastic. And I'll never understand why anyone would make a crochet string bikini, never mind actually wear one. *shudder*
Vintage Crochet: 30 Gorgeous Designs for Home, Garden, Fashion - Susan Cropper. Usually when I see things like "vintage" or "contemporary" in craft book titles, it's a warning to me that they will be filled with the weirdest things ever. Happily, this isn't like that. There are some designs that had me scratching my head a bit, but most of the patterns in this book are really good renditions of old techniques and patterns.
Christmas Ornaments to Make: 101 Sparkling Holiday Trims - Better Homes and Gardens. This one has some thread crochet patterns that I really like. Not anything I can use my glow in the dark yarn for, mind you; I have chunkier items in mind for that.
300 Slow Cooker Favorites and The Best Family Slow Cooker Recipes - Donna-Marle Pye. These were the only two slow cooker books I found, and it wasn't until I started looking at them later than I realized they were by the same person, and that the smaller one was basically a pared down remake of the 300 Favorites one. Which is fine. A lot of amazing sounding recipes to try out!
Once-a-Month Cooking - Mimi Wilson and Mary Beth Lagerborg. I've been curious about once a month cooking for years, having talked to people on a home school email list that actually do it. It's not something we can do right now, but once every two weeks cooking is a possibility. ;-D
Margaretta Acworth's Georgian Cookery Book - edited by Alice and Frank Prochask. The authors found the handwritten cookbook of Margaretta Acworth, which gave a wonderful glimpse into life in the time period. The recipes were pared down to a few that could be more easily recreated in modern kitchens - and which they found taseted great, too. ;-)
The Roman Cookery of Apicius: A Treasury of Gourmet Recipes & Herbal Cookery, Translated and Adapted for the Modern Kitchen - John Edwards. Apicius defines ancient Roman cookery, even though he didn't actually write all the cookbooks attributed to him (there were also other people of the same name, but none as famous or flamboyant). Both recipes and history are fascinating, and I'd love to try and find some of the ingredients and try a few out.
The Philosopher's Kitchen: Recipes from Ancient Greece and Rome for the Modern Cook - Francine Segan. I actually took this out before and enjoyed it so much, I went hunting for it again. Really interesting. This is the source of Eldest's mushroom dish. The actual name of the recipe is Field and Forest Salad.
Now for the cd's of the week...
Bach: Art of Fugue - Vladimir Feltsman piano (I'm actually listening to this 2 cd set as I write this post)
Jungle Drums - Morton Gould and his Orchestra
Canto Gregorian
Dowland: Fancyes, Dreams and Spirits: Lute Music 1 - Nigel North, Lute
and the dvd's...
Joanne Weir's Cooking Class - this is a 4 dvd set. We've already watched most of the first one, and are more impressed than we thought we would be. No preaching are demonizing of certain ingredients. The people on here actually *like* their food!
Crochet Fasions in Motion: Create Trendy Fashion Accents - Liesure Arts. A how-to dvd with projects ranging from a hat and scarf set to a sarong skirt and fingerless gloves.
Fit for Real People - featuring Marta Alto. A how-to for sewing clothes to fit your own body type.
Shark Mountain: The Expedition of a Lifetime with Award-winning filmmakers Howard and Michele Hall. Because we like shark stuff.
Dogfight Over Guadaleanal - Secrets of the Dead series. We'd really liked the Headless Romans dvd of this series and wanted to try out another.
Eldest picked this next bunch with her dad in mind.
France is Free - Rene-Jean Bouyer
1805 The Battle of Austerlitz - narrated by Brian Blessed
D-Day: The Battle that Liberated the World
The Libertation of Holland
The Battle of Britain: the Official History
I'd say this will tide us over for a little while. ;-)
So this is our new library list. We ended up returning two large bags and one small one when we went in, only to come back out with two more bags of books. *L* We hadn't returned everything, so I figure I'd better write up the new list before everything gets hopelessly mixed together. ;-)
Eldest got her usual varied selection.
Gene Future: The Promise and Perils of the New Biology - Thomas F. Lee
The Trial - Franz Kafka
The Stories that Haunt Us: More Terrifying Tales from the author of Maritime Mysteries - Bill Jessome
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Nemesis: The Death-Star and the Other Theories of Mass Extinction - Donald Goldsmith
Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England's Vampires - Michael E. Bell
Night Creatures - Enchanted World Series (usually, Youngest picks books from this series. ;-D )
Vampires, Zombies and Monster Men - Farson
The irony of all these vampire books is that Eldest doesn't like vampires and really detests vampire stories. She started reading the Anne Rice books and was totally turned off the entire genre. But, she's doing some stuff that requires vampire research, so there ya go. Eldest is also staying away from this entire list until such time as she finished the books she hadn't returned yet. She's finished Fly, which was a fascinating - and hilarious - read. Who though a book about evolution, genetics and fruit flies could be so funny?
Youngest still has stuff from last time, so she only took out one more book, Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels - Scott McCloud
I've already gone through a lot of my books, so I can tell you more about them. ;-)
Stitch 'n Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker - Debbie Stoller. This book has a wide variety of designs from different designers, as well as the basics of crochet. Some of the patterns are hopelessly tacky. Others are pretty fantastic. And I'll never understand why anyone would make a crochet string bikini, never mind actually wear one. *shudder*
Vintage Crochet: 30 Gorgeous Designs for Home, Garden, Fashion - Susan Cropper. Usually when I see things like "vintage" or "contemporary" in craft book titles, it's a warning to me that they will be filled with the weirdest things ever. Happily, this isn't like that. There are some designs that had me scratching my head a bit, but most of the patterns in this book are really good renditions of old techniques and patterns.
Christmas Ornaments to Make: 101 Sparkling Holiday Trims - Better Homes and Gardens. This one has some thread crochet patterns that I really like. Not anything I can use my glow in the dark yarn for, mind you; I have chunkier items in mind for that.
300 Slow Cooker Favorites and The Best Family Slow Cooker Recipes - Donna-Marle Pye. These were the only two slow cooker books I found, and it wasn't until I started looking at them later than I realized they were by the same person, and that the smaller one was basically a pared down remake of the 300 Favorites one. Which is fine. A lot of amazing sounding recipes to try out!
Once-a-Month Cooking - Mimi Wilson and Mary Beth Lagerborg. I've been curious about once a month cooking for years, having talked to people on a home school email list that actually do it. It's not something we can do right now, but once every two weeks cooking is a possibility. ;-D
Margaretta Acworth's Georgian Cookery Book - edited by Alice and Frank Prochask. The authors found the handwritten cookbook of Margaretta Acworth, which gave a wonderful glimpse into life in the time period. The recipes were pared down to a few that could be more easily recreated in modern kitchens - and which they found taseted great, too. ;-)
The Roman Cookery of Apicius: A Treasury of Gourmet Recipes & Herbal Cookery, Translated and Adapted for the Modern Kitchen - John Edwards. Apicius defines ancient Roman cookery, even though he didn't actually write all the cookbooks attributed to him (there were also other people of the same name, but none as famous or flamboyant). Both recipes and history are fascinating, and I'd love to try and find some of the ingredients and try a few out.
The Philosopher's Kitchen: Recipes from Ancient Greece and Rome for the Modern Cook - Francine Segan. I actually took this out before and enjoyed it so much, I went hunting for it again. Really interesting. This is the source of Eldest's mushroom dish. The actual name of the recipe is Field and Forest Salad.
Now for the cd's of the week...
Bach: Art of Fugue - Vladimir Feltsman piano (I'm actually listening to this 2 cd set as I write this post)
Jungle Drums - Morton Gould and his Orchestra
Canto Gregorian
Dowland: Fancyes, Dreams and Spirits: Lute Music 1 - Nigel North, Lute
and the dvd's...
Joanne Weir's Cooking Class - this is a 4 dvd set. We've already watched most of the first one, and are more impressed than we thought we would be. No preaching are demonizing of certain ingredients. The people on here actually *like* their food!
Crochet Fasions in Motion: Create Trendy Fashion Accents - Liesure Arts. A how-to dvd with projects ranging from a hat and scarf set to a sarong skirt and fingerless gloves.
Fit for Real People - featuring Marta Alto. A how-to for sewing clothes to fit your own body type.
Shark Mountain: The Expedition of a Lifetime with Award-winning filmmakers Howard and Michele Hall. Because we like shark stuff.
Dogfight Over Guadaleanal - Secrets of the Dead series. We'd really liked the Headless Romans dvd of this series and wanted to try out another.
Eldest picked this next bunch with her dad in mind.
France is Free - Rene-Jean Bouyer
1805 The Battle of Austerlitz - narrated by Brian Blessed
D-Day: The Battle that Liberated the World
The Libertation of Holland
The Battle of Britain: the Official History
I'd say this will tide us over for a little while. ;-)
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
A sort of library list
I've been lax in keeping up with the library lists lately. We've been renewing and taking out more so often, I figured it'd be easier to just do it this way.
Click on the photo for the larger size.
The CD titles are illegible, though. They are:
The Good Road by Cheryl Bear
Joy of Life by Karunesh
Love/Hate by Nine Black Alps.
The stack on the right - everything below the dvd's - is mine. The stack on the left is the girls' stuff. Not that it matters much. Our current read-aloud has been Darwin's Blind Spot. Great stuff - I highly recommend it.
Click on the photo for the larger size.
The CD titles are illegible, though. They are:
The Good Road by Cheryl Bear
Joy of Life by Karunesh
Love/Hate by Nine Black Alps.
The stack on the right - everything below the dvd's - is mine. The stack on the left is the girls' stuff. Not that it matters much. Our current read-aloud has been Darwin's Blind Spot. Great stuff - I highly recommend it.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Back to the library list
We've been rather lax with our library trips for that past couple of weeks - things would come up, and we just couldn't make it. Some things we were able to just renew, but most would end up in the drop off chute outside the library, on the way to somewhere else.
Even today, we ended up having some time constraints, but that didn't stop us from getting a good selection.
I've actually hung on to two books from the last trip we made. One is The Whole Soy Story, which I've finished and will be writing a review for on my other blog. The other is A Mediterranean Feast; The Story of the Birth of the Celebrated Cuisine of the Mediterranean, From the Merchants of Venice to the Barbary Corsairs, with More Than 500 Hundred Recipes.
What is it with these incredibly long sub-titles???
Youngest just picked one book for herself, again from The Enchanted World series, Seekers and Saviors. She also grabbed another Miss Marple dvd, At Bertram's Hotel.
Eldest got her usual eclectic variety. She chose:
The Life of Alfred Russel Wallace, The Heretic in Darwin's Court: Wallace and Darwin were contemporaries, and sometimes rivals, who had come up with the Theory of Evolution independently. Today, Wallace is largely forgotten. It should be interesting to learn more about him.
The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche: This was originally published in 1908 as part biography, part explanation of Nietzsche's ideas.
The Humboldt Current; Nineteenth-century Explorations and the Roots of American Environmentalism: Now this should make for an interesting comparison between early environmentalists and those of today.
Catholic Etiquette; What You Need to Know about Catholic Rites and Wrongs. You know, I was raised a Catholic, and had never thought there was such a thing as "Catholic" manners. It makes sense that there would be, though.
God; A Brief History - The Human Search for Eternal Truth. *snort* Yeah, brief. The book is only 2 inches thick... ;-) A cross-cultural, multi-religious examination of God. It looks to be a very interesting read.
The rest of her choices follow Eldest's interests in historical fashion, including Children's Costume in America 1607-1910, A Visual History of Costume - The Twentieth Century, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Costume and Fashion 1550-1920, and Chinese Clothing from the Cultural China Series.
Finally, she indulged her latest passion for old (or just unusual) movies, grabbing (originally released in 1916), Intolerance, The Glass Menagerie (starring Katherine Hepburn), Blood Tea & Red String (a stop-motion animation), Bela Lugosi 75th Anniversary Edition of Dracula, and Nosferatu; The Vampire & Phantom Der Nacht, a 1979 remake of the 1922 classic.
As for myself, I deliberately went to only 2 sections of the library before meeting the girls in the audio/visual section, and refused to stay there for long. So I didn't get as many books as I would have, if I'd allowed myself to indulge. LOL
I got some more crochet books, looking for more challenging projects.
Hooked on Style; Fabulous Fashions to Crochet: There's a lovely selection of items in here, though very few clothing items are patterned up to my size. I can make things for the kids, though.
Hip to Crochet; 23 Contemporary Projects for Today's Crocheter: I have to admit, whenever I see "contemporary" in the title of a craft book, I automatically expect very weird "experimental" designs in colour combinations that make my skin crawl. There is some of that in this books, but not as much as some others I've seen. *L* This is one I would buy, if I could find it in a book store (and if it was in budget...).
Loop d-Loop Crochet; More than 25 Novel Designs for Crocheters (and knitters taking up the hook): Quite the variety of projects in here! Ranging from accessories to hammocks, as well as children's clothes, a men's sweater that men might actually be willing to wear in public. It's mostly women's clothing, though, and some of the designs are rather daring, so put it mildly! At least with other crochet fashion books I've borrowed, the models wearing mesh and lace clothing had some sort of garment underneath. These models clearly don't! Well, they *are* wearing panties - that goodness! LOL
Next, I grabbed a new batch of cook books.
The Pioneer Cook; A Historical View of Canadian Prairie Food: It's always eye opening to read about what our pioneers ate and how they prepared their foods. A fascinating glimpse of their everyday lives.
The Food Journal of Lewis & Clark; Recipes for an Expedition: Part history book, part cook book. This one is right up my alley!
The Storm Gourmet; A guide to Creating Extraordinary Meals Without Electricity: When I saw the sub-title, I couldn't resist! Growing up, we frequently had power outages. This wasn't much of a hardship, as we still had the old cook stove to fall back on. Few people have those anymore, and this book is geared to them. This is more about preparing for emergencies, and how to weather them when they happen.
The Flavours of Canada; A Celebration of the Finest Regional Foods: A coast to coast exploration of Canadian cuisine. Not the territories, though. Ah, well. I can't have everything... ;-)
On the dvd front, I found some interesting titles - hopefully, the movies will be interesting as well. ;-)
Through the Eye of a Needle; Stories from an Indian Desert: I was actually looking in the "how to" section when I found this. It doesn't seem to be a how-to at all, but rather a history, which needle crafts often play a large, though unrecognized, part.
Carthage; A Journey Back in Time: a Lost Treasures of the Ancient World series we haven't seen yet.
Hadrian's Wall; Edge of the Empire: From the Lost Treasures of the Ancient World series.
Agatha Christie's Poirot; Collector's Set 2: One disc with three movies; The Cornish Mystery, Double Sin, and The Adventure of the Cheap Flat. With how well the Miss Marple movies are going over, I though Poirot might be worth looking into.
And finally, some music cd's...
Growing Pains: Mary J. Blige
Songlines: Top of the World - a CD of world music
The Silk Road: A musical Caravan - 2 cd set of music from Chine, Iran, Kazakhstan, etc. of the 13th century played by 21st century artists
Spin the Weaver's Song: Carla Sciaky - no clue what type of music this is. I actually got it because I liked the photo on the cover, and the weaving themed titles of the songs.
And that's our list for this week. :-D
Even today, we ended up having some time constraints, but that didn't stop us from getting a good selection.
I've actually hung on to two books from the last trip we made. One is The Whole Soy Story, which I've finished and will be writing a review for on my other blog. The other is A Mediterranean Feast; The Story of the Birth of the Celebrated Cuisine of the Mediterranean, From the Merchants of Venice to the Barbary Corsairs, with More Than 500 Hundred Recipes.
What is it with these incredibly long sub-titles???
Youngest just picked one book for herself, again from The Enchanted World series, Seekers and Saviors. She also grabbed another Miss Marple dvd, At Bertram's Hotel.
Eldest got her usual eclectic variety. She chose:
The Life of Alfred Russel Wallace, The Heretic in Darwin's Court: Wallace and Darwin were contemporaries, and sometimes rivals, who had come up with the Theory of Evolution independently. Today, Wallace is largely forgotten. It should be interesting to learn more about him.
The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche: This was originally published in 1908 as part biography, part explanation of Nietzsche's ideas.
The Humboldt Current; Nineteenth-century Explorations and the Roots of American Environmentalism: Now this should make for an interesting comparison between early environmentalists and those of today.
Catholic Etiquette; What You Need to Know about Catholic Rites and Wrongs. You know, I was raised a Catholic, and had never thought there was such a thing as "Catholic" manners. It makes sense that there would be, though.
God; A Brief History - The Human Search for Eternal Truth. *snort* Yeah, brief. The book is only 2 inches thick... ;-) A cross-cultural, multi-religious examination of God. It looks to be a very interesting read.
The rest of her choices follow Eldest's interests in historical fashion, including Children's Costume in America 1607-1910, A Visual History of Costume - The Twentieth Century, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Costume and Fashion 1550-1920, and Chinese Clothing from the Cultural China Series.
Finally, she indulged her latest passion for old (or just unusual) movies, grabbing (originally released in 1916), Intolerance, The Glass Menagerie (starring Katherine Hepburn), Blood Tea & Red String (a stop-motion animation), Bela Lugosi 75th Anniversary Edition of Dracula, and Nosferatu; The Vampire & Phantom Der Nacht, a 1979 remake of the 1922 classic.
As for myself, I deliberately went to only 2 sections of the library before meeting the girls in the audio/visual section, and refused to stay there for long. So I didn't get as many books as I would have, if I'd allowed myself to indulge. LOL
I got some more crochet books, looking for more challenging projects.
Hooked on Style; Fabulous Fashions to Crochet: There's a lovely selection of items in here, though very few clothing items are patterned up to my size. I can make things for the kids, though.
Hip to Crochet; 23 Contemporary Projects for Today's Crocheter: I have to admit, whenever I see "contemporary" in the title of a craft book, I automatically expect very weird "experimental" designs in colour combinations that make my skin crawl. There is some of that in this books, but not as much as some others I've seen. *L* This is one I would buy, if I could find it in a book store (and if it was in budget...).
Loop d-Loop Crochet; More than 25 Novel Designs for Crocheters (and knitters taking up the hook): Quite the variety of projects in here! Ranging from accessories to hammocks, as well as children's clothes, a men's sweater that men might actually be willing to wear in public. It's mostly women's clothing, though, and some of the designs are rather daring, so put it mildly! At least with other crochet fashion books I've borrowed, the models wearing mesh and lace clothing had some sort of garment underneath. These models clearly don't! Well, they *are* wearing panties - that goodness! LOL
Next, I grabbed a new batch of cook books.
The Pioneer Cook; A Historical View of Canadian Prairie Food: It's always eye opening to read about what our pioneers ate and how they prepared their foods. A fascinating glimpse of their everyday lives.
The Food Journal of Lewis & Clark; Recipes for an Expedition: Part history book, part cook book. This one is right up my alley!
The Storm Gourmet; A guide to Creating Extraordinary Meals Without Electricity: When I saw the sub-title, I couldn't resist! Growing up, we frequently had power outages. This wasn't much of a hardship, as we still had the old cook stove to fall back on. Few people have those anymore, and this book is geared to them. This is more about preparing for emergencies, and how to weather them when they happen.
The Flavours of Canada; A Celebration of the Finest Regional Foods: A coast to coast exploration of Canadian cuisine. Not the territories, though. Ah, well. I can't have everything... ;-)
On the dvd front, I found some interesting titles - hopefully, the movies will be interesting as well. ;-)
Through the Eye of a Needle; Stories from an Indian Desert: I was actually looking in the "how to" section when I found this. It doesn't seem to be a how-to at all, but rather a history, which needle crafts often play a large, though unrecognized, part.
Carthage; A Journey Back in Time: a Lost Treasures of the Ancient World series we haven't seen yet.
Hadrian's Wall; Edge of the Empire: From the Lost Treasures of the Ancient World series.
Agatha Christie's Poirot; Collector's Set 2: One disc with three movies; The Cornish Mystery, Double Sin, and The Adventure of the Cheap Flat. With how well the Miss Marple movies are going over, I though Poirot might be worth looking into.
And finally, some music cd's...
Growing Pains: Mary J. Blige
Songlines: Top of the World - a CD of world music
The Silk Road: A musical Caravan - 2 cd set of music from Chine, Iran, Kazakhstan, etc. of the 13th century played by 21st century artists
Spin the Weaver's Song: Carla Sciaky - no clue what type of music this is. I actually got it because I liked the photo on the cover, and the weaving themed titles of the songs.
And that's our list for this week. :-D
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Finally feeling better
Well, after a week and a half, I'm finally getting over the cold I've been struggling with - though my husband is starting to get it now, too. :-( I guess it was too much to hope that he'd miss out on it. Hopefully, it won't hit him as hard as it did me.
Being sick and stuck at home did give the girls and I a chance to finally watch all those dvd's we'd borrowed, though we did have to renew them for a second week to do it.
By the Pricking of My Thumbs - this Agatha Christie movie was quite good. We all enjoyed it, and Youngest ended up watching it 3 times.
Castaway - enjoyable, but nothing I'd want to see more than once. They did pretty well with it.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - we'll definitely be looking for more from this series. Very good.
Ring of Fire - I highly recommend this. Episodes 1-4 were filmed in the 70's, following the adventures of a pair of brothers as they explored - and eventually found a home in - the Indonesian islands. Some of the interesting things we learned was the Bogeymen were real. The Bogey were a people who lived on one of the islands, with the men leaving their woman and children behind for about 9 months of the year, trading or pirating. They were such ferocious pirates, European sailors coined the term Bogeymen as objects of fear. Turns out the main reason they left for so long was because the island they lived on couldn't provide enough for for everyone, so by leaving the women, children and a few men behind, they had enough food to provide for themselves, while the sailors lived off corn mush and whatever else they could supplement themselves with. Just one of many interesting things we learned.
The 5th episode takes place some 20 years later, shortly after one of the brothers has died. The remaining brother revisits some of the places they traveled to together, along with a group of other Europeans. We found it a lot less enjoyable than the old videos.
Plan 9 from Outer Space - words fail me. This was so incredibly bad! It was hilarious. Eldest was so inspired by it, she's since grabbed two more horrible old movies - The Thing from Out Space and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad.
Great entertainment! *L*
Being sick and stuck at home did give the girls and I a chance to finally watch all those dvd's we'd borrowed, though we did have to renew them for a second week to do it.
By the Pricking of My Thumbs - this Agatha Christie movie was quite good. We all enjoyed it, and Youngest ended up watching it 3 times.
Castaway - enjoyable, but nothing I'd want to see more than once. They did pretty well with it.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - we'll definitely be looking for more from this series. Very good.
Ring of Fire - I highly recommend this. Episodes 1-4 were filmed in the 70's, following the adventures of a pair of brothers as they explored - and eventually found a home in - the Indonesian islands. Some of the interesting things we learned was the Bogeymen were real. The Bogey were a people who lived on one of the islands, with the men leaving their woman and children behind for about 9 months of the year, trading or pirating. They were such ferocious pirates, European sailors coined the term Bogeymen as objects of fear. Turns out the main reason they left for so long was because the island they lived on couldn't provide enough for for everyone, so by leaving the women, children and a few men behind, they had enough food to provide for themselves, while the sailors lived off corn mush and whatever else they could supplement themselves with. Just one of many interesting things we learned.
The 5th episode takes place some 20 years later, shortly after one of the brothers has died. The remaining brother revisits some of the places they traveled to together, along with a group of other Europeans. We found it a lot less enjoyable than the old videos.
Plan 9 from Outer Space - words fail me. This was so incredibly bad! It was hilarious. Eldest was so inspired by it, she's since grabbed two more horrible old movies - The Thing from Out Space and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad.
Great entertainment! *L*
Thursday, June 05, 2008
I'm back!
Gah - I can't believe how long it's been since I've posted! Things have been pretty busy. I started a part time job, working evenings at a conference centre. Though I only work a few days a week, my shifts generally end at around 1 am. It changes some of the things we do during the days.
One of those is that we're going to have to change our library days away from friday. Even if I have only one shift in a week, that day is always a friday. It doesn't quite work out - especially if I've got a thursday shift, too.
Which means we've missed a few library days, and this week, we went in today, even though it's normally a home day for Eldest. Yesterday ended up being a home day, since she wasn't feeling well.
We had a bunch of stuff to return - most of which we'd already renewed at least once because we couldn't come in regularly. Youngest still has three from the Enchanted Worlds series. The girls had also picked another Great Courses set, part 1 of The Terror of History: Mystics, Heretics, and Witches in the Western Tradition. Eldest also hung on to The Moral Intelligence of Children and Science as Salvation: A Modern Myth and its Meaning.
I deliberately stayed away from a few of my usual sections - all the global warming research gets tiresome at times. ;-) Today, I focused on cookbooks and crafting.
The Backyard Barbecue Cookbook - I've borrowed this one before and liked it enough to grab it again. Then promptly used it for supper. :-) One of the things I like about it is the wide range of ethnic recipes.
Barbecue, Biscuits & Beans; Chuck Wagon Cooking - This one looks really neat! The focus is on authentic chuckwagon cookery. A bit of history, some information on what a typical chuckwagon was like, what tools where used (like a good cast iron dutch oven - those can last for generations), and, of course, recipes. I think I'm going to get some good stuff out of this one. :-D
The Rustic Table; Simple Fare from the World's Kitchens - you know, I didn't even look inside this one. I grabbed it based on the title alone!
Picnic; 125 Recipes with 29 Seasonal Menus - just 'cause I like picnics, even though we hardly ever have them.
World Crafts - showcasing an amazing variety of crafts practiced around the world.
Japanese Temari; A Colorful Spin on an Ancient Craft - more lovely patterns and ideas for me to try out! This book also seems to have a more substantial section on the history of temari, as well as other interesting little stories throughout the book.
Plus Size Crochet; Fashions that Fit and Flatter - I've seen knitting versions of this book. I don't knit, so finding a crochet version is a good thing. :-D
Crochet Bags; 15 Hip Projects for Carrying Your Stuff - In a fabric and yarn exchange, I grabbed this fabulous cotton yarn that I ended up using to make a small bag. Then I made a pop can insulator. Then I made another bag, which I'm just finishing up now. I'm having so much fun making these, I wanted more ideas. Some of these are... uhm... not my type, but that's ok. :-D
Start and Run a Profitable Craft Business - Who knows? I might just do that.
Pride and Prescience; A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery - this was my one dive into fiction today. I loved Pride and Prejudice - and have refused to see any of the tv or movie versions because I don't want to ruin it for myself. *L* The idea of a book that continues on with the characters interested me. I *really* hope is doesn't accomplish what I've managed to avoid by not seeing any of the screen versions.
Eldest snagged the following books today...
The Demon Drink; The Victorian Inebriates Guide to the Evils of Alchohol and How to Escape Them - A satire that my daughter couldn't resist. It's a tiny book, and she's already finished it. She found it funny. :-D
Terminating Life - on the subject of euthanasia.
Collected Works; Jung - a bit of light reading??
The Concise Book of Lying - an examination of why humans lie, and its implications and impacts.
Here Be Dragons; The Scientific Quest for Extraterrestrial Life - well, that title's pretty self explanatory. *L*
Fractals Everywhere; Second Edition - another rather self explanatory title.
The Costume Book for Parties and Plays - I've actually been eyeballing this one myself. It's got quite a variety of ethnic and historical dress. Not a pattern book, but one of descriptions and illustrated examples.
The Complete History of Costume & Fashion from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day - Well, almost. It was published in 2000. Glancing through the illustrations and photos, I can only say one thing. Modern fashion is exceptionally weird.
Finally, from the audio/visual section...
By the Pricking of my Thumbs; Miss Marple, Vol. 2 - When we first started watching Miss Marple movies, we liked them, but found Miss Marple herself to be very irritating. Then I put on hold a movie we'd seen before, only to discover we hadn't. It turns out that there are two very different series of movies based on the Miss Marple character. The actor that plays Miss Marple in this other series is Geraldine McEwan, and we really love how she interprets the character. The stories themselves are very different and much more interesting - I'll have to borrow some of the books to see which of the movies are the more accurate interpretation, but I suspect they're the ones with Geraldine McEwan.
Castaway - Yes, it's true. We still haven't seen this Tom Hanks movie. Just never got around to it.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 4 - I've never seen these before. They were made in the 80's. If we like this one, I'll make a point of putting other volumes on hold.
Ring of Fire; An Indonesian Odyssey - this is a 5 film, 2 dvd set, including Spice Island Saga, Dance of the Warriors, East of Krakatoa, Dream Wanderers of Borneo and Beyond the Ring of Fire. I do hope we have time to see all of these.
Plan 9 from Outer Space - I showed this one to Eldest and she had to take it out. Considered one of the worse movies ever made - so bad, it's good! It uses footage of an unfinished Bela Lugosi movie - unfinished because he died. It should be delightfully horrible! *L
Eldest picked a couple music cd's, too - Prinzehorn Dance School and Projet Orange megaphobe (no, that's not a typo in Projet - I double checked. *L*)
I grabbed a few myself.
Little Buddha Cafe by D.J. Sam Popat - I have no idea what to expect of this one.
Kiva, Pulse - this one was under vocal/female - pop. From the titles, I think their definition of pop is a bit loose. We'll see when I listen to it. :-D
Hollywood Goes Wild - I couldn't resist this one. Jeff Goldblum? Brad Pitt? Johnny Depp with Iggy Pop!?!?!
The Bhangra Dimension featuring Dindusri D.C.S. Sasha; A Bhangra and Ragga Fusion - also from the pop section, but... I don't know. I got it for the funky cover art. ;-)
Ray Charles; Thanks for Bringing Love Around Again - because it occurred to me that, while I was familiar with Ray Charles' music, I've never actually listened to an album of his.
And that's it! Now, time to join the girls and watch Miss Marple. :-D
One of those is that we're going to have to change our library days away from friday. Even if I have only one shift in a week, that day is always a friday. It doesn't quite work out - especially if I've got a thursday shift, too.
Which means we've missed a few library days, and this week, we went in today, even though it's normally a home day for Eldest. Yesterday ended up being a home day, since she wasn't feeling well.
We had a bunch of stuff to return - most of which we'd already renewed at least once because we couldn't come in regularly. Youngest still has three from the Enchanted Worlds series. The girls had also picked another Great Courses set, part 1 of The Terror of History: Mystics, Heretics, and Witches in the Western Tradition. Eldest also hung on to The Moral Intelligence of Children and Science as Salvation: A Modern Myth and its Meaning.
I deliberately stayed away from a few of my usual sections - all the global warming research gets tiresome at times. ;-) Today, I focused on cookbooks and crafting.
The Backyard Barbecue Cookbook - I've borrowed this one before and liked it enough to grab it again. Then promptly used it for supper. :-) One of the things I like about it is the wide range of ethnic recipes.
Barbecue, Biscuits & Beans; Chuck Wagon Cooking - This one looks really neat! The focus is on authentic chuckwagon cookery. A bit of history, some information on what a typical chuckwagon was like, what tools where used (like a good cast iron dutch oven - those can last for generations), and, of course, recipes. I think I'm going to get some good stuff out of this one. :-D
The Rustic Table; Simple Fare from the World's Kitchens - you know, I didn't even look inside this one. I grabbed it based on the title alone!
Picnic; 125 Recipes with 29 Seasonal Menus - just 'cause I like picnics, even though we hardly ever have them.
World Crafts - showcasing an amazing variety of crafts practiced around the world.
Japanese Temari; A Colorful Spin on an Ancient Craft - more lovely patterns and ideas for me to try out! This book also seems to have a more substantial section on the history of temari, as well as other interesting little stories throughout the book.
Plus Size Crochet; Fashions that Fit and Flatter - I've seen knitting versions of this book. I don't knit, so finding a crochet version is a good thing. :-D
Crochet Bags; 15 Hip Projects for Carrying Your Stuff - In a fabric and yarn exchange, I grabbed this fabulous cotton yarn that I ended up using to make a small bag. Then I made a pop can insulator. Then I made another bag, which I'm just finishing up now. I'm having so much fun making these, I wanted more ideas. Some of these are... uhm... not my type, but that's ok. :-D
Start and Run a Profitable Craft Business - Who knows? I might just do that.
Pride and Prescience; A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery - this was my one dive into fiction today. I loved Pride and Prejudice - and have refused to see any of the tv or movie versions because I don't want to ruin it for myself. *L* The idea of a book that continues on with the characters interested me. I *really* hope is doesn't accomplish what I've managed to avoid by not seeing any of the screen versions.
Eldest snagged the following books today...
The Demon Drink; The Victorian Inebriates Guide to the Evils of Alchohol and How to Escape Them - A satire that my daughter couldn't resist. It's a tiny book, and she's already finished it. She found it funny. :-D
Terminating Life - on the subject of euthanasia.
Collected Works; Jung - a bit of light reading??
The Concise Book of Lying - an examination of why humans lie, and its implications and impacts.
Here Be Dragons; The Scientific Quest for Extraterrestrial Life - well, that title's pretty self explanatory. *L*
Fractals Everywhere; Second Edition - another rather self explanatory title.
The Costume Book for Parties and Plays - I've actually been eyeballing this one myself. It's got quite a variety of ethnic and historical dress. Not a pattern book, but one of descriptions and illustrated examples.
The Complete History of Costume & Fashion from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day - Well, almost. It was published in 2000. Glancing through the illustrations and photos, I can only say one thing. Modern fashion is exceptionally weird.
Finally, from the audio/visual section...
By the Pricking of my Thumbs; Miss Marple, Vol. 2 - When we first started watching Miss Marple movies, we liked them, but found Miss Marple herself to be very irritating. Then I put on hold a movie we'd seen before, only to discover we hadn't. It turns out that there are two very different series of movies based on the Miss Marple character. The actor that plays Miss Marple in this other series is Geraldine McEwan, and we really love how she interprets the character. The stories themselves are very different and much more interesting - I'll have to borrow some of the books to see which of the movies are the more accurate interpretation, but I suspect they're the ones with Geraldine McEwan.
Castaway - Yes, it's true. We still haven't seen this Tom Hanks movie. Just never got around to it.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 4 - I've never seen these before. They were made in the 80's. If we like this one, I'll make a point of putting other volumes on hold.
Ring of Fire; An Indonesian Odyssey - this is a 5 film, 2 dvd set, including Spice Island Saga, Dance of the Warriors, East of Krakatoa, Dream Wanderers of Borneo and Beyond the Ring of Fire. I do hope we have time to see all of these.
Plan 9 from Outer Space - I showed this one to Eldest and she had to take it out. Considered one of the worse movies ever made - so bad, it's good! It uses footage of an unfinished Bela Lugosi movie - unfinished because he died. It should be delightfully horrible! *L
Eldest picked a couple music cd's, too - Prinzehorn Dance School and Projet Orange megaphobe (no, that's not a typo in Projet - I double checked. *L*)
I grabbed a few myself.
Little Buddha Cafe by D.J. Sam Popat - I have no idea what to expect of this one.
Kiva, Pulse - this one was under vocal/female - pop. From the titles, I think their definition of pop is a bit loose. We'll see when I listen to it. :-D
Hollywood Goes Wild - I couldn't resist this one. Jeff Goldblum? Brad Pitt? Johnny Depp with Iggy Pop!?!?!
The Bhangra Dimension featuring Dindusri D.C.S. Sasha; A Bhangra and Ragga Fusion - also from the pop section, but... I don't know. I got it for the funky cover art. ;-)
Ray Charles; Thanks for Bringing Love Around Again - because it occurred to me that, while I was familiar with Ray Charles' music, I've never actually listened to an album of his.
And that's it! Now, time to join the girls and watch Miss Marple. :-D
Friday, April 04, 2008
New library list
This was supposed to be another trip to drop off a few things, but not take out many more since we still had so many books, including some that were renewed. The only one who managed to hold back was Youngest, who hasn't had to return any of the books she's got yet.
Eldest got herself a bunch of new ones, mostly on birds.
How Birds Work; A guide to Bird Biology
Photographic Guide to the Shorebirds of the World; Detailed field descriptions of the 212 shorebirds of the world; Over 700 color photographs (not too many books with subtitles for their subtitles! *L*)
How to be a Bad Birdwatcher; To the greater glory of life
Analysis of Vertebrate Structure
Bones; The Unity of Form and Function. She's already started reading this one out loud to us. So far, very cool!
The World of Moths
Turtles & Tortoises; A Firefly Guide
I was actually looking for certain books, but they were checked out. Instead, I found the section on costuming and grabbed these.
The Folkware Book of Ethnic Clothing; Easy Ways to Sew & Embellish Fabulous Garments from Around the World
Period Costume for Stage & Screen; Patterns for Women's Dress 1800-1909
Waisted Efforts; An illustrated guide to Corset Making
Among the cd's this week, we've got:
Music of the Spanish Renaissance for Voice, Vihuelas, Lute & Renaissance Guitar: Shirley Rumsey
Famous: Puddle of Mudd
Bloom; Remix Album: Sarah McLachlan
Solace: Sarah McLachlan
And finally, the dvd's:
The Ghost Particle; Neutrinos - The Secret Ingredient to the Cosmos
The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey Vol. 1; The Nile parts 1 & 2
(Eldest picked the above two)
Parts 4 and 5 from The Global Generation Series: and What Can Happen with Globalization and The Ramifications of Globalization. The previous two we'd borrowed were interesting enough to warrant getting more.
The videos are the hardest ones to keep on top of. We just don't watch enough tv! *L*
Eldest got herself a bunch of new ones, mostly on birds.
How Birds Work; A guide to Bird Biology
Photographic Guide to the Shorebirds of the World; Detailed field descriptions of the 212 shorebirds of the world; Over 700 color photographs (not too many books with subtitles for their subtitles! *L*)
How to be a Bad Birdwatcher; To the greater glory of life
Analysis of Vertebrate Structure
Bones; The Unity of Form and Function. She's already started reading this one out loud to us. So far, very cool!
The World of Moths
Turtles & Tortoises; A Firefly Guide
I was actually looking for certain books, but they were checked out. Instead, I found the section on costuming and grabbed these.
The Folkware Book of Ethnic Clothing; Easy Ways to Sew & Embellish Fabulous Garments from Around the World
Period Costume for Stage & Screen; Patterns for Women's Dress 1800-1909
Waisted Efforts; An illustrated guide to Corset Making
Among the cd's this week, we've got:
Music of the Spanish Renaissance for Voice, Vihuelas, Lute & Renaissance Guitar: Shirley Rumsey
Famous: Puddle of Mudd
Bloom; Remix Album: Sarah McLachlan
Solace: Sarah McLachlan
And finally, the dvd's:
The Ghost Particle; Neutrinos - The Secret Ingredient to the Cosmos
The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey Vol. 1; The Nile parts 1 & 2
(Eldest picked the above two)
Parts 4 and 5 from The Global Generation Series: and What Can Happen with Globalization and The Ramifications of Globalization. The previous two we'd borrowed were interesting enough to warrant getting more.
The videos are the hardest ones to keep on top of. We just don't watch enough tv! *L*
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