animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

the big bad city

I didn’t even think I was in the mood for an Ed McBain book, but it turns out I’m always in the mood for an Ed McBain book. This one was from his Carella series, which is my favorite. Nothing special going on just some good crime fiction. My rating: …

ten

Today is Buster’s 10th birthday! That’s a lot of barking. The old guy isn’t slowing down, though (ok, so he might sleep a little more than he used to). So, I guess this means we have two really old dogs (Lizzy turns 16 next month).

the holiday

I have a nice stretch off over Thanksgiving (Wednesday-Sunday), so I’ve been getting my store ramped up for the the Christmas shopping season–making some new items, remaking some old ones. This was my year to host Thanksgiving, so I scheduled Wednesday off, but my mom wanted to swap Christmas Eve …

strange weather

This was Joe Hill’s latest. It was comprised of four short stories. Three of the four had supernatural undertones. My favorite was the first story, Snapshot. It was suitably creepy. I only wish he was a more prolific writer. My rating: 4/5

the big sick

This smart and funny rom-com certainly exceeded my expectations. Brian’s as well. I wasn’t sure what to expect but the movie got really good ratings so I figured it was probably worth a watch. If I had one criticism of the movie it is that the heavy moments of the …