So if you have checked already then you have noticed that I have posted a new page for the blog that contains a list of all the books I plan on reading over the next year. I will be updating it (either with books that I plan on reading, books that are added because I am too far ahead, or books that are being taken off because they do not fit the criteria for what I am looking for in a book) as well as adding in little comments about when I finished each book so that we can keep track of when I finish books and how far along I am and if I am on track or not. I have already finished a book if you can tell by the name of this post, as well I am already contemplating taking two books off of my list meaning that I need to find 6 more books to fill the list.
Anyways on to the reason I am blogging today. I finished The Devil Wears Prada just after midnight this morning. It was an enjoyable read in case you can't tell since I finished the book in less than 2 full days. It was not as much like the movie as one could hope. It is more like The Nanny Diaries than any other book I have read. The book has more characters who are less serious than the movie as well. Andy is still dating Alex (for those of you who have watched the movie) but they do not live together and Andy has a best friend who she lives with for the latter part of the book. The book was fun to read and was more grown up than a lot of the coming-of-age books that you seen now. Anyways that's about all I have to say about this right now, hopefully I'll get better at writing these as I write for the next year.
Anyways enjoy and maybe I'll even post about something else soon.
Lady Polly
April 29, 2010
April 28, 2010
The Challenge (aka Book Crazy)
So this all started with a library card. I haven't had one in years because of a mishap with my old library that involved me paying $30 for a CD I returned because they insisted I hadn't. Anyways this weekend my whole family went and got library cards. This suddenly gave me the desire to go to the library, I used to like libraries before university where they became a hellish place, but what would I read. Upon thinking of books I decided that instead of a knitting challenge I would do a reading challenge because I had more chance for success with reading rather than knitting (especially because I've only ever finished like 2 items that aren't dishcloths or scarves). Upon further thought I decided that I should try to read a book a week, this shouldn't be too difficult because I enjoy reading and I am not going to school which precludes all enjoyment in reading. The challenge would come from the fact that I would be reading all new books, ones I just haven't got around to yet or some I had never heard of, and a few of these books have been sitting on my shelf for years and I haven't gotten around to them yet (Lord of the Rings, Pride and Prejudice etc.)
The idea to blog about my adventure, other than the fact that these things don't seem to exist if you don't blog about them, came from a present I received for Christmas.
I won't lie. I can't figure out this silly blog thing and don't know how to rotate picture on it. I swear when I took this picture it was straight but apparently not now. Actually the new editor is now rotating all my pictures so that they are on their sides. Hopefully I will be able to fix this or I will be returning to the old editor on here. Anyways yes this beautiful book which is called A Book Lover's Companion was a Christmas gift from a friend and thus should be used and I just haven't gotten around to it yet. Inside there is a notepad on which each page has a space for the name of the book, the author, who recommended the book (if anyone) as well as a large space for quotes and an even larger space for thoughts on the books. If I remember to carry this with me as I am reading my books then I should
be able to fill 
out the pages and use the book as well as have a good source of information for each blog entry I do for the books. As you can see I even have my first two weeks worth of reading (it was going to be three but I was in a hurry and couldn't find the other book I was looking for). I have currently started The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger but will not get into the book because that will be another post. This also means that I will be posting at least once a week as I read through my 52 books.
out the pages and use the book as well as have a good source of information for each blog entry I do for the books. As you can see I even have my first two weeks worth of reading (it was going to be three but I was in a hurry and couldn't find the other book I was looking for). I have currently started The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger but will not get into the book because that will be another post. This also means that I will be posting at least once a week as I read through my 52 books.So there you go folks. The goal is 52 books in 52 weeks, I think I'll try and break that and read at least 53 just to be even crazier. I am going to try and find out how to get a page that stays at the top of my page so that I can list all of the books that I plan on reading and will keep updating it with what I have read so far. If that does not work out then I'll just have to do another post with the list of all the books.
I'll be posting again soon,
Lady Polly
April 22, 2010
The Last Month Has...
1) been absolutely crazy
2) tested by endurance (3 essays, 2 write-ups, 1 presentation, and 2 final exams)
3) tested my patients (2 trips to Portland OR)
4) tested my emotional and physical limits (2 deaths in the family and 1 back strain due to playing with a 3 year old)
5) had some knitting (nearly done the body of the sweater, and have restarted the shawl a total of 6 times now)
6) brought some endings (to my education as such)
Finally the last month will be forgotten now that it is over and I will start my new journey to try and find a job and move.
Lady Polly
PS. possibly more tomorrow but I make no promises
2) tested by endurance (3 essays, 2 write-ups, 1 presentation, and 2 final exams)
3) tested my patients (2 trips to Portland OR)
4) tested my emotional and physical limits (2 deaths in the family and 1 back strain due to playing with a 3 year old)
5) had some knitting (nearly done the body of the sweater, and have restarted the shawl a total of 6 times now)
6) brought some endings (to my education as such)
Finally the last month will be forgotten now that it is over and I will start my new journey to try and find a job and move.
Lady Polly
PS. possibly more tomorrow but I make no promises
April 7, 2010
Houston, We Have A Problem
No pictures today, mainly because I am lazy and don't feel like trying to take picture or making my camera work today.
Last Friday I wanted to do another post about the mysterious gift and maybe even show a picture as well as warn that I would not be posting for a while since I was going away for Easter. Well that backfired when I woke up around 7 am and the power was out. We had a massive wind storm that knocked a tree over near our house and the entire neighbourhood was out of power for nearly 12 hours. It was a very boring day but I did get a bit of knitting done, nearly all of the mysterious present which did not turn out and will need to be reknit.
This weekend I was away and therefore did not get much knitting done. I am, however, about to start on a sleeve of the massive grey sweater. I am about an inch away from the end of the body so I want a change and am going to start the sleeve that can be toted around with me since the body is becoming quite massive.
Now onto today's problem. Last night I had my last feminist theory class and was giving a presentation on my essay that is due Friday. Well last night I decided that the essay needed to be reworked. Now I know this is a good idea, even though the time could be better spent studying, but this morning I am not able to concentrate. I think I have most of the items reworked and will do some more on it tonight. But all I want to do today is knit or sit around and watch some TV. I am feeling very lazy which is not so happy.
Well hopefully tomorrow I'll have a picture of the sleeve and have a completed essay as well.
Lady Polly
Last Friday I wanted to do another post about the mysterious gift and maybe even show a picture as well as warn that I would not be posting for a while since I was going away for Easter. Well that backfired when I woke up around 7 am and the power was out. We had a massive wind storm that knocked a tree over near our house and the entire neighbourhood was out of power for nearly 12 hours. It was a very boring day but I did get a bit of knitting done, nearly all of the mysterious present which did not turn out and will need to be reknit.
This weekend I was away and therefore did not get much knitting done. I am, however, about to start on a sleeve of the massive grey sweater. I am about an inch away from the end of the body so I want a change and am going to start the sleeve that can be toted around with me since the body is becoming quite massive.
Now onto today's problem. Last night I had my last feminist theory class and was giving a presentation on my essay that is due Friday. Well last night I decided that the essay needed to be reworked. Now I know this is a good idea, even though the time could be better spent studying, but this morning I am not able to concentrate. I think I have most of the items reworked and will do some more on it tonight. But all I want to do today is knit or sit around and watch some TV. I am feeling very lazy which is not so happy.
Well hopefully tomorrow I'll have a picture of the sleeve and have a completed essay as well.
Lady Polly
April 1, 2010
Woot posting...
Hello again.
This is my second post in two days, which is nearly amazing for me. So today I am having startitis. This may be due to the fact that I refuse to let myself work on Cam's sweater. Because of this I have decided I absolutely hate the sweater I am making for myself and have taken it off the needles, though I haven't frogged it yet. So I spent a lot of time last night trying to figure out something to do with 525 metres of two different colours, 350 of another, and 175 of the last colour. I haven't found anything to do with the DK weight yarn so I figure eventually I will try to reknit the sweater. I have restarted the shawl again, since I screwed up the pattern as I knitted without paying attention. I am going to try and work on it some more today. I have also started a surprise gift today, trying to get it done by Saturday may be a little hard but it's fairly simple knitting and short and I should be able to do it.
I started listening to the KnitPicks podcast a couple days ago. I have recently finished the 10th podcast, I am listening in order of when they were posted. Kelley gave me the idea of doing a challenge of knitting for a year since she is starting a year long challenge following Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitters Almanac. Something either focused or following some sort of book. I am thinking of doing something like this, maybe just choosing 12 different projects, trying to do something different each month, things that are difficult or involve techniques that I haven't used before. Since I am graduating in June and am not planning on going back to school right away I should, should be the key word, have more time for knitting for the year. This would just mean that I have to finish the mysterious present, at least 1 sweater, a Christmas Stocking, plus all of my Christmas presents. I am also sure I will find something else that I really want to knit before January since I have 8 more months to finish all of these projects.
Well we will see, and I'll spend the next 8 months trawling yarn shops and the Internet for different patterns for myself to use next year.
See you soon,
Lady Polly
This is my second post in two days, which is nearly amazing for me. So today I am having startitis. This may be due to the fact that I refuse to let myself work on Cam's sweater. Because of this I have decided I absolutely hate the sweater I am making for myself and have taken it off the needles, though I haven't frogged it yet. So I spent a lot of time last night trying to figure out something to do with 525 metres of two different colours, 350 of another, and 175 of the last colour. I haven't found anything to do with the DK weight yarn so I figure eventually I will try to reknit the sweater. I have restarted the shawl again, since I screwed up the pattern as I knitted without paying attention. I am going to try and work on it some more today. I have also started a surprise gift today, trying to get it done by Saturday may be a little hard but it's fairly simple knitting and short and I should be able to do it.
I started listening to the KnitPicks podcast a couple days ago. I have recently finished the 10th podcast, I am listening in order of when they were posted. Kelley gave me the idea of doing a challenge of knitting for a year since she is starting a year long challenge following Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitters Almanac. Something either focused or following some sort of book. I am thinking of doing something like this, maybe just choosing 12 different projects, trying to do something different each month, things that are difficult or involve techniques that I haven't used before. Since I am graduating in June and am not planning on going back to school right away I should, should be the key word, have more time for knitting for the year. This would just mean that I have to finish the mysterious present, at least 1 sweater, a Christmas Stocking, plus all of my Christmas presents. I am also sure I will find something else that I really want to knit before January since I have 8 more months to finish all of these projects.
Well we will see, and I'll spend the next 8 months trawling yarn shops and the Internet for different patterns for myself to use next year.
See you soon,
Lady Polly
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