Books

River of Smoke: Book 2 Of The Ibis Trilogy, 2012. Amitav Ghosh is a good story teller. Enjoyed this book and am looking forward to part 3. Interesting to read about Hong Kong and Canton historically and the poppy wars.

Interesting autobiography of Oliver Sacks, 2015, On the Move. Makes me want to read his books again. Strange life, the obsession with weight lifting and motorcyles unexpected.

Some lighter reading, another Craig Johnson book, Longmire. Different from the TV show but enjoyable. The basic characters are the same. Books are good, book 2, Death without company.

Some even lighter reading, dragons and things, not the usual fare but I liked James Oswald's mysteries so much I tried them, and they are good. Such nice dragons, such dreadful people! Dreamwalker: The Ballad of Sir Benfro Book One (The Ballad of Sir Benfro Series) and The Rose Cord: The Ballad of Sir Benfro Book Two

A very good book, about the dreadful Huntington's disease, by Lisa Genova, Inside the O'Briens, 2015. Very well written book. After thorough research on Huntingtons, she gets inside their lives and creates a very readable novel.

mysteries

Darkness darkness, 2015, by John Harvey. Thoroughly enjoying this Charlie Resnick mystery. It's been a long time since I've read one by him. Charlie retired but back at work, with one old cat and lots of jazz.

Also, the first Craig Johnson The Cold Dish, is very enjoyable. Good reader for these books.

good books

The Children Act by Ian Mcewan, 2014. Very good writer... none of the characters are very likable but they are believable. Story is pretty grim. Obvioulsy well researched, the role of a judge in the kind of cases she deals with. Good book.

Finished Richard Flanagan's The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Very good book, very hard to keep going through the POW camp, but worth it. No black nor white, war is insane and leaves horrendous scars.

Tried to find a light mystery to read after these, but Adrian McKinty's Michael Forsythe books are full of gore! Am not going to continue with them. Dead I Well May Be

So have started another heavy going book, Where all Light Tends to Go, by David Joy, 2015. Another great writer - southern US. Suspect it's not going to end well for his criminal characters.

colours

Falkland

so much darker after plying

socks

tough to read books

Finished John Valiant's novel, The Jaguar's Children, 2015. It's very good but so hard to read because the transient Mexican's are soldered into a water truck and stuck there for the whole book. It's such a relief when the main character tells all his stories about what happened before that truck but you don't find out til the very end what happens. Well written book, timely issues; genetically modified corn, corrupt govennments, poverty, bad government laws, criminals.

Started the Booker winner by Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, 2014. Hard to take as well, as prisoners are abused and killed building the impossible Burma railway. Good writing, will probably keep going.

Really liked Helen Macdonald's H is for Hawk, 2015. It is truely about Mabel the hawk but about so much more. Intersting to learn about goshawks historically and now in the UK, well researched. But more interesting to read about how the training of Mabel helped Helen recover.

Mabel

Falkland fibre, from Campell River fibre fest

Love the colours and am really loving spinning long draw.

hat I like

free pattern from Shetland Wool Week 2015,