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xicanti
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This year‘s pumpkin is weirdly fibrous inside, so I can‘t safely use my usual candle with it. The battery-powered light I grabbed instead shows off the back wall‘s stringy texture, but I‘ve decided I don‘t hate the effect. It‘s kinda creepy.

As is this book, which I‘m revisiting (and very much enjoying) on audio. It‘s a fascinating story and it‘s got me remembering how many good conversations it sparked the first time, when I read it in public.

Lindy 😍well-done! 5mo
xicanti @Lindy thank you! 5mo
BookNAround That is a remarkable pumpkin! 5mo
xicanti @BookNAround thank you! It‘s my go-to pattern. 5mo
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xicanti
London, Actually | Clare Lydon
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I finished LONDON, ACTUALLY during a morning #audiocarving session! I‘m not handing out candy this year, but I‘ve always gotta have a pumpkin—or two, or three. Unfortunately, it‘s been tough to get to the grocery store lately, so I had to limit myself to just this bat. It‘s an older pattern I decided to revisit because it was so popular the last time.

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xicanti
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress | Robert A. Heinlein
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Did some #audiocarving. I wanted to do a couple more pumpkins this year, but Superstore sold out before I could get back there. Poop. Still I‘m glad I got to tackle two patterns I love. The hand reaching out of the grave was a Pizza Hotline ad before I gave it the stencil treatment, while Mona Lisa‘s my mum‘s perennial favourite.

Mimi28 That‘s awesome!! 4y
Lindy Wow! 😍 4y
xicanti @Mimi28 @Lindy 🧡💜🧡 4y
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xicanti
Tremontaine: The Complete Season 2 | Tessa Gratton, Ellen Kushner, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Racheline Maltese, Joel Derfner, Paul Witcover, Mary Anne Mohanraj
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Pumpkin #4 is done! I figured I'd carve a proper jack-o-lantern face for once. I haven't done one since I was a little kid. #audiocarving

AlaMich That‘s impressive!! 🎃 5y
xicanti @AlaMich I wish I'd given it fewer teeth. They got a bit awkward! 5y
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Tremontaine: The Complete Season 2 | Tessa Gratton, Ellen Kushner, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Racheline Maltese, Joel Derfner, Paul Witcover, Mary Anne Mohanraj
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And now, Pumpkin #3.

I haven't decided what I'll do for the fourth one. Mona Lisa's always popular and she carves up fast, but I wanted to go Full Hallowe'en this year. We'll see how I feel tomorrow afternoon. #audiocarving

cathysaid Wow!! So cool! Are these freehand? Regardless, amazing 👍 5y
xicanti @cathysaid nah, I transfer the pattern onto the pumpkin before I start. Someday I'd like to let the design emerge solely on the pumpkin and see what happens. 5y
cathysaid @xicanti Still...looks great. I particularly like the figure in the window (I assume the Paycho house?). 5y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk I got no pumpkin skills. This is amazing. 5y
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xicanti
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I carved pumpkin #2--a haunted house--while I finished THE BOAT PEOPLE. It was the first Canada Reads selection eliminated this year. It's also my favourite so far, with only PRECIOUS CARGO to go. Dammit, panelists, are you always gonna ditch the best book first, or are the last two years a weird coincidence? #audiocarving

Eyelit Cool pumpkin carving! 5y
xicanti @Eyelit thank you! 5y
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xicanti
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My first pumpkin's done! I've got a flameless Christmas candle in it right now, but it distorts the shape of the hand a bit so I'll switch to tea lights when the pumpkin makes its formal debut. #audiocarving

candority That looks awesome! 5y
xicanti @candority thanks! I made the pattern from an image on a pizza as. 5y
alisiakae I love it! 5y
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Crazeedi Wow, spooky! 5y
UwannaPublishme So cool! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y
Eyelit Excellence!! 5y
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Linsy
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Audio carving and finished with my 1st Agatha Raisin!

I recently saw the tv series, so I had to try this book. Agatha Raisin is so real and relatable and the plot felt leisurely, yet gripping (if that‘s possible). I‘m in love!!

#24b4monday #audiocarving #screamathon

Crazeedi I read her first one too, I have the next 2 on my shelf 5y
Deblovestoread Wait, there‘s a tv series? Tell me more. 5y
Linsy @Kdgordon88 Yes!! I watched it on Amazon, via an Acorn subscription, and fell in love. And it looks like they‘re getting a second series! 👏 5y
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KathyWheeler I really need to checkout the tv series. 5y
Bookzombie @Linsy I didn‘t know they were getting a second series. Yay!!! 5y
julesG I saw part of the TV series yesterday. Sadly, it was the dubbed version and in German it just was 'meh'. I turned the volume down and tried reading the actors' lips, but that just wasn't the same as the real thing. 5y
GatheringBooks giant pumpkin! haven‘t heard of that series yet. i will have to check it out. 5y
Deblovestoread Thanks for the info. I will go find it. 😀 5y
BeansPage You should enter this! #PCCGiveaway 5y
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JessNevertheless
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Listening to this spectacularly spooky audiobook while carving this cutie 🎃 #audiobook #audiocarving

Joy0201 Love this one! Didn‘t like the movie so much. 5y
JessNevertheless @Joy0201 Me either, but so far the book is so much better! 5y
LibrarianRyan So awesome. 5y
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