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A friend recently gave me a bunch of his mom‘s costume jewelry. She had a huge, loud collection that I‘ve started to transform into suncatchers and wrist tethers for phones.

I‘m so, so close to the end of DUST OF DREAMS. While the series has featured rape from the get-go, this instalment feels ESPECIALLY rapey, with plenty of misogynistic overtones even when people aren‘t violating each other. That‘s soured me on the whole thing. #audiocrafting

I‘ve done so much manual labour this weekend that I‘m 36% into DUST OF DREAMS, a 44-hour audiobook, after only two days. Even at 3x, that‘s a LOT.

Also, all my muscles are sore. Like, really, ALL of them.

When I wasn‘t manually labouring, I also managed to finish this book nook I lucked into at the local Amazon returns store. It was only $10, instead of $50-70! Good times. #audiocrafting

Still plugging away at my tiny loft. I made some pretty significant changes to the rooftop terrace, since the official build was dull. It‘s now got a turquoise tile roof, more plants, a salvage table, a fabric rug, and a more dynamic furniture arrangement.

It‘s taken me most of the way through THE HOUSE WITCH. It‘s rather overlong, but still enjoyable. I should finish it today. #audiocrafting

Completed the first four bags of this Lego masterpiece while starting this lovely audiobook memoir!
#audiocrafting #litsycrafters

Further tiny bookshelf progress (now with personal touches like polished rocks from my childhood) while I listened my way to 66% of SHADOWS & DREAMS. I liked the first book in the series a couple years back, but somehow my memory of it didn‘t prepare me for the ABSOLUTE DELIGHT this second one serves up. So much hard boiled paranormal investigation! So many jokes! So many digs at Twilight! #audiocrafting #showandtelltuesday

I listened to more than half of HEAVENLY TYRANT while I built the structure for a new miniature (a garden loft!) and made most of the stuff for its all-important bookcase. Even at 3x, that was kind of an obscene amount of miniature assembly. Gonna call it quits for the day.

The book is definitely a departure from IRON WIDOW, but it‘s a logical one. I‘m interested to see where the story ends up. #audiocrafting

The kind of book Elinor Dashwood might have written about life as a governess. Charlotte wrote a prettier line. Emily wrote a better narrative. Even so, I think Anne would have been a better friend.

Highly recommend the audiobook— the narration of the penguin classic version is excellent! It does a great job of capturing how awful the supposed “quality” can be but without any ire.

📸 hook, line, & tinker project by moi #audiocrafting #stitchitup

I hit 26% with REAPER‘S GALE while I assembled a tiny train that‘ll fit into a book nook. I found the last book kind of tedious, so I‘m glad this one returns to the characters and settings from my favourite volume. (The place sounds like Letheri, but I probably spelled it wrong. The enduring issue with audio.) Still, I won‘t emerge from this series a Malazan superfan. I like it enough to continue but not enough to rave about it all. #audiocrafting

I like Sutton and I appreciated her story a lot; it was very heartfelt. However, I thought there would have been a bit more crafting in the book, and I wish there were photos of her career AND her crafts. There was some timeline shuffling in the chapters so I got a little confused a few times. Low pick for me.
I kept switching from hardcover to #audiocrafting. Now I‘m getting ready to crochet a #bookcover #grannysquare for my #readingblanket

I pressed the hell out of my jacket today, then paused to finish this miniature tea shop. That took me to 29% with WIND AND TRUTH, which I‘m loving. It‘s common for epic fantasy to have a POV or two that the reader just doesn‘t care about, but I‘m interested and invested in all these people and have been all along. I‘m excited to keep listening tomorrow. #audiocrafting