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Lauredhel

Lauredhel

Joined November 2016

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Tiki: A Very Ruff Year - A Very Ruff Year | David Azencot, Fred Leclerc
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Man makes incredibly bad decision (with zero dog experience, buys a ridiculously expensive 5 mo Shiba Inu out of a cage in a pet shop, as a surprise gift for his kid). Then finds out bad decisions have consequences.

This graphic novel was mostly just incredibly annoying. I found it difficult to care about his mental health journey, because he appeared to have zero care for the impact of his crap on people he supposedly loved.

The art was meh.

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Next up on Hoopla!

On my hook : Persephone doily, designer Grace Fearon. Number 10 thread. #litsycrafters

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Reading Challenge | Lesley Yates
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I didn't notice that I got the halfway mark on my Goodreads challenge a couple of books ago!

KathyWheeler I‘m really ahead on my challenge too and I‘m not sure how that happened. 4d
Ruthiella Well done! 👏👏👏 4d
Suet624 Not working helped me get ahead of my challenge too. 😉 4d
Meshell1313 🙌🙌 3d
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Joe Hill's Rain | Joe Hill, David M. Booher
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When the crystal rain begins, Honeysuckle's life falls apart. She begins a dangerous journey to unravel what happened.

This horror graphic novel from Joe Hill is well executed, but content notes for injured / killed animals as well as people, violence, and one problematic queer trope.

KathyWheeler I love Joe Hill, but I can‘t decide if I want to read this. 4d
Lauranahe I liked this story, though I only read the first one. What‘s the trope you didn‘t like? I let my gay daughter read it, but she‘s 13 so she loves anything with lady loving in it. 👀 4d
Lauredhel @Lauranahe at the risk of being spoilery, though it does happen near the beginning : Bury Your Gays 3d
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Doll Bones | Holly Black
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AsYouWish Great job!!!!💙💙💙💙 6d
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Doll Bones | Holly Black
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And that wraps up Wicked Words for May! #WickedWords @AsYouWish #Doll

On my hook : still my Cancer Cami test crochet. #litsycrafters #booksandcrochet

AsYouWish Yay!!!! Congrats!!!!💙💙💙💙 6d
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AsYouWish Only one word left to go!!!! 💙💙💙💙 1w
Lauredhel @AsYouWish and I've got it, just need to put together a post! 1w
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Yep, these designs are way more competent and appealing than Liv Huffman's.

#litsycrafters

Johanna414 I love that!! 2w
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Ok, I'm brave enough to try another social media celeb crafting book! But this time, I know he's at least competent. I think.

#litsycrafters #crochet #knitting

On my hook : testing the Cancer Cami from crochethighway's Zodiac series. Hobbii fingering weight cottons.

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First date is going well in That Can Be Arranged, a graphic memoir.

zezeki I love this book! 2w
Lauredhel @zezeki it is so cute and nerdy! I wanted more, though. 2w
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And that's prompt 10 from #Booked2023 - Short Story Collection - read! Which means I've finished the Spring prompts. Down here we're thoroughly entrenched in Djeran, where the weather cools and the rains start, the red flowering gums burst into blossom, and the land begins to green again. In maybe 2-4 weeks Makuru will start, with rolling storms and weather that's almost actual cold.

@BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen @alisiakae

Cinfhen Congrats on completing #Spring 🫶🏼stay warm xx 2w
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The Bride | Julie Garwood
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Reading The Bride because the Heaving Bosoms podcast is reading it. So far my reaction is mixed, but I'm overall enjoying it.

On my hook : doing a test crochet of a tank top from Crochet Highway.

#litsycrafters #crochet #romantsy #romance

dabbe Love the colors! 💜🩷💜 2w
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I've read some pretty ordinary crochet books on my time, but this one is unequivocally terrible. Every item is made with cheap worsted acrylic, whether it's a good choice or not. Technically awful : poorly tensioned seams, no blocking, twisted granny squares, no garment shaping - not even any SIZING. Save your money.

#crochet #litsycrafters

Prairiegirl_reading Well that‘s disappointing! 2w
Lauredhel @Prairiegirl_reading I thought it was some kind of weird joke at first. "Contemporary" crochet my arse 2w
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Giant Days | Non Pratt
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There's always one person in your friend group who joins far too many university clubs and societies. At least poor Daisy sees the error of her ways.

#WickedWords @AsYouWish #readingchallenge

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That Ain't Witchcraft | Seanan McGuire
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I greatly enjoyed this entry in the Incryptid series. There's always a found-family vibe in these books, but this one perhaps more than most. There's also a dredging of cosmic horror as Antimony finds herself up against the crossroads itself.

#WickedWords @AsYouWish #readingchallenge

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Crumbs | Danie Stirling
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Library books!

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This was an absolutely lovely graphic novel by the creators of the Tea Dragon society. And at its centre is the work of nurturing an annually-flowering Night-Flower, so that's my Flowers prompt done for #WickedWords @AsYouWish

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Giant Days | Non Pratt
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I adored the Giant Days graphic novels to quite unreasonable levels and still lament that the series ended. So it's time to bite the bullet and read the novel.

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I've completed every month so far - now on to May! #WickedWords @AsYouWish

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“Care work is grief work.“

I'm about a third of the way into listening to this book. It's not short stories and it's not abstract pie-in-the-sky futurism. It draws on both SF and on crip experiences in the pandemic to talk about crip work, care work, mutual aid, grief work, crip art, climate justice and so on.

(Content note: pandemic heavy.)

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Making a Beaded Collar Peplum #audiocrafting #litsycrafters

julesG Wow! Looks amazing. 1mo
SamAnne Beautiful! 1mo
dabbe Gorgeous! 💙💚 1mo
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I enjoyed a good 3/4 of this, which I think will suit fans of Connie Willis - there are some obvious parallels with her time-traveling historian novels.

I don't know why the ending fell a little flat for me. I liked the examination of time travel consequences, but maybe it just lacked depth, and the main characters lacked a little curiosity.

A good fit for the 2 time periods prompt. @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen @alisiakae

#Booked2023

Cinfhen Cool choice!! And awesome progress this quarter 🎊🙌🏻📚 1mo
CSeydel Oh man I love the Connie Willis Oxford series 1mo
Lauredhel @CSeydel if you have more than a passing interest in Jane Austen, odds are you will like this then! 1mo
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Libby borrow. On my hook: a sparkly sock. #booksandcrochet #litsycrafters

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That Ain't Witchcraft | Seanan McGuire
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Settling back into the Incryptid series. Pink crochet is a honeycomb trellis scarf I knocked out today from a leftover skein of Malabrigo Rios. #crochet #litsycrafters #incryptid #fantasy

Tea_and_Starstuff I'm just starting a read of this series, starting with a reread of the first. I love the author's other series, am excited to dig in to this one more! 1mo
Lauredhel @Tea_and_Starstuff it's a comfy world for me - had a bit of a lull in reading them but am happy I picked it up again. Enjoy! 1mo
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About half way through this book which i think may work for Connie Willis fans. Am I the only one shipping Liam and Henry? #timetravel #fantasy #romance

Background WIP: Wildberry Half Circle in Hobbii Wheel of Alpaca. #crochet #litsycrafters

peanutnine Lol I love the idea of a Liam/Henry thing! 1mo
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Pumpkin | Julie Murphy
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I'm really enjoying this book about a small-town Texas teenager - fat, gay, and ginger - who's discovering drag. I especially like sibling relationship stories, and his close but not without its troubles relationship with his twin sister rings true.

It's also knocked off my last #wickedwords word for the month!

@AsYouWish

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Pumpkin | Julie Murphy
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Free styling a blanket border today while finishing Devil in Winter and starting Pumpkin. #litsycrafters #crochet #romantsy

FlowerFairy Lovely colors 🖤 1mo
Lauredhel @FlowerFairy this blanket is a scrap buster - it has ALL the colours! 1mo
FlowerFairy Those are the best kind! 1mo
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Devil in Winter | Lisa Kleypas
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I'm calling it : St Vincent is #sciencedaddy . #hbreadingembrace #readingchallenge

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Library haul on a blustery day! 1300 km from Cyclone Isla and we still got a touch of weather down here.

ju.ca.no The Moth keeper was very cute, enjoy🥰 1mo
KadaGul @Lauredhel I Love ❤️ STEVE MARTIN & Billy Crystal. 1mo
Lauredhel @ju.ca.no thanks, I will! 1mo
Lauredhel @KadaGul can't wait! 1mo
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Something Spectacular | Alexis Hall
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Look what released!

CarolynM I‘m loving it so far🥰 1mo
Lauredhel @CarolynM oh good! I've got a few paper library books that others have reserved to get through first, and I'm reading Devil in Winter to see what all the fuss is about... This one after that. 1mo
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Dr. Strange Beard | Penny Reid
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Finally got another quartet in #fourfoursin23 ! This romantic suspense novel involves a whole money laundering storyline.

Also, we get to see Roscoe in a pile of puppies.

#readingchallenge #funnymoney

PageShifter I have one missing 2mo
Clwojick I finished all of mine in January 😂 Such fun prompts! (edited) 2mo
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Lauredhel @Clwojick :💙 :D glad you enjoyed it! 2mo
Lauredhel @PageShifter oh well done, which one? 2mo
PageShifter Bustle Muscle! 2mo
Lauredhel @PageShifter sooooooo many options :) 2mo
TheAromaofBooks I have six left. I'm not really planning ahead, I just read a book and then look at the prompts and see if any of them vibe for me 😂 2mo
Jas16 I think I have completed 11 so far. 2mo
Lauredhel @TheAromaofBooks all good, that‘s what happened with this one for me 2mo
Lauredhel @Jas16 congrats! 2mo
ReadingRachael I believe I have completed at least 8 so far and am currently reading books that should complete another 3 😄 2mo
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Read my #moderntakeonaclassic
Beast Boy's first appearance was way back in 1964.

#Booked2023  @Cinfhen  @alisiakae

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Surprise gnome! #WickedWords @AsYouWish

AsYouWish Yay!!! You are the first to find a gnome reference!!! Good job!!!!💙💙💙💙 2mo
Lauredhel @AsYouWish I picked the book up for being a cosy orc cafe-owner book! I suppose the gnome shouldn't be a complete surprise but I gasped IRL :) 2mo
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In the mood for something cosy, and I keep reading good things about this book!

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Dr. Strange Beard | Penny Reid
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I like that Penny Reid does more than just a single token drop-in with MCs of the other books in the series. #romantsy #romance #litsycrafters

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My latest Moorit crochet magazine arrived! Pictured here with the Helen Shrimpton blanket I'm currently working on, Gratitude. #litsycrafters

AshleyHoss820 Look at that stitching! And the colors!! 😍😍😍 2mo
UwannaPublishme Beautiful! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2mo
BrittanyReads That is stunning! ⭐ 2mo
dabbe That blanket would fit in perfectly at the ASU football games! Beautiful! 👏💜😊 2mo
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Last Wicked Words for now: this memoir by an Aboriginal model and magazine editor, about beauty and culture and racism and her life and achievements. Different from my usual reads and quite engaging.

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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Dig | Meredith Kirton
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Blue is for blueberries!

I was disappointed at the lack of Australian native plants in this book, but it was otherwise pretty for those who wish to pour enormous amounts of water onto exotics in a drought. Each to their own I guess?

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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Dr. Strange Beard | Penny Reid
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There are many showers in this book. This is just one of them.

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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Well this looks fascinating. Borrowed.

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Coven | Jennifer Dugan
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Library haul! Nonfiction and a graphic novel. Looks like the witch trend is still going strong

ShelleyBooksie Loved Coven 2mo
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Getting ready for April #wickedwords

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Dr. Strange Beard | Penny Reid
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Seams and finishing, and another Reid romance. #romantsy #litsycrafters

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Midwife in the Family Way | Fiona McArthur
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And that's my last #WickedWords word for March! @AsYouWish

AsYouWish Good job!!!!💙💙💙 2mo
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Midwife in the Family Way | Fiona McArthur
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Weaving in ends, and I picked up this midwife romance for the Category Romance prompt of #NoShameReadathon23
@Nessavamusic

Suet624 A midwife romance? 2mo
Lauredhel @Suet624 yes... This one's not good so far, but at least it's short! I've read a couple of her later non-category romance and it's quite good . (The Baby Doctor, Red Sand Sunrise) 2mo
Nessavamusic Interesting? 2mo
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Mehso-so

This was ... fine? Perhaps my expectations were so high after having loved a number of Hibbert's other books. YA romance with good rep, but it just failed to fully engage me.

Fills New in 2023 for #Booked2023 @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen @alisiakae
also HB Author prompt for #hbreadingembrace

Cinfhen I read a different book by this author and I thought it was cute but the hype kind of over sold my expectations 😜 2mo
Lauredhel @Cinfhen yes, I started the Brown books before reading hype and really loved them, definitely my catnip 2mo
TheLudicReader I am currently reading this at school and I am finding it delightful. I haven‘t ever read this author before, though. 2mo
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The Dispatcher | John Scalzi
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I finally got around to listening to Scalzi's The Dispatcher while working on my squares. It's an excellent science-fantasy mystery novella based in a world where people spontaneously come back to life when they die - but only if they were murdered.

#audiocrafting #crochet #litsycrafters #mystery

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Sounds good! Stacking……and that is gorgeous, it will be beautiful when put together 2mo
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New library graphic novel, while continuing to work on this cotton monochrome Hooked on Grannies jacket. #graphicnovel #litsycrafters #comics

CrowCAH That‘s a BEAUTIFUL square! Love the change in color and the different stitches for the pattern. It‘s gona take a while before your finished. But the result will be worth it! 😍 2mo
Lauredhel @CrowCAH I've made 27 squares now! Five to go plus a lot of joining and finishing. 2mo
Steampunknoire1930 I have the Beast Boy/Raven box set. I love that series! 2mo
lazydaizee Nice crochet. 2mo
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