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.

Next up on Hoopla!

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

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

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.

Wrapped up!

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

And that wraps up Wicked Words for May! #WickedWords @AsYouWish #Doll

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

Starting this. #circus #WickedWords @AsYouWish

Yep, these designs are way more competent and appealing than Liv Huffman's.

#litsycrafters

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Library books!

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 


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.

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

“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.)

Making a Beaded Collar Peplum #audiocrafting #litsycrafters

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

Libby borrow. On my hook: a sparkly sock. #booksandcrochet #litsycrafters

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

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

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

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

I'm calling it : St Vincent is #sciencedaddy . #hbreadingembrace #readingchallenge

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

Look what released!

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

Read my #moderntakeonaclassic
Beast Boy's first appearance was way back in 1964.

#Booked2023  @Cinfhen  @alisiakae

Surprise gnome! #WickedWords @AsYouWish

In the mood for something cosy, and I keep reading good things about this book!

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

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

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

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 


There are many showers in this book. This is just one of them.

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

Well this looks fascinating. Borrowed.

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

Getting ready for April #wickedwords

Seams and finishing, and another Reid romance. #romantsy #litsycrafters

And that's my last #WickedWords word for March! @AsYouWish

Weaving in ends, and I picked up this midwife romance for the Category Romance prompt of #NoShameReadathon23

@Nessavamusic

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

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

New library graphic novel, while continuing to work on this cotton monochrome Hooked on Grannies jacket. #graphicnovel #litsycrafters #comics