Being a big knitter, naturally I had to request a review copy of this book from netgalley. I have not read any of the previous books in this series, something I normally HATE, but was not an issue at all in this series.

I do want to admit that I am not really a fan of cozies - I just don't get the genre. I understand the need for violence off screen, but the whole genre is just too light and fluffy for me.

Of course, I keep trying to read cozies anyway, because I do like crime books/mystery books for an occasional different read.

Like any other cozy, the setting is a small town world, with a murder you have to solve. I figured it out in about 3 seconds. The book is very slow paced - I don't read enough cozies to know if that pace is normal or not, but for me it was very slow.

The best part of the book is definitely the friendship and connection between all the women. Part of me is envious of that, but mostly I just feel it's so far-fetched. I don't have kids, yet I don't have time in my schedule to get together with my friends once a week no matter what, so how are they all having the time to do that? Still, the idea is just so cool that I'm drawn to it all the same.

I read this book in 2008, way before I was writing book reviews - back then, I barely kept track of which books I read, let alone write reviews.

My mini review, written way after the fact: I love this book. I've read it a couple of times, own the movie, and am intrigued by the lifestyle of a geisha, and am sadden that that time is lost to us, forever - both the good and the bad.

The book is filled with love, heartbreak, challenges, pain, suffering, all the things that come with life, set in Japan before and after World War II.

I borrowed this book from a coworker, who loves this series and was excited about the movie coming out.

I did like the book - loved Lena, loved the ending - but found the book difficult to get into, and I didn't particular like the pacing in the first half of the novel.

I did watch the movie - hated it - and I'm still undecided about reading the rest of the books in the series.

I'm thrilled to see that the Crochet Workbook is back! I actually own the original book, but am really excited to see that this book is back in print.

You can look at this book on two levels: as a basic how to book (both for beginner crocheters and beginner free formers), but also as inspiration for your own freeform. Walters and Cosh are famous in the crochet world for teaching us how to crochet using nature as your guide, and it's never been more true today then it was 25 years ago. This book is much more about crochet as art form, then about crochet as stitchery.

If you want to break into the world of crochet design, this book is a great starting point for you, because Walters and Cosh teach you how to make three dimensional shapes in crochet, using various stitches.

I'm a big sci-fi and Star Trek fan, so of course I had to pick up my review copy of this book from net galley.

It's a very, very fast read - it took me all of ten minutes, which is disappointing to say the least. I also didn't realize it was a comic, because no where on the netgalley page did it say it was a comic. I don't really read comics, and I believe this is the second comic I've ever reviewed.

The artwork is pretty good - the storyline comes from the new ST alternative storyline, not canon. It's a little slow paced for my tastes.

I'd recommend to Trekkies, but that's about it.

This book is an extremely brief, though well written, book on urban gardening. It's a basic, quick look at how to garden in small spaces and is intended for the beginner gardener. Alexander has you thinking about the basics, from whether you want this to be a permanent or temporary garden space, whether you want to use containers, raised beds, etc. I personally found it to be rather simplicity and way too beginner for me, even though I've only had a garden for two summers.

I picked this book up for free on amazon.

I picked up this book to read the same day I picked up Urban Gardening by the same author, and was equally disappointed with this purchase. I was really excited to read this one, because I'd love to be able to grow vegetables indoors! I live in an apartment, with no yard, porch, or even a railing to hang a pot off of, so I have no way of keeping a garden (hence, the one at my parents house).

However, this "book" (ha, ha-it's not even the length of a good story) is way too basic once again. Everything the author writes about is completely common sense, and it's not even written well like the Urban Gardening book. Basically, the only thing of value in this is the list of what grows well inside, stuff I already had figured out on my own by reading the back of seed packets (think, vegetables that will grow well in cooler / less sunny conditions, such as lettuce, kale, peas).

I love Alison Weir, though I haven't read nearly as many of her books as I would have liked to.

I actually started reading this book last year, and didn't finish it before I had to return it to the library. This time, I started again from the beginning & finished in just a few days.

This is the story of Lady Jane Grey, the very young, naive queen of just 9 days. Forced to live her entire life under the rule of manulative, even abusive, parents, she ended up marrying a man she didn't love (or even like) and worse yet, convinced to become Queen of England.

The book is told in multiple voices (a story telling device I do not like). Most of the book, this is fine, but I had issues in the beginning, with Jane's voice being very adult, even when she was only a few years old. Yes, she was supposedly very mature as a child, but it was hard to like her as a child when she spoke with such an adult voice.

The book is pretty factual - there are a few interesting speculations in the book that Weir concludes, but for the most part, this is pretty true historical fiction & Weir takes on a new genre well (this is her first historical fiction novel).

Jane's story is especially compelling at the end - even though I know how her tragic tale will end, you still hope that Queen Mary will pardon her on the same.

I downloaded this book when it was offered for free a few weeks ago. I DO make my living from crafts - both from teaching and from designing, and occasionally (very rarely) selling a finished item. Most of my income comes from designing, and thus my experiences as well.

I always read books and articles on a subject like this because I figure there's always more to learn about your business - and I DO consider designing a business. Unfortunately, this book (really a novella) taught me absolutely nothing new, and because it's based on crafts-in-general, a lot of it is just way too general to be helpful to anyone specifically.

There's sections on selling and pricing your crafts for sale, teaching, marketing, pricing your time fairly, the difference between selling your crafts as a hobby and as a business (a hot topic, always), the benefits of being self - employed, and so on.

I do recommend it to someone who may be interested in selling their crafts or starting to teach, but not to someone who's been doing so for a while.

I picked this up for free, and didn't realize it was put together from Instructables. Anybody who does DIY projects is aware of this site, one I don't really frequent because the vast majority of the projects posted there are poor quality, with even poorer instructions and photography.They put out several others, different titles and subjects, all are equally horrible in quality.

This "book" is simply a compliation of projects from the site, which includes frequent advertising for the website. The directions are complete with typos, nothing is edited and the projects shown are those only suitable for children.