missed the olympics?

Knit your own! A snuggly little Ian Thorpe or a cuddly Usain Bolt anyone?

2012 eclectic reader challenge: december - classic

Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is my last book for the Challenge, and I chose it as my classic because I really wanted to finish with something good. And really, there was no way I was not going to like this book.

Anne of Green Gables is one of my all-time favourites - but since I had read it before, in the spirit of the challenge, I decided to read Anne of Avonlea. LM Montgomery didn't let me down.

This book instantly transports me back to girlhood, when my "bosom-friend" Emily and I used to re-enact Anne and Diana's adventures as 12 year olds. We were BESOTTED with this story. We had all the movies. We made raspberry cordial (non-alcoholic! Readers of the book will get this!) and we pretended to have puffed-sleeves and picnics.

Needless to say, as I read this, I could see perfectly in my mind every scene played out. The characters to me are as familiar as old friends.

I loved every minute, and I still have an image of Anne stuck in a storm, having fallen through a hen-house roof, balancing on a barrel with an umbrella over her head!

Anne of The Island is already beside my bed!

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attention dieters!

Need to kill those junk food cravings?! I have the solution! Just knit woolley (inedible, fat free) versions of the forbidden foods & kill your cravings!

Or you could just knit them because... um.... well you might want to...er...

Hmm.

god bless you, japan!

This one's been around a while, but just got given a copy of my very own and HAD to blog it!

Mostly they're ridiculous (*snort!*) but occasionally I think: "Hey...YEAH! That would be AWESOME!" :)

zombie friday!

Don't you hate it when books have disappointingly misleading titles?

Example:

!!! OMG The Navy are all the Undead??? Whoa this is....

...oh.

Oh, okay, I see what you did there. Yeah so its a metaphor cause the myths wont... yeah, I see.

Hmm. *disappointed*

WELL! No matter! Cause I present to you...

Awww!!! Look at little zombie dog grave robbing a little cuddly dead bone!!!

Cute little zombie grommet!

"Zombie ducky, you're the one..."

And finally...

Now that's just adorable. X)

*chortle* ...oh mills and boon! stop!

BAHAHAHA!!! XD

stuff the millionaire...!!!

that cheeky tycoon!

He sure gets around!!!