Not too much reading done lately…what little reading I’ve gotten accomplished this week is for The Classics Circuit, and some poetry stuff, which I’ll discuss later in this post.  By the way, have you been following The Classics Circuit (see my post about it here).  I’m impressed by it so far — with how much thought and effort bloggers have been putting into their posts for this tour; it’s not breezy “oh, I liked this book a lot!” type posts.

I signed up for The Book Blogger Holiday Swap.  I think it will be fun!  If you think so too, be sure to go over there and sign up (on or before November 12th). The website has FAQs there that will help you decide whether you want to join in or not. 

It has been a long time since I’ve posted anything fiber arts related.  I have been busy with projects, however.  I still intend to put pictures up on my “Arts and Quilts” page, but not for a while at least.  The only camera we have right now is going away with my husband and older son this weekend, when they go camping with Boy Scouts.

Even though I don’t have pictures to show you right now, I wanted to bring this fiber/quilty project to your attention because it’s book-related.  The January 2010 issue Quilter’s Home magazine (Volume 5, Issue 1) has a pattern and directions for a “Kindle Cozy”.  

If you are interested, look for the magazine on the newsstands.  Incidentally, this magazine used to be known as “Mark Lipinski’s Quilter’s Home” but is now just “Quilter’s Home”.  I don’t know all the details, but Mark Lipinski is no longer affiliated with the magazine, which I think is a shame — I thought that Mark made Quilter’s Home what it was, and it’s hard to imagine what it will be without him.  My subscription has one issue left, and I doubt I’ll renew.  However, Mark has other things cooking up — more fabric lines, and a new line of Aurifil threads.  Go to his website to find out more. 

Not only has it been a while since I’ve talked fiber arts, it’s been a while since I’ve talked poetry appreciation.  I’m enjoying random volumes right now:

“Language For a New Century: Contemporary Poetry From the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond” is an anthology edited by Tina Chang, Nathalie Handal, and Ravi Shankar (picture above).

I have mentioned before  that I’m liking James Galvin’s poetry, so I was glad to find an used book of (I believe) his first volume of poetry, “Imaginary Timber” (picture above).

I bought “64 Sonnets by John Keats” (picture above), published by Paul Dry Books, after I found a mention of this publisher at Citizen Reader’s mention of her favorite publishers.

In later blog post(s) I’ll go into depth and pick out a poem or two from each one of the above after I read more from each.  Because of these books I’ve been experiencing quite a variety of poetic styles!

Also, I want to mention that I’m also currently reading “Poetry for Dummies” by The Poetry Center (at San Francisco State University), John Timpane Ph.D. with Maureen Watts (picture below).

I really hate the “for Dummies” title, because it implies that whoever reads them are, well….dummies.  In spite of that, I’m learning a bit.  When I finish it, I’ll discuss my thoughts of the book, and pass along advice I felt was most useful for me.

Oh, by the way, I purchased “Poetry for Dummies” used (but it’s actually like new) via this website that finds the best prices on books for you.  It used to be called Campusi.com but is now called DealOz.com, so you may want to check it out.

Finally, I still have a few finished books to review, so I hope to have some reviews up soon!

Hope you all have had a good week, and that this weekend will be a good one.

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