books,little knitting

First my knitting.     I am working on 2 sweaters that I've mentioned many times and now I just want to finish them and move on.  The "Rocky Coast " cardigan by Hannah Fettig in Quince Yarn I have put in many pictures of this.  I am on the second sleeve and then just have to do the ribbing band in the front.  I like this pattern a lot .  Knitting from the top down is so enjoyable.  The "Tea Leaf Cardigan"  in Spud and Chloe/Blue Sky Alpaca is easy and I work on it while watching t.v. or listening to podcasts and I just want to finish and start some new things.

I have done quite a bit of reading.Several of these books are short-less than 200 pages so the list seems more impressive than it is. "The House on Fortune Street" by Margot Livesey was excellent .  It is about families and relationships which I really like.  It takes place in present day London.My daughter Faith if you read this you and Jenny would like this book.Margot Livesey has a new book out called "The Flight of Emma Hardy"that I want to read too.I just started "The Odds" by Stewart O"nan.I love his books.  If you haven't read anything by him you are in for a real treat .  Again they are set in the present time in different parts of the Northeast.  Some of the characters appear in several of the books but all the books stand alone. They involve families and relationships the characters are really well developed.  I usually don't like male authors.  I think the have a hard time with female characters but not this guy.  I should know by now not to trust male authors but I gave Julian Barnes and "The Sense of an Ending" a try.  I figured this book won the Booker Prize maybe it would live up to its hype.  It was just ok.  "Blue Nights' by Joan Dideon was a interesting book.  Sometimes her writing is just beautiful.  This book is a true story about the death of her adult daughter. This week on Diane Rehm's readers review they read Ethan Fromme by Edith Wharton.  I had read this book a long time ago but reread some of it for her program.  This is a pretty depressing book .  I like her books about New York at the turn of the century so much more.  All the books are available on Amazon.com Ethan Fromme is free on Kindle.  If you want links to knitting patterns and yarn please see my previous blogs.  It is Friday and I am going to make pizza.  Peace