Tag: armchair interviews
member name: Janelle Martin
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January 21, 2006 10:13 PM EST --
The premise is a simple one, the execution is magic. A young man on the run from himself and some nasty criminals in his hometown stumbles upon a legendary temple to the book on the banks of the Seine. . . .
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June 10, 2007 11:20 PM EDT --
In the introduction to Lacy Little Knits: Clingy, Soft & a Little Risqué, Iris Schreier begins with two questions: “How can something as beautiful as knitted lace be so frustrating? And . . .
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October 05, 2007 01:04 AM EDT --
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee is the Jon Stewart of the knitting world. She skewers us with our own needles, unravels our obsession for the uninitiated and helps us learn to laugh at ourselves. Her fresh, tongue-in-cheek . . .
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October 10, 2006 12:18 PM EDT --
Most people are familiar with actress Tracey Ullman for her zany sense of humour and the eccentric characters she created over many years. What most people won't know is that she is an avid knitter . . .
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May 18, 2007 09:06 PM EDT --
After their teacher reads them a book about dragons, Mei Lin’s classmates decide the perfect way to decorate for her birthday is by creating a birthday dragon. Everyone has something to add from . . .
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January 05, 2006 10:16 AM EST --
What do you get when you take a frustrated late-night DJ who's also a closet werewolf? An engaging new heroine ironically named Kitty!
Carrie Vaughn has entered an already crowded market with the . . .
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June 06, 2006 11:21 AM EDT --
As the title implies, Innocence is about three young women in London, learning about themselves as they leave home for the first time and attend acting school. Fourteen years later, as Evie faces a turning . . .
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June 06, 2006 11:49 AM EDT --
The Monsters of Gramercy Park by Danny Leigh draws the reader into a haunting tale of need and a struggle for power between two determined personalities. Wilson Velez, the convicted felon and leader of . . .
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June 27, 2006 09:17 AM EDT --
Haley Farrell has a lot on her plate; redecorating your shrink's office is no easy task, especially for a first-class snoop like Haley. The temptation to "overhear" conversations is . . .
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May 12, 2006 05:16 PM EDT --
What is it that makes the bond between mother and daughter so different from any other relationship? Is it the shared experiences? Or is it as Perri Klass and Sheila Solomon Klass contend in their book . . .
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June 25, 2006 11:32 PM EDT --
On July 1, 2004, the world was told that a new Coptic apocryphon had been discovered and was a copy of "the most condemned writing of antiquity: The Gospel of Judas." First described by Irenaeus . . .
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August 13, 2006 07:03 PM EDT --
Marcia Lewandowski spent a total of eight years living in Bolivia during the 1980s and 1990s. During this period she developed a love for the hand-knit bags that the women wore as part of the traditional . . .
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March 19, 2007 12:49 AM EDT --
Jane Austen’s story of love and misunderstanding in late 18th century England is perhaps best known for its opening sentence: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession . . .
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July 27, 2007 02:23 AM EDT --
Twenty years after the tragic event which ended their childhood friendship, Danny has been summoned to a Gothic castle under renovation by his cousin Howie. Once subjected to abuse for his “geekiness,” . . .
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March 20, 2008 01:29 AM EDT --
On an isolated cliff the body of a quadriplegic woman is found sitting in a wheelchair with her throat slit. Miles away in Eastvale, 19-year-old Hayley Daniels is found raped and murdered in a medieval . . .
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May 21, 2008 05:41 PM EDT --
When knitters contemplate pulling out their needles to knit for an expectant mom, most are eyeing cute booties or miniature size cardigans for the baby. Few consider knitting for the mom-to-be; however, . . .
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January 10, 2006 01:13 PM EST --
The announcement of a new book by Nicholas Basbanes is an occasion of joy for any devoted reader who loves reading about books. My copies of Basbanes' works are the backbone of my collection of books . . .
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August 15, 2006 11:02 AM EDT --
After leaving her high profile job as VP of Specials and Documentaries at CBS to become a stay-at-home Mom, Suzan Mischer dreamed of opening "a place with great yarn, coffee and tea, music and books, . . .
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August 17, 2006 10:58 PM EDT --
Helen Hamann presents her first book of knitwear designs, Andean Inspired Knits: Designs in Luxurious Alpaca, a collection of patterns inspired by the pre-Columbian textiles of her native Peru and South . . .
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October 23, 2006 09:01 PM EDT --
"I am someone
I never would have imagined.
A secret.
A dream…
body and soul…"
Growing up in the small village of Encaleflora, Spain, Estrella deMadrigal is aware of the Spanish Inquisition . . .
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