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”The Last House on Needless Street” Book Review

The Last House on Needless Street: by Catriona Ward

WOW WOW WOW!! 5 Stars! I rarely give 5 stars!!

If you like page-turning-what-the-heck-is going-on-twisty-weird-huh-no!-wait!-oh-crap-I-knew-it-no-I’m-wrong-keep-you-on-the-edge-of-your-seat reading…. Go Get This Book!!

I could NOT put this down. At the very last page I wanted to go back to the first page and start it all over again! I wanted to retrace my steps, align everything up again and catch what I may have missed.

The publisher’s description of this book is totally correct: “You think you’ve read this story before. That’s where you are wrong.” SO TRUE!

To summarize this book without giving anything away is tricky. This book is told from multiple perspectives (a cat included) and pops around between different time periods. Its generally about a guy who doesn’t fit in, his past, his present and all the really crazy stuff that has and is going on in his life.

I have heard some people say this is a horror. I’m my opinion, now way. This is not a horror. The closest I get to horror is Stephen King and this doesn’t even touch some of the creepy goings on in Maine.

The narrator of the audiobook... forget about it! Amazing! I thought I was listening to a few different people there for a while. Christopher Ragland is unbelievable, seriously. I am going to have to search out some other books he has narrated just because of him.

Oh... I will be reading this again. A few book club commitments and I’m right back to page one of this doozy!

Special thanks to Macmillan Audio, Catriona Ward & NetGalley.

#TheLastHouseOnNeedlessStreet #NetGalley

Book Review: Knit 2 Socks in 1:The Easiest Method Ever for Knitting Two Socks at Once

BOOK REVIEW: July 20, 2021

Knit 2 Socks in 1:The Easiest Method Ever for Knitting Two Socks at Once
by Safiyyah Talley, release date: March, 1, 2022

If you knit socks, YOU NEED THIS! Even a newbie to socks could find this their go to method.

I have always wanted an old, antique sock knitting machine where you just crank out these huge tubes and make socks quick as a bunny. Well Safiyyah Talley has shown us how to do this, but without the machine. Now we can knit tubes for days & put our socks together all at once. Heck, we could just knit tubes all year and put these together when we feel like it! 

Through the first 30% of the book she discusses the remedial knitting stuff like yarn weights, fibers, needles, knitting in the round, swatching, blocking (make your own sock blocker!). She expands by showing how to knit socks with every style of needles, double points, circulars, etc. You become one with the method of “Lifelines”. You learn different methods of soles and bind offs. A nice chunk of required sock anatomy education and then the meat of the book begins.

The book provides 7 unique stitches and 22 patterns using her tube method for basic socks, yoga socks, ankle socks, no show socks, calf socks, lace socks, booties, bed socks and more! Patterns included for yarn weights from Fingering to Super Bulky & for everyone from babies to adults. 

Before I thought this book couldn’t get any better, there is more! Included are CHARTS for Sizing your Socks, Shoe Size Conversion and Metric Conversions to Convert to Length and Width.

Note: *All of these socks use an afterthought heel.* Not sure what that is? No worries, she shows you.

Special thanks to Storey Publishing, Safiyyah Talley & NetGalley. #Knit2SocksIn1  #NetGalley #SafiyyahTallegy