Review: X Saves the World: How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking

X Saves the World: How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking by Jeff Gordinier

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



This book started off being funny and relate-able in the first chapter. That chapter could not stop talking about Nirvana so it's not too secret to me why I enjoyed it so much. You know when you're reading something or talking with someone and it's like everything they say, you have that in common? That wonderful feeling of belonging? That is how this started off. It's like a book-end of goodness with this book. The first and last chapter were my favorite. It got lost in the middle of the book into something I can only describe as an episode of Seinfield. It was a book about absolutely nothing. But not as funny. More like a WTF moment. Then the last chapter arrived and it was getting good again until it dropped off the cliff towards the end.

Overall, not too bad of a read. It really gets lost lost in the middle and the author seems like he's rambling off words about things that have no cohesive bond to the subject or what he started off about. It was a fast read, I read it in one evening so there's not a lot of time investment to check it out.



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Review: French Girl Knits Accessories: Modern Designs for a Beautiful Life

French Girl Knits Accessories: Modern Designs for a Beautiful Life by Kristeen Griffin-Grimes

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



I really adore this book. I got it from the library but plan on buying a copy. Not only are the patterns lovely, the book itself is enjoyable to flip through, thinking about what to knit and how it might look, and planning out a project. The author writes beautiful little stories about each pattern and how she came upon the inspiration, which I loved reading. She makes me feel happy, comfortable, and inspired with each page. Definitely will add to my permanent collection. It also makes me feel like planning a quick trip to France, no doubt about that.



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Review: Folk Hats

Folk Hats by Vicki Square

My rating: 2 of 5 stars



I love folk everything. But not this... For me, the patterns were far too cheesy and just far flung. They missed the mark of whimsical and jumped off the clip of ridiculous. They are the type of things that are cool in their original manner, but not in knit. It just ruins the history of them and looks like something your crazy Aunt Betty might make you. It could only be worse, if they had been translated into crochet, which would pour on the cheese sauce a great deal more.



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