{"id":4664,"date":"2015-03-09T10:06:43","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T14:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/?p=4664"},"modified":"2015-03-09T10:02:57","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T14:02:57","slug":"looking-for-your-next-favorite-book-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/looking-for-your-next-favorite-book-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for Your Next Favorite Book? Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"

…You’re on a beach, the sun kissing the sand all around you, an umbrella protecting your skin (freckles + burn = not fun). You lean on your backrest, lift your eyes from the page, look out at the waves and think about what\u00a0you<\/em> would do in Nora’s position.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No.<\/p>\n

That’s not right.<\/p>\n

Lying on a picnic blanket\u2014not unlike Nora’s\u2014in Maritime\u00a0Park\u2014close enough to hear the clang of the Powell Cable car but not so close as to hear the tourists\u2014you pull your eyes from the page and raise a hand to your brow to block the sparkling sun. Gulls cry overhead; in the distance you think you hear\u2014could\u00a0swear<\/em> you hear\u2014the bark of sea lions mixed in with the sound of surf lapping the thing ribbon of sand below you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But no.<\/p>\n

Really you’re sitting next to a wood stove that is blazing away, trying to shut out the sub-zero chill of this Suddenly Very<\/em> White end-of-February. You’re bundled in thick socks, slippers, flannel PJs, and a snuggly\u00a0robe, realizing that you really should take a shower and get on with the day\u2014but you can’t.<\/p>\n

You
\ncan
\nnot.<\/span><\/p>\n

Like any knitter, you’re used to “just one more row” but now you’re struggling\u00a0with “just one more page”\u2014a feeling you haven’t had in a long while. But you’re reading an advance copy of Rachael Heron’s latest book, Splinters of Light\u00a0<\/i>and now you’re at that ‘can’t put it down’ stage. You wish for an audiobook because you’d really like to have Nora and Ellie and Mariana and Harrison and Paul in your ears (in your head… in\u00a0you<\/em>) for just\u00a0a\u00a0bit longer and the day is pulling you away from your book cocoon and you don’t want to go but…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n