I'm frantically trying

to catch up with reviews of books 

read before January 1, 2013.  

Not that it makes any difference to anyone but me,

 but I had wanted to get them all done in December, 

and of course, that didn't happen.

For several reasons, I read fewer books in 2012 than usual.  

One big reason has to do with my obsession 

with Korean Drama on Hulu and Drama Fever. 

 Instead of reading for several hours after dinner, 

I would retreat upstairs 

and watch K Drama while embroidering

 or working on eccentric figures. 

 The result: fewer books, but more craft.

 I made book dolls, Halloween figures-witches,
ghosts, and black cats,
strange eccentrics with wire hair
and watch parts and Monopoly pieces,
prim Santas and mice and sheep; 

prayer flags, small encrusted pieces, 

a very few Alzheimer's art quilts,

 a boro jacket, a slow cloth embroidered shirt 

which is still in progress and probably will be forever.

cloth and clay Santa, muslin sheep

clay and glittered snowman in egg cup

tiny muslin primitive Santa in wool coat and cap

prim muslin snowman on old bobbin

muslin mice dressed in left over scraps from other projects

Another clay snow man, mounted on old bobbin, but I painted this bobbin

trio of witches, one on a "wheelie" broom stick

tiny clay figures on papier mache box covered with book pages
Oh, I love glitter!

altered baby doll made this year and witch made last year

clay Baker's Man on vintage eggbeater; crow from Michael's

Slow cloth embroidery on Fee's old shirt that I've been working on forever
and will probably never finish.

That is just a portion of what occupied me from Oct. - Dec.,

all the while watching my Korean shows.

Can't complain--
the sewing and sculpting gave me an excuse 
to indulge in a myriad of Korean saegeuk, 
comedy, mystery, and mythic adaptations.
Or the other way around.

I am, after all of the holidays,
the company, the celebrating, the friends and family,
the general business, and the clean-up,
now back in a full reading mode.
Indulging in print this week.

And reviewing.
I've decided to do more grouping
of two or three books per post
when there is a common theme.
That should help.

Best Wishes 
for 2013!