Okay, I need your opinion. Look on the right side of the page, down below the tagboard. Yeah, I now have an association with Amazon. Tell me honestly, if you would - do you think it's tacky to have this here, or will it be a public service to have these book recommendations? I'm irritated about the other non-relevant ads that Amazon is occasionally throwing in, but if you get those just click the refresh button and that usually gets rid of them. The books change too.

I really do like books. Although I just chose the topics and I'm not directly controlling which individual titles are being displayed, I'm happy with these selections. I have some of them, and I've read even more of them. The Kids Knitting book is really terrific, and so is anything by Elizabeth Zimmerman. Also, I just finished Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy. I have the Charles Archer translation, and I get the impression that he mostly chose English words that sound close to the Norwegian when possible (such as "I trow" which resembles "jeg tror"), and although it sounds a bit strange and archaeic, I like it because it reminds me to think of what the original Norwegian words might be. I'd love to actually read it in Norwegian. Anyway, Tiina Nunnally has new translations of many of Sigrid Undset's works, and Tiina's are written in an English that is more modern and more natural sounding. Some people prefer these new translations. Another book that I have is East O' The Sun And West O' The Moon. Especially if you like fairy tales and folk stories, these are great. A lot of them have to do with spinning too.

If anyone feels like sending me presents for any reason, I sure wouldn't complain about getting some of these books. Hint, hint. Would you like to discuss books? I'd like to hear your opinions too.