Just finished The Time Machine

Well, I've had a mild case of the flu for several days. Since I feel lousy, I've been reading and missed "steampunk Sunday". I'll make up for it later this week, or next weekend for sure.

My last post said what my reading plans were, but I changed my mind. Instead I downloaded and read H.G. Wells', The Time Machine. It wasn't at all what I expected but I really liked it. The notion of time travel must have been a real stretch of the imagination for the Victorian readers. Really, I can hardly grasp the concept either. Oh well- my next book, naturally, is Morlock Night.

Oh yeah- guess I need to dust off my html skills or all my paragraphs run together into one large blob. Oops!

Just finished 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

In my year of Steampunk, I decided to start my reading adventure with what are considered to be classics of the genre. I choose the Jules Verne book, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. For a Victorian-era novel, it was a pretty easy read. It was way-too-heavy on the flora & fauna descriptions for my taste; I admit to skipping over them and skimming to the action scenes. It must have been a fantastic read 100 years ago and I did enjoy it, though the ending was rather too abrupt. As an interesting 21st century twist- I downloaded this book onto my phone and read it anytime I had a little spare time. Wow, what a great way to get more reading done! After I finish editing my sister's edit/rewrite of the first 19th century vampire book, "Varney the Vampire part 2", I'll choose my next Steampunk book. I've already downloaded copies of "Around the world in 80 days" and "a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", And I just saw that "Morlock Nights by K.W. Jeeter has been reprinted, so I'll be picking up a copy of that somewhere too.

Steampunk Sunday #1

This is my first Steampunk Sunday entry on this blog; I hope makes it all the way thru the year. My personal new year's resolution was simply to focus my attention on all things steampunk. So when I have spare time I'll be exploring as many facets of the genre that I can. Steampunk Sunday is my year-long gift to myself... a gift of time for guilt-free creating. This year, there will be a common theme in my projects, a Steampunk influence. My ultimate goal is to add some "steam" to my boring jeans & tee-shirt wardrobe. Since it's almost 11 pm, I decided to start the actual blog instead of completing the 1st project. I don't have any pictures of what I've done so far. Maybe you've seen it online- it's the Steampunk Cogs crocheted necklace. If I'm able to edit this post later, I'll add pictures as well as the proper link to the blog where I found the instructions. The seven cogs are finished and waiting to be stitched together later this week. The original instructions were vague about thread and hook size. I used what was handy today- DMC blue #3 Pearl Cotton (not what I had in mind but perfection wasn't the goal today.) They worked up easily; great job with your instructions, Severina! Gotta admit though, now I remember why I hated Irish crochet... picots are a nightmare. After the 3rd cog my fingers started to cramp up, but by pacing myself, I finished the rest. Off to bed now, congratulating myself on a journey well started!