Books and underwear

First the books I have to tell you about, both MG (yes, I read all over the place):

If you like ghosts and hauntings and all the contraptions needed for avoiding them, this is the book for you: Eleanor, Alice, and the Roosevelt Ghosts by Dianne K. Salerni. Here you will find Eleanor Roosevelt as a young girl, living with her cheap-ass grandmother and a ghost that climbs the stairs every day at the same time. This ghost is not to be feared, however, because as he's an 'unaware.' Unaware ghosts do not understand that they are dead and generally don't interact with the living. Friendly ghosts interact with the living in harmless ways. And then there are vengeful ghosts...

Needless to say that is exactly the kind of ghost that erupts at Eleanor's aunt's house where Alice has come to visit, and soon the two girls, at odds to start, will have to join forces before the ghost does more than stack chairs on the dining room table.

I LOVED this book and all the ghostly things in it, like the Manhattan Ghost Diagnostics Guild, The New York Supernatural Registry, the different types of ghosts, and the ghostly advertisements, like for the Edison Lamp: Get out fast and get out safely!

In A Wizards Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher a young wizard named Mona has only the power of sourdough. And yet, she manages to save an entire city. How does she do it? Well, you'll have to read to find out but I will say it involves gingerbread men, a thief, and Bob (the immense blob of sourdough Mona keeps in the basement. And fyi, Bob is in the basement for a good reason...). I adored this book so much! I loved Mona and her sassy attitude and her love of baking. Bob was pretty cool, too :) 

 

Now to discuss (briefly, pun intended) Underwear. Most of us wear them but I'd be willing to wager that I'm not the only one who has a hard time finding a decent pair of underwear. Here's what I want: bikini style, fun colors or patterns, 100% cotton, and NO RIDE UP!!! Is that really so hard?

Last but not least, Wednesday Art -

 

A bookmark that took a rather long time. I used pen (micron black .005) , white Gelly Roll, watercolor, and colored pencil. It measures approximately 2.5" x 6" - I'm guessing but it's basically bookmark size, maybe a little shorter and wider. Anyway. It took so long because I had to plot out the spaces evenly, which required a ruler and lots of measuring. Nevertheless, I'm pretty happy with the way it came out and am thinking of doing a larger version to matte and frame. Wednesday is art day so we'll see...

 

Have a happy week with as little stress as possible.