It's Monday! What are you reading, watching and listening to?

I finally finished all 500 some pages of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire...wonderful!

and last night I watched the movie of the 2nd book;  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.....the movie was excellent!
My next fiction book is this one which I have already started reading..............to go along with the Hotel of Bees KAL which I have not worked on all week.....too much outside work to do when the sun shines and when it rains I check for leaks in the roof and put bowls out! LOL!

 For my non-fiction I am reading this book which I have had for quite a while......probably when I had my little farm...............


I also got 'treasures' in the mail this week!  From Thriftbooks....books that have been on my list for awhile and they are all non-fiction...........it's time to start thinking about...........

Yes, that's right.....Christmas!   Here's another one I've had my eyes on for a while............

and what about this one?

 Plus, this one has been on my list since it was first published but used is so much less expensive!  This is a really thick book too.....like about 3 inches!  Probably another 500 pager at least!

I found a copy of the pattern book that has the Karma Throw that I want to make.  Joyce of Ruby Moss Cottage podcast has made it and it is gorgeous!  But from the looks of it...it will be a challenge! It has intarsia although I have done crochet intarsia....remember my Hooky pillow?  So, I think I can handle it but there are some instructions I do not understand.  Maybe Joyce can straighten me out.
If I was in a store I doubt if I would even give a second look to this pattern book as it seems pretty 'blah' ...........

but tucked inside the pages is this glorious throw/shawl....it is about 18 inches wide and over 5 feet long!  It will cost a fortune so I can't order the yarn all at once....I'll just have to take my chances.  They don't even make the yarn that this was originally made from but I found a yarn substitute website that is giving me some  options.  Ravelry has had some KALs with this in the past so I am reading over all their notes too. 

I am on Exodus chapter 30 in the New Living Translation Bible and I've been listening to Pastor Rick Warren's Daily Hope podcast.  Other than that just the alternative media news and a few weekly knitting podcasts such as The Grocery Girls!
Tonight after supper I am curling up in bed with my new 'treasures' and devouring them!  Ahhhh.......bliss...a cup of tea and thee!
Happy Trails!