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It has been months since I talked about books. It doesn’t appear that I have read as much as usual, and I think I have forgotten to review a few that I did read in that time. One book took over a month to finish due to its length. Then, during the hurricane aftermath, I had nothing new to read as I had finished the books checked out of the library, and the plan was to take them back on that Saturday and pick up more. But, it was another 3 weeks before I could do that, so I ...

Welcome to the newest Season of the Book Report. I have three interviews lined up for May and June. First is Barbara Emodi talking about the latest in her Crafting for Murder Series, Crafting with Slander. Available through C&T Publishing paperback is $14.99, ebook is $11.99. This delightful series, set in Gaspers Cove features a… Continue reading The Book Report – Crafting with Slander Barbara Emodi

Moving to Daylight Savings Time has put a real crimp in my reading time. Now it is an hour later when the sun is coming up, so I don’t have that quiet hour I like to have in order to read while having my morning coffee. So, the fiction reviews may be a little thin this month, but I’ll make up for that with some great new publications I just got in ebook form from C&T, also available in print versions. Links to Amazon for the fiction titles, and C&T Publishing for the quilting and stitchery ...

A short story containing metaphors.

The road is a highway, an interstate. There are exits for food and gas. Overpasses, underpasses, cloverleafs, occasional knots of concrete, marvels of modern engineering. There are lots of other traffic; everyone uses the road. Sometimes I’m the driver, sometimes I ride shotgun. I’ve even hitchhiked a few times. I’ve been in at least 40 vehicles, some for years, some for just a night.

I’ve made wrong turns and hit dead ends. I’ve narrowly survived fiery crashes. I’ve suffered breakdowns, flat tires, and run out of gas. I’ve ...

Reading fiction, and playing with project books is fun when the weather turns chilly. Cooler days mean wearing cozy sweaters, bowls of hot soup, a crackling fire, and a good book. I like reading fiction books set in the fall season at this time. It is also a good time to look at project books and plan something fun for the holidays or gifts. For Autumn Jubilee this year, I have two recent reads that you will enjoy. Then, I’ll show you some of my bookshelf and maybe give you an idea or two to learn something new.

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It seems like it has been forever since we had a nice Sunday chat, so settle in for a long post today. I got more done on the Safelight quilts, and delivered three of them to the guild meeting this past week. I’ll show you the finish on the rainbow quilt this week. Early mornings have been chilly, and I like the quiet of that time of day. Just after dawn on this day, the fog was settled in the valleys between the ridges. I took a moment to just breathe and enjoy the scene, while my new coffee ...

Once again, it has been a month of good and not-so-much books. These days I am trying to concentrate on ones I’ve been looking for that had good reviews, along with some recently published to keep up with the times. But sometimes a book with good reviews and lots of stars isn’t for me, and I don’t rate it as highly as others. Still, it is someplace to start with all the books available. Library holds for the recently published ones are taking a while, as I usually am far down a long list. Others I either ...

Another eclectic month of reading fiction and non-fiction. I am working my way through a long reading list that I’ve had for several years. Up first, a very difficult to find book by one of my favorite authors, Liz Trenow. I loved it, and should have just ordered one on Amazon years ago instead of looking for copies in used book stores.

The Hidden Thread by Liz Trenow – Difficult to put down, this book has compelling writing and a very interesting storyline set in the 1760s silk trade. Based in actual events surrounding the silk riots in England along ...

This month was a mixed bag of really, really good, and really disappointing. I found two books that I enjoyed more than anything I have read in quite some time, both with a psychological aspect that made the stories fascinating and difficult to put down. So, let me begin with the not so great and work up to the must-reads. Then I’ll show you the some fun quilting books using precuts from C&T Publishing. Amazon links are provided for the fiction novels so you can read the story synopsis from the publisher.

First, Maeve Binchy’s last published ...