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My Favorite Books of 2014
Someone once asked me how many books I read per year. I had no idea, I know it seems like a lot. It got me thinking. A book a week? Two books a week? Sometimes it takes me a month to read one … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Finishes
Tagged amazon, Best book of the Year, books, favorite books, Goodreads, reading, reading challenge, top books 2014, year end review
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Best Book of 2014
“Everything I Never Told You,” the début novel by author Celeste Ng, tells of the tragedy that strikes the Lee family when their 16-year-old daughter Lydia goes missing one morning. The author effortlessly weaves in the back story of the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reading
Tagged amazon, best book 2014, Best book of the Year, book, book club, book review, celeste ng, Everything I Never Told You, family dramas, favorite books, reading
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier My rating: 4 of 5 stars Enjoyable historical novel. The main character is a servant in the house of the 17th-century Dutch master, Johannes Vermeer, and is used as the model for … Continue reading
Some would think I became French when I married…
Reminiscent of Peter Mayle’s A Year in Provence, Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris by Sarah Turnbull was an enjoyable read. When asked how she came up with the book’s provocative title, she said – “It’s tongue-in-cheek. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reading, Travel
Tagged Almost French, books, Eiffel Tower, Paris, Peter Mayle, reading, Sarah Turnbull
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There is a reason for everything
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.” <<< That’s a … Continue reading
Making Progress
Last week I was kicking myself because in the middle of a project I ran out of natural colored quilting thread. Who runs out of such a basic item, one I use constantly. Seriously. I tore the house apart looking … Continue reading
Posted in fabric, Reading, Sewing, Uncategorized, WIP
Tagged baby, cording, crib bumpers, diy, girl, Modern Patchwork magazine, nursery, premier prints, reading, sewing
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Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?
Listening to The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving written by Jonathan Evison, read by award-winning narrator Jeff Woodman. A thirty something guy is at his rope’s end, running out of money, no career path or employment history, to speak of, decides … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fabric Tuesday, Quilting, Reading, Sewing, WIP
Tagged "fundraiser quilt", batting, books, hand quilting, hobbs heirloom, marking, Oakshott, reading, revised fundamentals of caregiving, trees, wool
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Quilting is paused…
as I play with my very first Liberty of London, tana lawn, yardage! This one is called Multi Flowers 0025a, over at Purl Soho, where I picked it out. They have a beautiful selection and they are also one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crafting, fabric, Fabric Tuesday, Reading, Sewing, Tutorial, Watcha reading, WIP
Tagged "Buddha in the Attic", "Julie Otsuka", books, clothing, coaster, liberty of london tana lawn, reading, sewing, tutorial, valentine, when the emperor was divine
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