tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-190779802024-03-07T04:39:40.637-07:00Yarns~From Books,Needles,and Hooks~Poochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02574939007869525677noreply@blogger.comBlogger1061125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19077980.post-69076797293456174022014-08-15T19:35:00.000-06:002014-08-15T19:52:35.484-06:00Suzon Shawl -- Finito<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I finished my "Suzon Shawl" a couple of weeks ago and am quite satisfied with it. I blogged about it <a href="http://yarnknitreadlit.blogspot.com/2014/06/suzon-shawl-in-silk.html" target="_blank">here</a> .<br />
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I finished the shawl with my favorite edging. Details are <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Pooch/suzon-shawl">here.</a> This is the first shawl I've made for myself. I look forward to wrapping up in it with a good book when cooler arrives, though I'm not in a hurry to do that!! Lovin' summer and green, green, green.<br />
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I sent 10 wash cloths and 10 bars of soap to the Batesland School on the Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation in SD. If you are interested in charity knitting, visit <a href="http://www.givingartfully.com/" target="_blank">Giving Artfully</a> for a list of charities that may draw your interest. There is a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/groups/giving-artfully" target="_blank">Ravelry Group</a>, as well.</div>
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Poochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02574939007869525677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19077980.post-57440077151038952422014-08-01T12:04:00.000-06:002014-08-02T00:05:39.915-06:00Chèche à la sauce Shawl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It looks like a sweet little frilly shawl for someone in a nursing home, so I added ties to help keep the shawl in the right position. It's rather frilly and fussy, but I know someone will be blessed by it. I made it for the Prayer Shawl Ministry at our church using the "Chèche à la sauce" pattern available <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Pooch/cheche-a-la-sauce" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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The shawl is crocheted using Aran yarn and a size H crochet hook. While I'm not crazy about this yarn for this project and think the pattern would be prettier in a different yarn, I had to use acrylic for this ministry project. I changed the border, added picot edging, and made the shawl longer than the pattern directions. It is a quickie project that I completed in less than a week.<br />
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<br />Poochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02574939007869525677noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19077980.post-35428156601215321612014-07-22T14:02:00.000-06:002014-07-22T14:54:32.577-06:00The Silkworm<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Someone bloody famous," said the hoarse voice on the end of the line, "better've died, Strike."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The large unshaven man tramping through the darkness of predawn, with his telephone clamped to his ear, grinned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It's in that ballpark."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It's six o'clock in the (expletive) morning!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It's half past, but if you want what I've got, you'll need to come and get it," said Cormoran Strike. "I'm not far away from your place. There's a —"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"How'd you know where I live?" demanded the voice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You told me," said Strike, stifling a yawn. "You're selling your flat."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oh," said the other, mollified. "Good memory."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"There's a twenty-four-hour caff—"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"(Expletive) that. Come into the office later—"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Culpepper, I've got another client this morning, he pays better than you do and I've been up all night. You need this now if you're going to use it."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A groan. Strike could hear the rustling of sheets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It had better be (expletive)-hot."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Smithfield Café on Long Lane," said Strike and rang off</span><em>.</em><br />
― <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/383606.Robert_Galbraith">Robert Galbraith</a>, <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/25639104">The Silkworm</a></i><br />
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<em>I haven't read Harry Potter, but I certainly enjoy J. K. Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith. <u>The Cuckoo's Calling</u> is the first in this series, a book that completely absorbed me. The reviews about this second book in the series are even more glowing. Books to enjoy!</em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Hard to remember these days that there was a time you had to wait for the ink and paper reviews to see your work excoriated. With the invention of the internet, any subliterate cretin can be Michiko Kakutani.”</span> <br />― <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/383606.Robert_Galbraith">Robert Galbraith</a>, <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/25639104">The Silkworm</a></i></div>
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These squares are my "off the grid" knitting project. I knit these when I want a break from another project, when I'm at Coors Field watching the <a href="http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/" target="_blank">Rockies</a>, when I'm at the lake and relaxing on the boat. They are for <a href="http://www.knitrowan.com/designs-and-patterns/patterns/pure-wool-worsted-mystery-afghan-knit-long-week-10-making" target="_blank">this afghan</a> which I plan to make as a smaller throw.<br />
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True to form, I wandered off from the pattern and am using various designs for the squares including, of course, some from the pattern. This color of light brown-gray is truer than in the first picture, although it is still a bit too dark.<br />
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This is as far as I've gotten with color selections for this neutral palette--cream and beigey-ness. I'm thinking of adding one or two more colors, but can't settle on anything. Tried a couple of shades of gray--nope, nope, nope. Tried a rich <span style="color: #660000;">burgundy</span>--also, nope. Not sure about <span style="color: #38761d;">green</span>. <span style="color: #93c47d;">Muted?</span> <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Medium?</span> <span style="color: #274e13;"><strong>Rich</strong>?</span> Uh...help? </div>
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/945551190">4 of 5 stars</a><br />
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"She’d read all of Jane Austen that year—Austen was good, but when you told people you liked Pride and Prejudice, they expected you to be all sunshine and wedding veils, and Sylvia preferred the rainy moors. The Brontës weren’t afraid to let someone die of consumption, which Sylvia respected."</strong></span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Family and friends load up their baggage, in various forms, and fly off to Majorca for a two-week vacation. It's all about people sorting things out in their lives. From the teen heading off to college to the gay couple who are madly, deeply in love--the characters are fully drawn and supply a wealth of angst as well as amusement.</span><br />
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June 2008<br />
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Tim Russert is dead. But the room was alive.<br />
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You can't work it too hard at a memorial service, obviously. It's the kind of thing people notice. But the big-ticket Washington departure rite can be such a great networking opportunity. You can almost feel the ardor behind the solemn faces: lucky stampedes of power mourners, about two thousand of them, wearing out the red-carpeted aisles of the Kennedy Center."<br />
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Poochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02574939007869525677noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19077980.post-72569184098999392492014-07-02T14:32:00.000-06:002014-07-05T13:44:35.559-06:00Lydia Prayer Shawl<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My sister, who lives way across the country to the southeast of me, requested a prayer shawl for a lady who is receiving chemo for lung cancer. I feel so honored to be asked to make a shawl to bless and comfort her. The pattern is the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-lydia-shawl" target="_blank">"Lydia Shawl",</a> simple and fast yet very pretty.<br />
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To the stash! This is <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/stacy-charles-mosaic" target="_blank">S. Charles Collezione Mosaic </a>in red tweed, a discontinued yarn. It is 83% wool with polymide and acrylic. Note the very thin black threads running through the red. That thread has the colorful bits that make the tweedy part of this yarn which waited in stash since 2002 for just this project of blessing.<br />
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The teardrop shape of the center open work line is very eye-appealing made a with sc and dc pattern. It looks large in the picture, but I have quite a bit more to crochet. It's repetitive and moves along fairly quickly. <br />
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Happy Monday-Funday!! Are you reading a good book this week? I am beginning <strong>Fin & Lady </strong>by Cathleen Schine. Not sure about this one yet because I'm only a few pages into it. At this point, it seems that Lady is a zany young adult who is stepping in to take custody of her much younger half-brother when he is left an orphan.</div>
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<strong>Top 3 bookish pet peeves?</strong><br />
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<li>Unnecessary interruptions while I'm reading.</li>
<li>Having to wait for a book that I <em>really-really </em>want to read.</li>
<li>Coming to the end of a good book that has drawn me into its world.</li>
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<strong>Perfect reading spot?</strong><br />
Anywhere. Any time. My choice reading spot is on the swing on our back deck, birds chirping,<br />
and a gentle breeze rustling the leaves on the trees. Like now as I write this.<br />
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<strong>3 Bookish confessions?</strong><br />
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<li>I do not re-read books, even ones that have spoken to me deeply.</li>
<li>I write favorite passages from books, but seldom go back to my journal to read them. Maybe the act of writing the words that touch me is enough.</li>
<li>I keep a physical map on which I plot the settings of each book I read, though I do not select books by the setting. Thus far in 2014, my book settings cluster in England and on the NE coast of the USA. </li>
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<strong>When was the last time you cried during a book?</strong><br />
Years and years ago. I don't remember, really.<br />
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<strong>How many books are on your bedside table?</strong><br />
None. I don't keep books there.<br />
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<strong>What is your favorite snack to eat while reading?</strong><br />
A Diet Coke and chips. (Please don't judge me!!)<br />
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<strong>Name 3 books you’d recommend to everyone.</strong><br />
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<li>The Gamache series by Louise Penny</li>
<li><strong>The Sugar Queen </strong>by Sara Addison Allen</li>
<li><strong>The Uncommon Reader </strong>by Alan Bennett</li>
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<strong>Write how much books mean to you in 3 words</strong><br />
Lost without books.<br />
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<strong>What is your biggest reading secret?</strong><br />
I prefer books to people much of the time!<br />
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<strong>Who I’m tagging:</strong><br />
<em>YOU!</em><br />
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Poochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02574939007869525677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19077980.post-7861937664506213592014-06-27T12:56:00.000-06:002014-06-27T13:02:05.254-06:00Be Careful What You Wish For ~ Jeffrey ArcherDo you read books by <a href="http://www.jeffreyarcher.co.uk/site/blog/1" target="_blank">Jeffrey Archer</a>? I get absolutely lost in his writing--so lush, so rich, so enveloping. I am now reading <a href="http://www.jeffreyarcher.co.uk/site/node/981" target="_blank">Be Careful What You Wish For</a>, the 4th book in the Clifton Chronicles series with so many twists and turns that I have to pause and take a deep breath every now and then! Will the Barrington Company go forward with building and launching the new ship, The Buckingham? Who will have controlling shares in the Barrington Shipping Company? Does Jessica learn the identity of her biological parents? Read on. Read on!<br />
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My stash yarn came in handy for this project. The pattern is called "Helping Hand Walker Bag" and is available at <a href="http://www.crochetme.com/media/p/112679.aspx" target="_blank">crochetme</a>. I used a G hook and WW to make a sturdy fabric to avoid as much sagging as possible. After a bad fall, a friend has to use a walker so why not add some bling? Hope she will like and use this button-on bag. The three buttons on the pocket are not functional, just some extra bling!<br />
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All of the buttons are from my mother’s button jar, possibly from the ’40s or ’50s?? This was fast and fun to make. <br />
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First sentence. First paragraph. An evocative and rather disgusting opening for this thriller also launches a new author and the Jeremy Fisk series about New York City's joint task force on terrorism. I haven't read a thriller in a while and am tip-toeing through this one, ready to slam the book shut on any sickening violence. So far, so good.<br />
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Hardback books, especially thick ones, are my all-time favorite reading format. I like turning the pages, seeing them stack one upon the other from right to left as I travel through the words and commas and periods.<br />
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It's time to pull out the Rowan Summer Tweed <em>again</em> for yet another<em> </em>project. After a couple of <a href="http://yarnknitreadlit.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-are-you-reading-what-are-you.html" target="_blank">incarnations</a>, said yarn is becoming <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Pooch/suzon-shawl" target="_blank">a beautiful summer shawl</a>. Luscious to knit, Rowan Summer Tweed is 70% silk/30% cotton and feels a bit stiff at first. It softens as I knit and transforms into this lovely shawl. The cream and nutty brown colors are Summer Tweed combined with the soft green and purple stash yarns for the stripes. </div>
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I loved this pattern from the first moment I saw it! It is knit from the neck down is alternating sections of stockinette stripes and a simple lace pattern. The sizing can be adjusted by the yarn weight and needle size that you choose. This WW and size nine needles is yielding a nice shawl size, but would probably be too heavy for a neck kerchief. It would be lovely with DK and a smaller needle size. The pattern pictures show gorgeous striping with variegated yarn. I wanted to use only stash yarn and didn't have suitable yarn in variegated so my stripes are solid colors in cream, soft green, and purple. The pattern is the<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/suzon-shawl" target="_blank"> "Suzon Shawl" by Cecile Berne.</a></div>
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<strong>Be Careful What You Wish For </strong>by Jeffrey Archer</div>
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<strong>I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You </strong>by Courtney Maum</div>
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<strong>This Town </strong>by Mark Leibovich</div>
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<strong>The Vacationers </strong>by Emma Straub</div>
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<strong>The Storied Life of A. J. Fickry </strong>by Gabrielle Devin</div>
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<strong>Lost Lake </strong>by Sarah Addison Allen</div>
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<strong>The Long Way Home </strong>by Louise Penny</div>
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<strong>China Dolls </strong>by Lisa See</div>
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Poochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02574939007869525677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19077980.post-89643489120961459072014-06-13T17:52:00.000-06:002014-06-13T17:52:12.286-06:00Flight Behavior ---<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13438524-flight-behavior" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Flight Behavior" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1352212134m/13438524.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13438524-flight-behavior">Flight Behavior</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3541.Barbara_Kingsolver">Barbara Kingsolver</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/603328414">2 of 5 stars</a><br />
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Sadly,this was not a book for me. The atmosphere was heavy, the characters were heavy, and the setting was less than attractive. There were brilliant descriptions of butterflies and mud and despair which wore thin for this reader. <br />
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<li><strong>Latte Trouble</strong> (Coffee House Mystery #3) by Cleo Coyle 3/5</li>
<li><strong>Framed in Lace</strong> (Needlecraft Mystery #2) by Monica Ferris 4/5</li>
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<li><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>A Stitch in Time</strong> <span class="darkGreyText">(A Needlecraft Mystery, #3) by Monica Ferris</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<strong>The Language of Flowers</strong> by Vanessa Diffenbaugh</div>
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<strong>The Prodigal Daughter</strong> by Jeffrey Archer</div>
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<strong>The Kitchen House</strong> by Kathleen Grissom</div>
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<strong>The Winter Garden Mystery</strong> by Carola Dunn</div>
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<strong>The Goldfinch</strong> by Donna Tartt</div>
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<strong>A Matter of Honor</strong> by Jeffrey Archer</div>
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Poochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02574939007869525677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19077980.post-38056231432047575532014-06-03T11:48:00.000-06:002014-06-03T11:48:58.207-06:00Flight BehaviorWhen I heard Barbara Kingsolver discuss her book <u>Flight Behavior,</u> I was immediately drawn to her ideas surrounding this book. The whole notion of shifting patterns and behaviors in nature is a fascinating premise for a novel.<br />
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"...It was about thirty of them up here the Friday after Thanksgiving. I want to tell you! That's not normal, for the day after Thanksgiving. 'No, it isn't,' Valia agreed. 'People should be at the mall.' "</blockquote>
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"A certain feeling comes from throwing your good life away, and it is one part rapture. Or so it seemed for now, to a woman with flame-colored hair who marched uphill to meet her demise. Innocence was no part of this. She knew her own recklessness and marveled, really, at how one hard little flint of thrill could outweigh the pillowy, suffocating aftermath of a long disgrace."</blockquote>
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Poochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02574939007869525677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19077980.post-92162051261498444542014-06-02T14:00:00.000-06:002014-06-02T14:00:10.353-06:00Framed in Lace<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/367057.Framed_in_Lace" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Framed in Lace (A Needlecraft Mystery, #2)" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1315523543m/367057.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/367057.Framed_in_Lace">Framed in Lace</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/39464.Monica_Ferris">Monica Ferris</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/954581158">4 of 5 stars</a><br />
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A sleuthing needle-arts shop owner is the lead character in this entertaining Needlecraft Mystery series. The author skillfully threads needle craft through the story in a natural way that fits with the action and plot, a feat that is not always accomplished in some cozy series. Monica Ferris' writes with savvy use of misdirection that engages and challenges the reader. FRAMED IN LACE is an entertaining, deliciously crafted story of strength, ingenuity and needle work, of course!
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Poochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02574939007869525677noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19077980.post-12411749531736612912014-06-01T03:19:00.001-06:002014-06-03T11:54:10.635-06:00 Past Imperfect by Julian FellowesHello there! I <em>hope </em>you are there!! I have been ill and away from my blog for a month or so. I think I'm ready to get back in the swing of things. I <u>want </u>to get back in the swing of things! I've been away too long!<br />
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<strong>Naughty in Nice (</strong>Book #5, Her Royal Spyness series) by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/rhysbowenauthor" target="_blank">Rhys Bowen</a></div>
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I love Rhys Bowen. I love her leading lady in this series, Lady Georgiana Rannoch 35th in line for the British throne. Set in the 1930's, this humorous book finds our illustrious heroine in France on a mission for the Queen. She bumps into Coco Channel, the Duke of Windsor, and Wallis Simpson in a story that begs the antiquated descriptor such as "a mad-cap romp". Suspend reality and get ready to read this award winning author with smiles, giggles, and laughs. It's a good story.</div>
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<strong>Under The Wide Starry Sky</strong> by Nancy Horan</div>
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<strong>My First Ladies</strong> by Nancy Clarke</div>
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A White House florist recounts her interactions with Presidents and their wives from Carter to Obama. The book is the author's walk down memory lane after her retirement. This is a gentle read without surprises.</div>
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<strong>Past Imperfect </strong>by Julian Fellowes</div>
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Can I just say that this is my bell-ringer book of the month? Ding-ding-ding!!! A very wealthy, dying man convinces an old acquaintance to determine if he has an heir to his fortune. The task is to talk to women who may have conceived a child by him during his salad days in the "swingin' 60's". Whaaaat? I know! And, the author is <em>Julian Fellowes! </em>Magnificent story, well told.</div>
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<strong>Keeping Mum</strong> <a class="greyText" href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/81504-a-garden-society-mystery"> <span style="color: black;">(A Garden Society Mystery #3)</span></a> by Alyse Carlson</div>
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I'm just a few pages into this one, so we'll see how the story develops as Camilla provides the flowers for a fundraiser for a Senate candidate sponsored by the Roanoke Garden Society. </div>
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<em>Burning Questions</em> : Will the candidate survive the fund raiser? If not him, who will the victim be?</div>
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<strong>Flight Behavior </strong>by Barbara Kingsolver</div>
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This is a book about Henry Bushkin by Henry Bushkin because he worked for Johnny Carson. It seems he wanted to explain his side of every controversial situation that involved him and Carson. Hence, the book, which tells in lurid detail the tale of Johnny: depressive, alchoholic, adulterous, debauched, and self-indulgent. Johnny also could be philanthropic, generous, and thoughtful. How can he possibly hope that Carson would have liked this book given the author's extended writing about Johnny's inability to endure criticism? <br />
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The sad life of Johnny Carson is held up to the light by a former employee who seems to be seeking revenge. Also, he loved Johnny.
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This cute "Ski Lodge cap is a quick knit with bulky yarn and size 10.5 needles. The pattern is available <a href="http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/L32368.html" target="_blank">here</a> and would be a fantastic project for a beginning knitter.<br />
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Excellent cozy mystery. Strong story and characterization. Although I'm not a coffee drinker, the Coffee House Mystery series by Cleo Coyle has grabbed my interest. Written by a husband and wife, THROUGH THE GRINDER is a page turner. If you enjoy cozies, you'll probably want to read this series. I do.
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Chapter 1<br />
September 2009<br />
St. Louis, Missouri<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTT6jQbL6yk7z6abif10t9kDO33nOWQRmBqDMIP9eOvetQPPgG2fGS4Agy9iM3SX1Hg7POe6FV5sReKMZXU_iIyMMGfKEhvPLtaHgp-B44B7hyphenhypheneHLlegy_C1CpSzUKvlsaeP8/s1600/02Tu+firstchap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTT6jQbL6yk7z6abif10t9kDO33nOWQRmBqDMIP9eOvetQPPgG2fGS4Agy9iM3SX1Hg7POe6FV5sReKMZXU_iIyMMGfKEhvPLtaHgp-B44B7hyphenhypheneHLlegy_C1CpSzUKvlsaeP8/s1600/02Tu+firstchap.jpg" /></a>" 'The shaking started around three in the morning, and it happened that I was already awake because I'd nursed Owen at two and then, instead of going back to sleep, I'd lain there brooding about the fight I'd had at lunch with my sister, Vi. I'd driven with Owen and Rosie in the backseat to pick up Vi, and the four of us had gone to Hacienda. We'd finished eating and I was collecting Rosie's stray food from the tabletop--once I had imagined I wouldn't be the kind of mother who ordered chicken tenders for her child off the menu at a Mexican restaurant--when Vi said, 'So I have a date tomorrow.' "<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTT6jQbL6yk7z6abif10t9kDO33nOWQRmBqDMIP9eOvetQPPgG2fGS4Agy9iM3SX1Hg7POe6FV5sReKMZXU_iIyMMGfKEhvPLtaHgp-B44B7hyphenhypheneHLlegy_C1CpSzUKvlsaeP8/s1600/02Tu+firstchap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><em>I have just begun reading Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld and am interested thus far. The protagonist is a woman whose twin sister's personality is the diametrically opposite of the main character. My guess: Therein lies the story.</em><br />
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