Author: Jennifer Chiaverini Publisher: Penguin, 2012 Genre: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel Rating: B+ I’ve only read one book in the Elm Creek Quilts series, and that was a long time ago when I actually did some quilting. When I saw the connection to Sonoma County California, I decided I wanted to reconnect with the [...]
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Hi! My name is Margot. My blog is about the things I love to do. That could be what I'm reading, places we visit, my family, food, or whatever else is happening. I hope you'll stay and visit a while.
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In 2010 I read a charming book by Jean Davies Okimoto, The Love Ceiling. (Click the title for my review.) It was filled with characters who came to life and made me care about them. I still think of them from time to time. I hated it when the book ended. It was set in [...] Author: Lisa Lutz Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2007 Genre: Mystery My Rating: B+ Summary (from the author’s website): Isabel Spellman, the uncompromising—okay, obstinate—twenty-eight year-old San Francisco private eye in Lisa Lutz’s riotous debut novel, THE SPELLMAN FILES has her share of problems. And those problems all happen to be named Spellman.Her parents, Albert and Olivia, [...] Full Title: The Western Lit Survival Kit: An Irreverent Guide to the Classics, from Homer to Faulkner Author: Sandra Newman Publisher: Gotham, January 3, 2012 Genre: Nonfiction Back when I was in college one of the graduation requirements was a two-semester course called Survey of Western Civilization. Although it was challenging, it remains one of [...] Author: Ira Wagler Publisher: Tyndale House, 2011 Genre: Nonfiction/Memoir My Rating: B+ It’s my opinion that most of us who read books featuring the Amish are fascinated by the simple and wholesome life-style. While living in Indiana I passed their farms and buggies and shopped with them at quilt and fabric stores. I have no [...] |
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