December Reading Challenge: Ghosts of Authors Past A new month means a new reading challenge...and it is our last one for 2022! This month the challenge is: Ghosts of Authors Past Which means…choose a book that was written by an author who is no longer living. This allows for SOOOOO MANY amazing options! Anything from Charles Dickens to Maya Angelou to F. Scott Fitzgerald to Beverly Cleary to Joan Didion....there are so many choices. In the next few days I will post a ... View the Post
November Reading Challenge: Stories to Stitch By
November Reading Challenge: Stories to Stitch By This month our challenge is to read something that "everyone" has read...except for you. And you should join us this month....everybody's doing it! :) For this challenge everyone will have a different list. As for me, here are a few books that I always hear people talking about...but I haven't ever read: So...have you read any of those? Were they worth the read? ****** Now that we have ... View the Post
November Reading Challenge: Everyone Has Read It…But You
November Reading Challenge: Everyone Has Read It...But You A new month means a new reading challenge! This month the challenge is: Everyone Has Read It...But You. Which means...choose a book that "everyone" has read except for you. This will be different for everyone. For me...here are a few books I haven't read but I feel like everyone else has: "The Midnight Library" "Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightening Thief" "Water for Elephants" "The ... View the Post
October Reading Challenge: Stories to Stitch By
October Reading Challenge: Stories to Stitch By This month our challenge is: Mysteries and Thrillers! A perfect challenge for the spooky season! I have to admit that I LOVE reading mysteries and thrillers all year round. They are some of my favorite reads. Here are a few that I've enjoyed so far this year: Murder on the Orient Express is classic mystery. It is a quick read and quintessential Agatha Christie. I only picked up this book because the one I ... View the Post
October Reading Challenge: Mystery/Thriller
October Reading Challenge: Mystery/Thriller A new month means a new reading challenge! This month the challenge is: Mystery/Thriller Which means…simply choose a mystery or thriller to read....which is awesome since it is spooky season!!!! I LOVE the spooky season SO MUCH!!! In the next few days I will post a list of book recommendations along with some quilt pattern choices that correlate to our challenge of the month. And I have loads of favorite recommendations to ... View the Post
September Reading Challenge: Stories to Stitch By
September Reading Challenge: Stories to Stitch By This month our challenge is: "Should Have Read in School"....which means choose a book that students read in their junior high or high school classes but somehow you never read. Like what books might those be? Here are some of the books that were on my reading lists in school: And here is a book that my daughter and I have been reading together this week from her current reading list: So ... View the Post