My husband had to buy a couple of books recently and well I wasn’t going to be left out of that book order so I treated myself to a few mysteries. Today our box arrived and here are the books I got:

• Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill. I know there are a bunch of you who liked this one right? I am pretty sure Andi and Les in NE are two who encouraged me to put this one on my TBR list.
• Blind Justice by Bruce Alexander. I love historical mysteries and Gavin recently recommended this one so I couldn’t pass up on it.
• When Gods Die by C.S. Harris. I really liked the first book in the series (I still need to blog about it!) so I had to get the second one and see what happens next.
• The Wrong Kind of Blood by Declan Hughes. Someone in my mystery book group recommended this author. Anyone else read this book?

We’ve got a night of stormy weather so maybe I should curl up with one of these thrilling books.

I managed to forget to take my camera to bookbinding class again so no pictures of my books in progress (I have two different books in the making) but instead I’ll show you what I’ve been doing lately:

See all of these stacks? These are Beaded Journals that I’m working on for a bookbinding order! I need to have 40 ready in the next few weeks so lately I’ve been cutting paper, sewing, and glueing up boards. It can be a bit tiring but it’s so much fun to come up with color combos, choose paper and just do something I really enjoy.

So now you know that I’m not just being a lady of leisure around here. ha,ha…

Moving on, I did finish Evening is the Whole Day by Preeta Samarasan. This was a tough book for me to get through. I found the descriptions lush and beautiful but I kept thinking the story was going nowhere. As this was an ARC, I’d love to pass it on to someone who is interested in it and perhaps you’ll enjoy it more than me. So if you’d like to read this, leave me a comment and I’ll draw a name by Friday.