Catching Up

I had a wonderful day out with one of my girlfriends on Saturday. We shared lots of laughter, ate yummy food, did a bit of shopping and even got to see Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day.

I loved the book and the movie didn’t disappoint. It was so cute, and sure there were some notable differences between book and movie, but I think the film captured the spirit of the book. I highly recommend both book and film.

On the bookish front, I was gifted with a signed copy of Clare Dunkle’s latest book, The Sky Inside. Here’s a blurb on the book: Every year a new generation of genetically-engineered children is shipped out to meet their parents. Every spring the residents of his town take down the snow they’ve stuck to their windows and put up flowers. Every morning his family gathers around their television and votes, like everyone else, for whatever matter of national importance the president has on the table. Today, it is the color of his drapes. It’s business as usual under the protective dome of suburb HM1. And it’s all about to come crashing down.

That sounds good doesn’t it? I may have to include this one for my Once Upon a Time Challenge reads.

If that wasn’t enough, I also won a book from Joy! Thank you Joy.
So a lot of fun but now it’s back to work on my beaded journals. I spent quite a bit of time sewing today so now I think I’m going to go curl up with one of my books. I’m in the middle of a couple of great books but I’ll tell you more about those tomorrow.

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Friday Night

We just got back from hanging out at the bookstore. I skimmed a couple of magazines (Creating Keepsakes and Somerset Studio) but my mind kept wandering. I’ve been thinking about the journals I still have to make and trying to come up with some color combos.

Anyway, wanted to announce the winner of the book drawing for Evening is the Whole Day by Preeta Samarasan — Tanabata you got it! Send me an email with your address and I’ll get the book to you.

Going to make this a short post because I want to get some reading done today – finally. Tomorrow I’m spending the day with one of my best friends. We are going out for a day of fun. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

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Box of Books

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.

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