It's Monday! What Are You Reading? #315

Each Monday, Sheila at Book Journey sponsors It's Monday! What Are You Reading. The meme that we use to share what we read this past week and what our plans are for the upcoming week. It’s a great way to see what others are reading and add to your own To Be Read list. You never know where that next great read may come from!

This week I am reading Curiosity Thrilled the Cat by Sophie Kelly. It is #1 in The Magical Cat Mystery series. I had receive #2 and #3 in a giveaway some time back. I enjoyed them so much I wanted to read the first one. So I purchased it in paperback. 

It is a fun story about a librarian in Mayville Heights Minnesota and her adopted cats and the situations that she finds herself in. 

I hope to finish this book before Wednesday morning. I will be gone from home for the rest of the week. I am traveling with my kindle, so there will be reading. I will probably start on 52 Cups of Coffee by Megan Gebhart. This is the selected read for my face to face book club for February. Megan Gebhart is a local young women. Her mom is one of the librarians at our library and her dad is an accountant at a local business. Megan was born and raised in Gillette Wyoming and now lives in California. I am looking forward to this little book. 

I am sure I will have time to start something else, but I am not sure what it will be. I am attending Road to California Quilters Conference. I have never been and am really looking forward to the time to learn and shop and look at amazing quilts. 

So until next time, 

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Review: Glory in Death by J.D.Robb

Glory in Death by J.D. Robb
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

There's been another murder!  Eve Dallas, NY Police Lieutenant, is assigned this case by her superior because she is the best. And because he trusts her to find the truth, no matter how onerous.

It is 2058, and although genetic engineering has weeded out most violent hereditary traits before they can burst forth, murder still happens.

With all the computer science that the future has to offer, Eve Dallas must still rely on her instincts, her people reading skills and her compassion. And she must trust the man who shares her bed. A man she has fought her feeling for, a man who loves her.

Wondrous Words Wednesday #215

I read this word, sibilant,  while reading the post for First Chapter First Paragraph Intros on Faith Hope and Cherrytea blog.

This is the second paragraph in the first chapter when I looked it up on Amazon.  I love the words in this paragraph, except to me the highlighted word seems odd. Am I just dense or is it whispered "sh" sounds?


"Armies of cedar and fir and hemlock marched up the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, long limbs glowing with a peculiar shade of green I'd seen only once before:  when a six-carat emerald rolled across a stainless steel examination tray in the FBI's materials analysis lab.  That gem's green facets glowed with a hue so verdant, so luscious, it whispered sibilant promises in the ears of greedy men." 

sibilant :  having, containing, or producing the sound of or a sound resembling that of the s or the sh in sash 


The next two words I found as I started reading Glory in Death by J.D. Robb. 

perfidy: the act of betraying someone or something : the state of not being loyal

"So, she discovered my perfidy, and I had her lured to a dangerous neighborhood and ordered her throat cut"

avaricious:  greedy of gain :  excessively acquisitive especially in seeking to hoard riches

"The gray cat she'd named Galahad lay like a fat slug on the arm of the chair and studied Roarke's plate with bicolored, avaricious eyes. 

I should have known this as it is similar to "avarice". 


What new or interesting words did you discover this week?



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Non Reading Challenge Spool Quilt #2

Feb 8th The spool quilt top is done. It still needs the vine border, but that will wait for another day. 

Feb 1st. Here are some of the spool blocks and the background blocks on the design wall . Only 17 more spool blocks to construct and arrange. I won't begin to sew them together until I get them all complete. Then I can rearrange for color balance. 

The sun shining through the window throws a bright spot. I WILL get it put together before the deadline!   "smile"

Jan 13th,      The quilt that is one of my challenges this year. This photo is from the designers book. Isn't it awesome???

Last Sunday my quilting group met and finalized the 2014 UFO Challenge. Then the die was rolled to find out which listed challenge would be worked on and completed by the first meeting in March. Number 2 was rolled and my #2 is to finish the top without appliqued borders of a Spool Quilt. The pattern is in the book Friendship Strips and Scraps by Edyta Sitar.

 In 2013 the group, Quilt Chicks, made and exchanged blocks of color coordinated 1.5 strips that measured 3.5 x 4.5.  Then we all were going to put them together and we each would have a quilt that was similar but not exactly like the others. Sounds great, huh?  Well, I did not get mine done. Several of the members did get theirs done. This post will be ongoing until the top is complete.

#1  Jan 12th

 All the stripped pieces are laid out on my cutting table. Most have the background strips sewed to each side. Below are two naked strip sets, one blue and one beige and to the left of these are a pink spool and a purple spool with the top and bottom pieces that make it look like a spool.

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros #215

Diane at Bibliophile By The Sea hosts this Tuesday meme as a place the share the first paragraph (or a few) of the book you are currently reading or hope to start soon. Join us to get a glimpse into what some other book lovers are reading.

Glory in Death
Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb
G.P. Putnam  1995

I .    

The dead were her business. She lived with them, worked with them, studied them. She dreamed of them. And because that didn't seem to be enough, in some deep, secret chamber of her heart, she mourned for them.

A decade as a cop had toughened her, given her a cold, clinical, and often cynical eye towards death and its many causes. It made scenes such as the one she viewed now, on a rainy night on a dark street nasty with litter, almost too usual. But still, she felt.  

This is the second in the "In Death " series by J.D.Robb. I did not think that I would ever read these book written by Nora Roberts as J.D, Robb, but after giving the first one a try, I decided to continue. Have you read these?  Or have you ever nixed an author or genre, just because and later had to "rethink"?



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What's In A Name 2015 Review: The Friday Night Knitting Club

The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Georgia Walker is a single mom and a successful yarn shop owner in New York City. Her shop Walker and Daughter has a variety of customers. Some have become very good friends, some have been friends from the very beginning. As Georgia's shop continues to grow and her pre-teen daughter decides to become the next Food Network star, some of her more quirky customers gather to form an impromptu knitting club. Then the fun begins.

This is a story of female friendship of the awesome kind. Women of all walks of life, single, widowed, married and from various backgrounds, come together to share talk, snacks and even a bit of knitting.

Kate Jacobs develops characters so that you feel like you would know these women if they knocked on your front door. You really like them. Some you wish you could shake at times, but they are great friends and really support each other.

This is the first in a series of books and I am anxious to read the next ones.


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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? #215

It's Monday is a meme sponsored by Sheila at Book Journey. Join a "zillion" other readers who share what they are reading at Sheila's blog. You'll find a new title for sure!

This week I have been reading

It had been on my list of books to read for a long time. I just happened on it while perusing the library shelves last week. Have you read this one?

 I also picked up a copy of 

I will be starting this one soon.  

These are probably all I will get read this week. I downloaded some new ones to my Kindle but I am saving them for my trip to California in 9 days. I will be attending Road to California Quilt Expo. I am really excited. This week my Bunco group meets here at my home. That means I must clean rather than just dust, and plan a menu. My face to face book club meets the 20th, then I will review The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls.

I'll check in next week

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