Category: Books
Happy New Year! It's time to go through my very best books of 2022. I hope you enjoy my book reviews, because I am devoting the first three posts of 2023 to re-capping my favorites! I read 130 books this year. More than half were digital (on my Kindle), about one-third were hardback books, and […]
Well, we got started on our Christmas present wrapping. How novel, not to wait until the last minute. In the past, we have always wrapped gifts in our master bedroom, which created chaos and left the room a total disaster for days on end. I do not know why we never thought to set up […]
This weekend I felt a bit like the kid in the movie Home Alone. My husband, daughter, and granddaughter all went to Disneyland without me. Actually, Sara had planned to drive down alone to the park in Southern California with Eva, but my husband decided that wasn't a great idea. He offered to drive them […]
Grab your afghan, light a candle, and make yourself a cup of tea. We are going to talk about books to read this fall. There is nothing like the change of seasons to make me want to read a book that is in keeping with it. This fall I am going to try something really […]
We are making some changes in my father's domestic arrangements that we hope will make things more comfortable and accessible for him. We have set up a television in his bedroom for one thing. Along with a comfortable armchair. One of my sisters ordered a smaller "adjustable bed" for him. He can raise the head […]
My husband and I attended the movie "Where the Crawdads Sing" yesterday at our local movie theater. And you know what? It was pretty great. I have to say, the movie version was 95% true to the book version, which is rare. The main thing I noticed was that the movie was perfectly cast. Almost […]
I am in the middle of these two wonderful books right now. Usually I don't read two physical books at a time, but I had started The Bodyguard by Katherine Center and just picked up Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt just to see what all the raving was about, and was hooked. Remarkably […]
My plan for the day is to finish up the Midnight Moon sew-along blocks. I believe to get caught up and finish, I need to make four blocks. I can listen to book review podcasts or my audio book and chill out. I am listening to a book by Janelle Brown called "I'll Be You" […]
Here we go, May book reviews continued! Have I ever got some good ones for you. The Change by Kirsten Miller is a feminist revenge fantasy, not a favorite genre for me. I recently read another book with this theme called The Collective by Alison Gaylin, which I pretty much hated. The Change was a […]
May was a big reading month for me. I read 14 books for the most part. I quit reading 3 of them about halfway through though. So 11 books in full. Out of those 11 that I finished 7 were hardback books, 3 were audiobooks, and 1 was on my Kindle. The 3 I DNFd […]
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Hello, I’m Nicole, an enthusiastic quilter and fabric lover. This blog is mainly about my quilting journey, but I share some of my other interests as well, which include reading, cooking, decorating, lifestyle, and my family. When I am not quilting, I am reading, and will share monthly book reviews in this space. I love to hear back from my followers and enjoy getting to know you.
