A big shout out to Ginny, who hosts Yarn Along every week on her blog, Small Things.
I am still working steadily on my Fiona for soon to arrive, grandbebe #3, Rosie. I have finished the back and am now ready to start working on the front! I am pretty pleased with how it turning out and I have been browsing some different bootie (mary jane type) patterns to make a matching pair.
I have two books going --even though you only really see one in this photo. One book is on my Kindle which you see peaking out from under Fiona. The first is The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice--and yes, I have been reading this book since January. It isn't that I don't like it--I think I have reading ADHD and keep getting distracted by other newer books. So, I will keep reading away on this one when the fancy takes me--the plot is pretty slow so it is an easy one to put down and pick up again later.
The book which has really captured me this week is a Galley I received from the publisher, Harliquen MIRA. (my Kindle version does not include this pretty little cover because it is just a galley)
It is set to be released on May 28th and is written by two authors, Suzanne Hayes and Loretta Nyhan. It is an epistolary novel, and consists of letters written by two women, who are alone waiting for loved ones who are fighting far away during WWII. One of them is a young wealthy woman, and the other an older (my age!) woman who has a son and a husband away off fighting. One lives in Massachusetts and one lives in Iowa. This book will be getting a very favorable review from me--well unless it all falls apart here in the last 1/3 of the story. Be sure to put it on your reading list for May!
Now I must run and put this soup together in my crockpot--yes, I feel the need to feed my family even when I am sick...:) I suppose if you wanted some meat in this soup, you could easily throw in some chicken too.
Until later......
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I really hope you feel better soon Kim, its not good feeling under the weather and we still do our normal household chores even then so I hope your soup is warming and comforting. Fiona is coming along nicely now and will look gorgeous with matching booties for your new grandie. I gave up on the book earlier today, I'd reached 100 + pages and could face no more. I didn't read the reviews on Amazon as it was a book I got out from the library and I'm so glad I didn't waste money on it !! I find it really hard to give up on a book but this I just couldn't bear and have now moved onto The Dovekeepers and this I'm liking a lot more but more on that on Monday when I do my book review lol. Take care.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're able to read and knit. Get well soon.
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