Father Christmas Ornaments~Cross stitching

Here, on the eve of December 1st, I've started my first 2013 Christmas Ornament.  This year I'll be stitching "Father Christmas" figures from "The Prairie Schooler Book No. 43."  It's an older book, but still a beautiful one with its rustic little figures.  I like these kind of Santas best of all.Every year I try to stitch something for my daughter and grandson for their tree.  They look forward to the ornament for their collection. ...

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Sharing Reading Habits

 This is another of those Tags from Debra's Book Café which I thought might be fun to share with you.  I don't have anything to do this morning except drink Nantucket Blend coffee and cook breakfast for my husband and myself, so it's a good time killer while I do laundry and that!  I'm just between books and looking to finish "Camille," as well, by Alexander Dumas fils.  A wonderful classic, by the way.I hope this isn't too long...

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"Longbourn" by Jo Baker~Fabulous "Downstairs!"

SUMMARY :• Pride and Prejudice was only half the story • If Elizabeth Bennet had the washing of her own petticoats, Sarah often thought, she’d most likely be a sight more careful with them. In this irresistibly imagined belowstairs answer to Pride and Prejudice, the servants take center stage. Sarah, the orphaned housemaid, spends her days scrubbing the laundry, polishing the floors, and emptying the chamber pots for the Bennet household....

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"Allegiant" by Veronica Roth~Slogging Through...

SUMMARY :What if your whole world was a lie?What if a single revelation—like a single choice—changed everything?What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected?The explosive conclusion to Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy reveals the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in Divergent and Insurgent.PARTICULARS OF THIS BOOK :Published by:  Harper Collins PublishersPages: ...

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How I Read Books

I saw a Tag running on Book Tube this weekend and thought it might be fun to answer the questions here for you today.  It was informative for me to see my favorite book tuber's answers... (Debra' Café) Maybe you'll respond on your blogs with your own.  Here are the eight questions and my answers to them:1)  How do you find out about new books to read?I look several places for new books.  I'm constantly searching on the web, mostly. ...

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"The Tenth Saint" by DJ Niko~Author Guest Post

SUMMARY :Cambridge archaeologist Sarah Weston makes an unusual discovery in the ancient Ethiopian mountain kingdom of Aksum—a sealed tomb with inscriptions in an obscure dialect. Along with her colleague, American anthropologist Daniel Madigan, she tries to identify the entombed man and translate the inscriptions. Tracking down clues in Addis Ababa and the monasteries of Lalibela, Sarah and Daniel uncover a codex in the subterranean library revealing...

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"Insurgent" by Veronica Roth~Divergent Series

SUMMARY :One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable...

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"The Secret Daughter of the Tsar" by Jennifer Laam~Author Interview~Great Read!

  SUMMARY : A compelling alternate history of the Romanov family in which a secret fifth daughter—smuggled out of Russia before the revolution—continues the royal lineage to dramatic consequences.In her riveting debut novel, The Secret Daughter of the Tsar, Jennifer Laam seamlessly braids together the stories of three women: Veronica, Lena, and Charlotte. Veronica is an aspiring historian living in present-day Los Angeles when...

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Audio Books~ November 2013

SUMMARY :Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion....

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"Cartwheel" by Jennifer duBois~Author Interview

SUMMARY :Written with the riveting storytelling of authors like Emma Donoghue, Adam Johnson, Ann Patchett, and Curtis Sittenfeld, Cartwheel is a suspenseful and haunting novel of an American foreign exchange student arrested for murder, and a father trying to hold his family together. When Lily Hayes arrives in Buenos Aires for her semester abroad, she is enchanted by everything she encounters: the colorful buildings, the street food, the handsome,...

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