Send me easy suggestions

Hello dear readers,

January is way past half over and I hope you are enjoying Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.  I am looking for an ‘easy’ read for February.  Here is my reason:  Back in December I entered to win 12 Fat Quarters through a Quilts of Valor Blog and guess what – I won!  But that meant I needed to commit to working on a specific mystery quilt for Quilts of Valor and that is taking up lots of my time.  Also at the end of the month we are heading to Utah then CO to ski – so you see, time is constrained and I need suggestions for a quick and easy book to read.  Post your response here of email me!! 

Thank you and happy reading,

Barbara

Recap of December 2012 BOM

Hey Readers,

Some of you read the Christmas books and others were too busy in December driving to Colorado!  I will just give you my blathering on the books.

The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg

Believe it or not, this is the first time I read or have seen the movie.  I love the theme about the bells and have always enjoyed It’s a Wonderful Life (the movie with Jimmy Stewart) for that same reason.  Ringing of bells is very important to the Christmas Spirit.  The illustrations in the book seem very gloomy to me.  Chris Van Allsburg is an American author and illustrator of children's books. He won the Caldecott Medal, for Jumanji and The Polar Express.  I never read Jumanji but I enjoyed the movie with Robin Williams.  It didn’t seem as gloomy to me.  What do you think?

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson 

I thought this book was a hoot.  I could just imagine the church where we were long time member and the people being up in arms about the pageant going awry.  The Herdman children really livened up the show and helped the meaning of the story hit home.  Of course I am remembering one adorable little child getting hot up there on the stage and proceeding to take off his costume then his shirt, then…. Well, just use your imagination on that one!

I hope you are enjoying Gone Girl and I look forward to hearing from all of you when the month is over.  Debbie, I know, has already read it and gave me her hard copy so she is a step ahead of us. 

Happy Reading,

Barbara

January 2013 BOM

HAPPY 2013 DEAR  READERS,

I hope this finds you all happy and healthy and recovered from the holiday season.  It was a fun time for us, especially when we returned to Stowe for our 18 inch snowstorm on Wednesday into Thursday.  Since then it has been a daily view of living inside a snow globe.  Unfortunately the temperatures turned extremely cold last Thursday (-19) but we enjoy the weather all the same. 

January will bring us a Book of the Month that so many people have recommended to me.   Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn will be the selection.

In the meantime, I will tell you I am reading The Passage by Justin Cronin and I can hardly put it down.  Now, I have already told Maria that she wouldn’t like this book because it is apocalyptic and full of violence and other creatures.  It is reminiscent of Steven King’s The Stand except the cataclysm was man made. 

All through December, along with the BOM’s, I struggled to read In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larsen.   I am not proud that I only made it halfway through the book and decided that I would leave it alone for a while.  It will remain on my nightstand for the time being. 

Happy Reading,

Barbara