The Friday 56 – 28 Aug 2009

The Friday 56 – 28 Aug 2009

The Rules:

* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime With Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

I’ve been re-reading my Laura Kinsale books, so the book closest to me is:

For My Lady’s Heart by Laura Kinsale

“Nameless, yea, my lady. A nobody. He gives homage and claims our service, but brings no men beyond that malformed squire.”

Laura Kinsale wrote a book a year between 1985 and 1994. Rumors abound about why she abruptly stopped writing, and there was a ten-year gap until Shadowheart in 2004. I’m happy to say she has another book due out in February 2010: Lessons in French.
She writes historical romances about heroes and heroines with flaws – sometimes physical (as in Flowers from the Storm) and sometimes psychological (as in Shadowheart, which won the 2005 Rita Award for Best Novel). These are definitely not cotton-candy romances.

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Patti is having a Giveaway!

Patti is having a giveaway! No, silly, that's a picture of her new grandbaby! But the giveaway is in his honor.

Hop on over and enter to win this complete kit of Lauren Sauer's Sunflower. The kit is complete and unused and has everything in it that you need to make this beautiful bag.

Thanks, Patti!

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Are You A Teresa Wentzler Fan?

If you are - have I got a treat for you!
Purple Kitty Yarns has page after page of free patterns for knitting, crocheting, cross-stitch and many other fiber arts.
For Teresa Wentzler fans - 15 small charts, or if you prefer, you may also get them from Teresa's site.

Either way, it's a bonanza for TW fans!

New Designer Giveaway!

Belfonte Notes is the blog for new designer Jan. She's celebrating her first release, Rare Treasures, by offering the chart as a giveaway!I want to win this one - how about you?

TUSAL Update 23 August 2009

Not a lot added this month. Mama was back in the hospital (her third admission this year - please keep her in your prayers) and altho I did get a lot of stitching done, many of my orts didn't make it home.
It does look like I will have to start pushing things down soon if I want to keep the same container. So far, it has naturally settled enough, but I have lots of Christmas stitching I want to do.
How is your TUSAL coming along?

Edited to add - yes, I changed the settings for my blog - what do you think?

The Friday 56 – 21 Aug 2009

The Rules:

* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime With Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

The Sword and the Miracle by Melvyn Bragg

Loud, ripe and ricocheting farts, spasmed grunts, deep gut belches and the disharmony of dozens of rattling, mucus-lubricated snores turned the place into a zoo of animal sounds and smells.

Now that’s an attractive bit of prose – lol!

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Arrrgh - Computers

My computer is misbehaving and it's driving me nuts (short trip). So I'm taking a break from troubleshooting and updating my blog - so there!

Mama's been back in the hospital, (third admission this year), and it's not so good - please keep her in your prayers.

My newest grandson is growing and thriving, and DD and DGD are starting to get used to his presence.

I've been stitching up a storm, but not finishing anything - I need to have a "Flurry of Finishing" (won't that be a great title for a future blog post?).

I did finish crocheting a filet pillow top I started several years ago - it's my "hospital" project, because I didn't need a pattern for most of it, and it kept my hands busy as I sat around and waited and waited and waited. Hopefully I can find a few minutes to sit down at the sewing machine and make the pillow to go under the top. And because filet transfers so well to monchrome cross stitch - I've been cross-stitching a miniature pillow top to match. We'll see how that turns out.

I'm still getting used to having to wear reading glasses - and still mad that I have to. But it is a joy to be able to see to work on smaller projects again!

Do check out the Blogging Without Obligation button at the lower left - a philosophy I can happily embrace! I saw it on LaGattaC and shamelessly adopted it.

Bunch of bla-bla-bla this time - thanks for coming by and visiting today.

The Friday 56 – 14 Aug 2009

The Rules:

* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime With Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Move Heaven and Earth by Christina Dodd

“I’ll bring you dinner on a tray, and you can go to bed.”

When I picked this up, I thought it was a new book. It turns out to be a re-issue of a 1995 book. Still a decent escapist read, and not one I have read before, but still….
It kinda irritates me that publishers engage in these “deceptive” practices: issuing the same paperbacks with different covers; re-issuing older books as if they were new; issuing copies written by an author under one pseudonym using the currently more popular nom de plume; etc, etc, etc. I’m a devoted bibliophile – you don’t have to trick me into buying books.

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