Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery and Sewing
Posted in Book Review on Feb 1st, 2010
The girls went back to school yesterday. We’ve had a lovely holiday, but I was keen for them to return to school.
After six weeks of very little child-free time I decided to treat myself with a trip to the Subiaco Book Store. This is a great store – independent with an eclectic mix of books [...]
Posted in Book Review, Knitting on Nov 16th, 2009
I thought this book was hilarious – I can particularly sympathise with the challenging child stories. It motivated me enough to pick up my knitting needles again – not with much success.
Posted in Book Review on Jun 26th, 2008
If you like Katie Fforde, you’ll like this one. Reminded me of The Rose Revived. I got it from here – (I love this place.)
Posted in Book Review on Jun 9th, 2008
Mister Pip, the winner of the 2007 Commonwealth Writers’Â Prize, has been the novel of choice for many of my friends’ book clubs. For this reason I have been avoiding it but I finally succumbed.
Lloyd Jones, a New Zealand author, has written several novels (including This House has Three Walls and Book of Fame).
Mister Pip, for me [...]
Posted in Book Review on May 27th, 2008
My book club chose to read this book because of the this review - it was very glowing.
The general consensus at book club was that it was a good choice; one person loved it and no one hated it – unlike a few of our other choices.
Here’s a description …
Eighteen-year-old Maya de Jong has moved from Warton, [...]
Posted in Book Review on May 15th, 2008
I’m a big Georgette Heyer fan. She writes regency romances (and some thrillers, but I’ve never read any of those). Her ‘regencies’ are meticulously researched and you can imagine the world of the ‘ton’ – her use of slang or cant can be a bit over the top, e.g.
‘He don’t look like a downy one [...]
Posted in Book Review on May 12th, 2008
 I selected this book because it was recommended by Jane Brocket. I bought it from here (which, by the way, is a fabulous place – free postage!).
This is the blurb from the back …
Mrs. Lippincote’s house, with its mahogany furniture and yellowing photographs, stands as a reminder of all the certainties that have vanished with the [...]
Posted in Book Review on Apr 27th, 2008
I picked up a copy of the above book in a second hand book store (while on holiday). As I really enjoyed Larkrise to Candleford both the novel and the recent BBC adaptation, I thought I would like this one as well.
From a social history point of view it is really interesting – the period [...]
Posted in Book Review on Apr 24th, 2008
I’m a bit of a Janet Evanovich fan (in some ways it’s a bit like saying I’m an alcoholic!). Someone from my book clucb recommended them about six years ago and I’ve been addicted ever since. They are all the same (I think there is 15 of them now), but as Dorcas Lane says in [...]
Posted in Book Review on Apr 1st, 2008
I bought this book because the Australian Book Review claimed it was an outback Pride and Prejudice. Definitely misleading advertising! Unless their talking about the small cast of characters in a country village or maybe the annoying mother.
Here’s the blurb
“A quirkily engaging comedy of small town manners. Set on a Victorian family vineyard in 1894, [...]