tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17470712809825817072024-03-18T21:34:17.927-06:00READING, BEADING...AND MORE READINGSOME THOUGHTS ON MY FAVORITE TOPICSsarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.comBlogger316125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-683596786509950572012-08-06T20:25:00.003-06:002012-08-06T20:26:11.339-06:00June and July 2012 Reads
June 2012
29. The Castaways – Elin
Hilderbrand
30. Matched – Ally Condie
31. The Girl From Away – Claire
Mowat
32. The French Isles – Claire
Mowat
33. The Last Summer in Louisbourg
– Claire Mowat
34. My Name is Memory – Ann Brashars
35. Last Summer in Arcadia –
Deirdre Purcell
36. Summer People – Elin
Hilderbrand
July 2012 (7)
37. The Summer of Us – Holly
Chamberlin
38. One sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-30811400020841830342012-06-11T20:07:00.004-06:002012-06-11T20:08:15.688-06:00May 2012 Reads21. The Blue Bistro - Elin Hilderbrand
22. The Library of Shadows - Mikkel Birkegaard
23. Fifty Shades of Grey - E.L. James
24. Fifty Shades Darker - E.L. James
25. Fifty Shades Freed - E.L. James
26. The Sense of an Ending - Julian Barnes
27. The Quilter's Apprentice - Jennifer Chiaverini
28. Some Tame Gazelle - Barbara Pym
I liked all of the books I read in May-I can't remember the last time Isarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-40387122861189663472012-05-08T20:29:00.001-06:002012-05-08T20:29:24.210-06:00April 2012 Reads18. The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
19. Madame Tussaud - Michelle Moran
20. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - Helen Simonson
I thoroughly enjoyed all three of these books by The Night Circus was by far my favourite. It was one of those magical reads that I adore! I highly recommend it!!
sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-69456726090427096202012-04-04T21:01:00.000-06:002012-04-04T21:01:07.197-06:00March 2012 Reads12. The Invention of Hugo Cabret - Brian Selznick
13. Friendship Bread - Darien Gee
14. Beachcombers - Nancy Thayer
15. The Island - Elin Hilderbrand
16. One Day - David Nicholls
17. The Love Season - Elin Hilderbrand
I really enjoyed The Invention of Hugo Cabret, part drawings, text, and photographs, it is unlike any other book I've read. I didn't really like the movie but that's probably sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-58316503830674889162012-03-09T21:26:00.000-07:002012-03-09T21:26:42.305-07:00February 2012 ReadsHere's what I read in February (I am starting the numbering where I lef toff in January):
7. Read Player One - Ernest Cline
8. The Wretched of Muirwood - Jeff Wheeler
9. The Blight of Muirwood - Jeff Wheeler
10. The Scourge of Muirwood - Jeff Wheeler
11. The Weird Sisters - Eleanor Brown
The Muirwood books were free downloads for my Kindle and I quite enjoyed them even with sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-71291492044545852022012-02-15T22:58:00.000-07:002012-02-15T22:58:19.558-07:00January 2012 ReadsFor those of you who still happen to stop by this blog from time to time-thank you, and sorry! I've really let this blog kind of go by the way-side (is that the right way to put it?) in the past year or so. I don't want to completely stop, but I must admit my book reviews have gotten pretty lame, so I'm going to try something a bit different. So here we go...
Here is what I read in January:
1. sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-90666125999151665532012-01-13T15:14:00.001-07:002012-01-13T15:15:36.503-07:00Friday Fill-Ins January 13, 2012Friday Fill-Ins!! My answers are in RED!
And...here we go!
1. When I looked out the window this morning there was a slight dusting of new snow on the ground.
2. Lady Gaga doesn't make sense to me.
3. Remind me to water the plants, I always forget!
4. Reading is something I love to do!
5. TP is how my Dad sometimes ends his emails.
6. I cleaned the refrigerator recently and I found no fruit.sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-38902159485103597042012-01-06T20:50:00.000-07:002012-01-06T20:50:52.458-07:00Book Review: Knit One Pearl One
I just finished the third installment in Gil McNeil's Beach Street Knitting Society Series - Knit One Pearl One. I loved it!! Oh books about knitting and life are so wonderful! I found her first novel "Diva's Don't Knit" (aka The Beach Street Knitting and Yarn Society" in the clearance section at Chapters a few years ago and loved it. Last year I read her second novel Needles and Pearls and sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-38471996849842017902012-01-03T20:57:00.000-07:002012-01-03T20:57:10.793-07:00Top Ten books of 2011Here are my top ten books that I read in 2011 (in no particular order):
1. State of Wonder - Ann Patchett
2. An Irish Country Doctor - Patrick Taylor
3. Minding Frankie - Maeve Binchy
4. Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah
5. Needles and Pearls - Gil McNeil
6. Bride of New France - Suzanne DesRochers
7. The Sea Captain's Wife - Beth Powning
8-10. The Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collinssarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-21531308780510988022012-01-03T20:52:00.000-07:002012-01-03T20:52:03.756-07:00Book Review: State of Wonder
I have read a few of Ann Patchett's novels and I must say they are all very different. Different topics, characters, and themes and by different I mean from each other and different from other books in general.
From amazon.ca: "Dr. Marina Singh, a research scientist with a Minnesota pharmaceutical company, is sent to Brazil to track down her former mentor, Dr. Annick Swenson, who seems to sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-2218011269865910202012-01-03T20:46:00.000-07:002012-01-03T20:46:20.293-07:00Book Review: Tamar
I downloaded Tamar by Mal Peet for my Kindle when it was the daily deal a while ago, and finished it while we were in Winnipeg. It is apparently a YA (young adult) novel but I wouldn't have classified it as such if it weren't for the forced/awkward romance between two of the characters. I rather liked this book (minus the previously mention romance)-but since I am on the lazy side I am not sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-25545940751205883532012-01-01T22:41:00.000-07:002012-01-01T22:41:49.100-07:00How many books?I have at least 3-4 blog posts I need to write here but I just wanted to quickly say that I read 57 books this year!!! Not bad considering I had a baby in June and did not finish a single book in July, and had a few other months with just one book read. Since my little man only showed up at the END of June it was my highest month with 11 books, and 9 in May -I did go on maternity leave in the sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-40815040674109276792011-12-08T20:50:00.000-07:002011-12-08T20:50:56.159-07:00Booking Though Thursday: Mystery or Love StoryIt's been a long time....
Booking Through Thursday December 8, 2011: All things being equal, which would you prefer–a mystery? Or a love story?
My answer: I'm not sure what all things being equal refers to, but this is an easy one: LOVE STORY. You could have paired almost any other genre against mystery and I would pick the other genre (except Western...then maybe I would pick mystery). For sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-42237346873160056152011-12-07T08:00:00.000-07:002011-12-07T08:00:08.726-07:00Intentions for 2012December 6 – Make. What was the last thing you made? What materials did you use? Is there something you want to make, but you need to clear some time for it?
Last year my answer was a scarf, and my answer is scarf again this year!! I've made a few scarves this year with some delicious wool I found in Halifax, and then some fairly decent wool at Michael's. I am really enjoying living in Red sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-11293494031734253942011-12-05T23:00:00.001-07:002011-12-05T23:08:52.899-07:00Intentions for 2012Last year I participated in a blog thing called REVERB 2010...unfortunately I can't find anything on it anymore and nothing similar for this year. So I thought I would review what I wrote last year and respond to the ones that I think are interesting or important. We'll see how it goes. I'm heading back to Winnipeg next week and probably won't be doing much (if any blogging) but I'd like to at sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-85347948205940026302011-12-04T10:39:00.000-07:002011-12-04T10:39:32.265-07:00Book Review: The Golden Acorn
I found Catherine Cooper's The Golden Acorn on amazon.com as a free Kindle book. Clever considering there are two more in the series and they each cost over $7! Oh well, the first one WAS free and I don't HAVE to buy the other two, except I do. I want to describe it as a young adult novel along the lines of Harry Potter but I guess that's not true (although it is VERY much a YA novel). sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-54508912921365714322011-11-30T21:18:00.001-07:002011-11-30T21:19:45.425-07:00Book Review: The Reading GroupI just finished Elizabeth Noble's The Reading Group (I was determined to finish it tonight so that it would count as my 4th book in November). I picked this up at Chapters a few weeks ago because it was in the bargain section and well, look at the title!! The Reading Group is about a small group of women who all at least sort of know each other, who meet up once a month to -you guessed it!-sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-41348960185226869912011-11-29T18:42:00.001-07:002011-11-30T21:18:36.812-07:00What we're readingI have been reading for myself a little bit lately, but most of my reading these days is to Félix, and although I know I can read anything to him at this point, it's more fun reading kids books. We read a few books a few times a day, and Dave usually spends some time each day reading to him too. Félix will sit and listen and try to touch the pages, and grab them if he can. Surprisingly at 5 sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-66234979228297392932011-11-23T14:04:00.000-07:002011-11-23T14:04:54.897-07:00Canada Reads 2012
I love Canada Reads, and for the past 2 years I have tried to read all the books. I did so in 2010, but I only read a few last year but ended up bailing out early. This year I am not going to attempt it. "Why not?" you may ask, and I will answer, because I don't have time!!! I still read a little bit every day, but I don't really have the time to read like I used to (no 45 minute commute..sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-76735996393201632742011-10-29T22:03:00.000-06:002011-10-29T22:03:35.486-06:00I finished a book!!Yes friends you read the subject line correctly!! I finally finished a book! Take that October!! I read Elin Hilderbrand's Barefoot while on vacation last week! That';s the first book I've finished September and I managed to do that while on vacation to-woooohoooo!! Now I should review it...right...maybe later. I'm exhausted!
Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia
sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-66073986403086464632011-10-21T08:00:00.003-06:002011-10-21T08:00:09.600-06:00Friday Fill-Ins OCtober 21, 2011Friday Fill-Ins time again! (I'm filling this out on Thursday evening, but am pretending it's Friday!)
My answers in RED!
And...here we go!
1. Old me would need a bottle of wine to get drunk, new me would need half a glass. (that's what having a baby did to me!)
2. My previous answers do NOT look like I'm taking responsibility.
3. So...in a way I may not be all that responsible.
4. But sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-8118867159101968822011-10-20T17:31:00.000-06:002011-10-20T17:31:30.829-06:00Booking Through Thursday: VacationBooking Through Thursday question for October 20,2011: I’m on vacation this week. I didn’t go anywhere exciting or exotic, I’m just not at work. Spending time puttering around the house, playing with the dog and … oh yeah. Reading. A lot.
Do your reading habits change when you’re on vacation? Do you read more? Do you indulge in lighter, fluffier books than you usually read? Do you save up sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-51628513114583597372011-10-17T17:01:00.000-06:002011-10-17T17:01:20.005-06:00Knitting: COMPLETED: Spring mobius cowl!!So remember back in February when I started knitting that awesome scarf? No you don't remember? Well check here if you are interested! Anyways.I finished-last week actually!! I have it worn wrapped twice, it can be worn in just the one loop, but it's too long for my liking.
sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-17838605582831503042011-09-30T22:15:00.000-06:002011-09-30T22:15:31.960-06:00Friday Fill-Ins September 30, 2011It's time again for Friday Fill-Ins! My answers are in RED
And...here we go!
1. I need to finish packing for our trip!
2. Can you believe how lucky we were.
3. A great deal more!
4. I'll have a cold beer in a big tall glass.
5. It was announced that Amazon is releasing a whole bunch of new Kindles.
6. For our wedding my aunt and uncle gave us steak knives.
7. And as for the weekend,sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747071280982581707.post-78704882386428833292011-09-23T11:34:00.000-06:002011-09-23T11:34:36.112-06:00Friday Fill-Ins September 23, 2011It's been a while since I've done Friday Fill-Ins-but here we go! My answers are in RED and my mom's are in BLUE (we were chatting on the phone so I had her do them too!).
1. When I walk around my neighborhood I see construction.
Mom: When I walk around my neighborhood I see beautiful trees.
2. Chili is my favorite thing to cook.
Mom: Paella is my favorite thing to cook.
3. Life is sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166758402621735401noreply@blogger.com0