Frances, whilst waiting for Arlene / Sylvia (the new Admins) to announce the next book, my suggestion for May is SEW DEADLY by Elizabeth Lynn Casey. It’s the first in a series of 12 (!) books.

Can’t wait to find out what the next book is 🙂
Francesxx

Thank you for choosing this book. I have found it very difficult to ‘get into’ books recently but this book was different and I had no problems.
I really enjoyed the story and how Honor’s life journey progressed. I wish it had been longer or that there was a sequel.
Can’t wait to see what is chosen for next month.

Finished it last night, and I really enjoyed it, great book I learnt a lot about Quakers who I knew hardly anything about other than they believed in anti slavery and they preferred to wear silk rather than cotton, since cotton was produced using slavery, so for me its been really interesting…. roll on next month 🙂
Francesxxx

I hadnt heard of a specific number before, but im guessing its a number of reasons, to show that you were good enough at sewing that you could provide comfort for a future husband, there had to be quite a lot of them so that you could wash them, dry them and still have ones for the bed while you were washing them, and probably something to do with…[Read more]

I’m an Audible fan and listened to this book over a period of 4 days and loved it. I haven’t read/listened to any of Tracy Chevalier’s books before and loved the flow of the narrative. Thanks for getting me out of The habit of reading a constant diet of crime thrillers peppered with the odd classic. Does anyone know why brides were expected to ma…[Read more]

Would anyone like to Admin the book club discussions?
I am going to focus on the Facebook group, which is also where future books will be announced.
I have a murder mystery ready for May (first in a series of 10+ books!) and a historical fiction / women’s story for June. Lots of interesting books coming up!

No, Lincolnshire!

The Tenth Gift by Jane Johnson – this one has it all, embroidery, pirates and exotic locations. It’s a great read

Woohoo my book arrived yesterday, so no guess what i will be reading in bed tonight 🙂

I read this in two days!! Loved it! I used to be an avid reader, then had some big upsets in my life which stopped me reading but this book has got me going again.
Like Anne Burke commented – a lot of ‘what ifs’….I was convinced Honor was going to end up with Donovan after she ran away……
A very good read, makes me want to find out more about…[Read more]

SUGGESTED DISCUSSION POINTS, FROM THE AUTHOR –

There are prompts for discussion around the roles, relationships, quilt patterns (!), dealing with loss, and the effect of the journey from England might have us on Honor.

Feel free to commmet on any / all of these and see where it takes us. It’s such a thought provoking book that a good d…[Read more]

I’ve read this before…but surprising how much I missed…loving it.

Just started the book last night. Read 4 chapters – thoroughly enjoyed the book so far. The references to the quilts are good. The part where the heroine works in a Miliners is great – I did a C & G course for 2 years in Millinery and taught for a year – bought it all back! Wonderful…. Can’t wait to pick up again tonight. Thank you so much…[Read more]

Not specifically quilting but an interesting and different read: “the sewing machine” by Natalie Fergie