Today is the first day of fall and I’ve completed my Goodreads challenge goal. I usually pick 120 books/year for this challenge and watch during the year how I keep up. Goodreads says I am 34 books ahead of schedule by finishing this early!
Spring progress on America the Beautiful
During the spring we got some blocks done on our America the Beautiful quilt. We sewed the mountains blocks which are designed to be purple triangles. We thought they looked like purple pyramids and saw in some reader examples that one quilter had put snow on hers. We really liked that look since we live next to mountains which have snow on them all winter long, so we free-hand cut some white fabric for snow. Then we left them with Terry who kindly did the satin stitching on our snow and used her embroidery machine to give us each a flying eagle. So fun to have that personal touch. [Read more…] about Spring progress on America the Beautiful
2016 Prequel & Sequel wrap-up
2016 Prequel & Sequel Challenge wrap-up
I did this challenge last year and signed up for Amateur (25-50 points) but more than doubled the Veteran level, so this year I signed up for the Veteran level, hoping that wasn’t too ambitious. But it’s now August, I’m well past the Veteran threshold of 101+ points so I’m calling this challenge for 2016. I finished 3 series, which means that all books have been published, and got up to date on 6 other series, as well as farther along in many more. So success on series reads!
And here is the list: [Read more…] about 2016 Prequel & Sequel wrap-up
2016 YA Reading Challenge
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‘m joining this YA challenge hosted by Whole Latte Books. It was just announced last month when she couldn’t find another YA challenge but runs all year long. You can sign up here if you want to join. Since I’ve already read some YA books this year, I’ll begin this sign-up post with what I’ve already read and add the remaining books in my wrap-up post in December.
1. The Heir (Selection #4), Kiera Cass
2. Lair of Dreams (Diviners #2), Libba Bray
3. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows (HP #7), J.K. Rowling
4. Blue Lily, Lily Blue, Maggie Stiefvater
5. Night Study (Soulfinders #2) Maria V. Snyder
6. Happily Ever After (Selection 0.4, 0.5, 2.5, 2.6), Kiera Cass
7. The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre, Ann Rinaldi
8. Anne’s House of Dreams (Anne #5), L.M. Montgomery
9. The Siren, Kiera Cass
10. Stars Above (Lunar Chronicles #4.5), Marissa Meyer
11. Anne of Green Gables (Anne #1), L.M. Montgomery
12. The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle (Apollo #1), Rick Riordan
13. The Raven King (Raven Cycle #4), Maggie Stiefvater
14. The Wrath & the Dawn (Wrath & Dawn #1), Renee Ahdieh
Dr. Seuss quilt
I love this quilt! It’s reading & quilting combined. What could be better?
