What a crazy couple of months! I have had so much going on with school, work, home life, family and stuff that I hadn't realized it was so long since my last update! Fear not - I have done a wee bit o reading... Not too much since Ive been preoccupied with other things - but a wee bit is better then nada! Here is the latest and greatest!
Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
This was a cute story of a mother who opens a yarn shop after she is left pregnant and alone by the impending baby bump's father. She meets an elderly woman who commissions her to knit some pieces and their friendship blossoms into somewhat of a family. Her daughter Dakota is a central person in her life, but Georgia Walker has other friends, they form this weird but cohesive group called the Friday Night Knitting Club. Their personal dramas are delved into, there are laughs and cries and the need for more Kleenex but it was good over all. Im in the middle of Knit Two right now.
(PS - after reading this book I have now knit two scarves and am working on a blanket as a gift for Christmas)
Judge & Jury by James Patterson
Another oldie but goodie! Girl gets picked for jury, a bomb explodes, cop falls for girl, there are guns, and kidnappings, and chases galore. It was a typical Patterson novel. Pretty suspenseful and thankfully got me through the drive home to New Jersey (J was driving!)
Hana's Suitcase (Audio) by Karen Levine
This book was aimed at children, but I still found the story of the woman from Japan searching for what happened to Hana after WWII ended intriguing. It is a story like so many others from the time of the Holocaust, and with my new found connection to the events of that time, I was grateful to hear around the world people are still searching for answers, and keeping children learning about the Holocaust. If you ever get to watch the Gene Simmons Family Jewels episode where he tours the Anne Frank house and meets with a family touched by the Nazi's, its very moving. As is the story of Hana's suitcase. It has a good ending, perhaps not quite what you would think.
Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
This was a cute story of a mother who opens a yarn shop after she is left pregnant and alone by the impending baby bump's father. She meets an elderly woman who commissions her to knit some pieces and their friendship blossoms into somewhat of a family. Her daughter Dakota is a central person in her life, but Georgia Walker has other friends, they form this weird but cohesive group called the Friday Night Knitting Club. Their personal dramas are delved into, there are laughs and cries and the need for more Kleenex but it was good over all. Im in the middle of Knit Two right now.
(PS - after reading this book I have now knit two scarves and am working on a blanket as a gift for Christmas)
Judge & Jury by James Patterson
Another oldie but goodie! Girl gets picked for jury, a bomb explodes, cop falls for girl, there are guns, and kidnappings, and chases galore. It was a typical Patterson novel. Pretty suspenseful and thankfully got me through the drive home to New Jersey (J was driving!)
Hana's Suitcase (Audio) by Karen Levine
This book was aimed at children, but I still found the story of the woman from Japan searching for what happened to Hana after WWII ended intriguing. It is a story like so many others from the time of the Holocaust, and with my new found connection to the events of that time, I was grateful to hear around the world people are still searching for answers, and keeping children learning about the Holocaust. If you ever get to watch the Gene Simmons Family Jewels episode where he tours the Anne Frank house and meets with a family touched by the Nazi's, its very moving. As is the story of Hana's suitcase. It has a good ending, perhaps not quite what you would think.
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