Tuesday, March 31, 2015

The Monogram MurdersThe Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

My little grey cells are hurting. I need a tisane.

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Friday, March 20, 2015

What I am reading right now.

Ramona's books

Big Top Burning: The True Story of an Arsonist, a Missing Girl, and The Greatest Show On Earth
101 Ways to Stitch, Craft, Create Vintage
BurdaStyle Sewing Vintage Modern: Mastering Iconic Looks from the 1920s to 1980s
Wylding Hall
Lady of the Manor
The Household searchlight recipe book
The Martian
All the Light We Cannot See
Zoo
Lucky Us: A Novel
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Life Drawing For Beginners
Flirting with Felicity
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
Other Voices, Other Rooms
Stoner
How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
PAUL VERLAINE
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse


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Friday, March 13, 2015

Wylding HallWylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Whatever happened to Julian Blake?

Windhollow Faire, a 1970s British folk band rents Wylding Hall, a decrepit old house, to record their upcoming record . Wylding Hall has many disturbing secrets including dead birds with sharp teeth and a ghostly young girl who appears out of nowhere.

Then suddenly, their lead singer, Julian Blake, wanders off and disappears -- but does he?

They agree to go back with various witnesses to tell their own stories about what happened to them that summer and to Julian.

My thanks to Netgalley.com for letting me read the ARC of this book.


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Lady of the ManorLady of the Manor by Adrian Q. Heflin
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I would call this book a cross between God’s Little Acre and Peyton Place -- a delicious mix of Southern mores set in Georgia.

It is a book about Rosemary Creek – the Lady of the Monor highlighting three years of her merciless tyranny and those who try to oppose her.

Finally tensions overflow in their shared home in Savannah, Georgia during the blazing summer of 1958. 71-year old Rosemary (Rosey) Isabella Creek carries out her final malevolent deeds with the help of her loyal butler, Rayford Caruthers. What does she do to her son, Richard, his wife, Helen and their five children can only be imagined. Patience is tested with each of Rosemary's taunts as the family tries to understand the nature and reason of her cruelty. As more details of her past are revealed, it only further complicates their comprehension. Will she ever transform into a woman that they can love?

At times I found the book a little hard to read but that did not stop me. If you like blazing Southern fiction, you will love this book.

My thanks to Netgalley.com are letting me read the ARC of the book.

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BurdaStyle Sewing Vintage Modern: Mastering Iconic Looks from the 1920s to 1980s by Nora Abousteit and Jamie Lau
Rating: 7 (on scale of 10)

I thought there would be more to this book as I really like Burda. I wish they had more on vintage history and to convert the patterns into something more jazzy. But I would use this book for sewing help.
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