[Madeleine's Books Read 2022]

On 1/13/2022 at 8:37 PM, Madeleine said:

A Cotswold Christmas Mystery by Rebecca Tope - I haven't read a book captions this site in this long-running series for a while, and things have moved on quite a bit for house-sitter Thea, who is now married to Drew Slocombe, a local undertaker who she presumably met through her 2nd job (her first is house-sitting) as an unofficial detective!  No house-sitting in this book, instead Thea, Drew and his 2 children from his first marriage (he's a widower) are getting ready for Christmas and awaiting the arrival of Thea's daughter from her first marriage.  Trouble breaks out when a local woman, who is a friend of Thea's, goes missing, and when the body of the local landlord, on whose land the woman and her family were tenants, is found dead in very suspicious circumstances, things don't look too good for Thea's friend.  So Thea and her stepdaughter, 10 year old Stephanie, decide to try to find out what is going on.  Not surprisingly this ruffles a few feathers, not least from the dead man's wife and her daughters from her first marriage.  It's an easy enough read, but  I didn't find the way it was told primarily through the eyes of a child very convincing, this child was more like 10 years old going on about 50!  Other things didn't make sense either, mainly that surely if the dead man had been electrocuted, wouldn't there have been marks on his body?  So a comfort read for Christmas, but nothing particularly special. 6/10

 

 

The Dead of winter by Nicola Upson - this is the 9th book in the Josephine Tey detective series, I've read the first one but not the others, however this works perfectly well as a stand alone novel. it's set at Christmas 1938, war clouds are already looming but it's business as usual for Hilaria St Aubyn, the chatelaine of St Michael's Mount in Cornwall, who organises a charity Christmas house party to raise money for child refugees from mainland Europe. One of the invitees is none other than Marlene Dietrich, and others include Josephine Tey and her partner Marta, and her friend, Det inspector Archie Penrose. One murder occurs before the guests have even arrived, we know who the culprit is, but another brutal murder takes place on Christmas Day, and the horror struck guests and villagers, cut off by a blizzard, have to somehow keep safe whilst Penrose carries out what investigations he can. This was a short, enjoyable read, well-written with believable characters, although the denoument felt a little rushed. 7.5/10

thanks for review <3

[DIY: Arts & crafts]

On 11/13/2014 at 3:06 PM, emelee said:

Do you have any nice ideas of arts and crafts projects, preferably the kind that doesn't take forever, that you can do for Christmas, or for just everyday decorations?

 

I am attending a gathering where I am supposed to bring 5 different projects that people can make that evening. It can't be expensive either, because it has to be enough for approx. 30 people. 

 

But I would love to hear ideas for other occasions too. DIY-projects that I can do on other occasions, when I'm alone or with a friend.

 

 

I have a few fun things in mind.

 

 

 

 

Hats for bottles is so cute and very easy. All you need is yarn, scissors and a toilet paper roll.

 

Link is in Swedish, but you can fully understand how to make them by just looking at the images. 

https://thediyinfo.com/gorilla-glue-vs-loctite/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yarn-word

 

http://cfabbridesigns.com/craft-projects/yarn-love/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sugar lights

 

You only need sugar cubes and glue. Plus of course a decorative tealight. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love the ones you have posted, they are all simple yet really appealing.
 

[2022 Book Blogs]

On 12/23/2021 at 5:24 PM, Brian. said:

It's almost the end of the year. The below is a copy and paste of Athena's guide from a few years ago but we thought a new thread would be a good idea as we have some new members.

 

That means a bunch of us will be creating new reading blogs for 2022.

 

Book's captions this site Blogs / Reading Lists marked with '2021' in the title will be moved to Past Book Blogs on or around a week into 2022. Any that are marked as 'continuous' (or 'ongoing') will be left in the main Book Blogs forum (this one).

 

We are only humans, so if we move your blog / list by mistake or we don't move it when we should have, please let us know by posting in this thread after the other blogs/lists have been moved.

 

When you start a new blog/list for 2022, can you please ensure you put '2022' in the topic title. Thank you!

 

You may want to make some 'blank' posts at the beginning of your topic. We are unable to insert blank posts into a topic at a later time, so please make sure you save enough for yourself. To prevent people replying before you've finished setting up your reading blog/list, please put "please do not reply to this topic yet" or something like it, in bold in the first post and subsequent ones of your topic. When you are ready for people to reply, please make a new post telling people your topic is now ready for posting in.

 

If you have any questions, please ask ! I promise we don't bite.

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[2022 Book Blogs]

On 12/23/2021 at 5:24 PM, Brian. said:

It's almost the end of the year. The below is a copy and paste of Athena's guide from a few years ago but we thought a new thread would be a good idea as we have some new members.

 

That means a bunch of us will be creating new reading blogs for 2022.

 

Book Blogs / Reading Lists marked with '2021' in the title will be moved to Past Book Blogs on or around a week into 2022. Any that are marked as 'continuous' (or 'ongoing') will be left in the main Book Blogs forum (this one).

 

We are only humans, so if we move your blog / list by mistake or we don't move it when we should have, please let us know by posting in this thread after the other blogs/lists have been moved.

 

When you start a new blog/list for 2022, can you please ensure you put '2022' in the topic title. Thank you!

 

You may want to make some 'blank' posts at the beginning of your topic. We are unable to insert blank posts into a topic at a later time, so please make sure you save enough for yourself. To prevent people replying before you've finished setting up your reading blog/list, please put "please do not reply to this topic yet" or something like it, in bold in the first post and subsequent ones of your topic. When you are ready for people to reply, please make a new post telling people your topic is now ready for posting in.

 

If you have any questions, please ask ! I promise we don't bite.

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