Postage Stamp Quilt

Does anybody else really like this?

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Question of the Month

January Question 

If you could travel in time and witness one historical event, which event would that be?

The Beginning of Better Days

The Beginning of Better Days

by Joseph Smith

with insights from
Virginia Peirce and Sheri Dew 

Have you heard of this book?  I have.  Over and over and over again and I finally read the first essay by Virginia Peirce which perked my interest but not enough to rant and rave (perhaps yet) like so many others.  I will read the book in its entirety prior to my saying much about it.  I had to lend it to a neighbor for it is now a bookclub book for our Relief Society.  Not only that, but we are reading it one piece at a time and it will take us a minimum of six months (for there are six lectures) to get to the end.  The RS president of our ward said she read chapter three and didn't understand a word of it.  How curious.  What could Joseph Smith tell Relief Society sisters that we could not understand, I wonder.  I am interested and I thought I would share my find with you.  I don't like that it really isn't very many words yet hammed up and prettified at our expense and only available in hardback for a lofty $18.  It could be a cheap book if they would let it be and I find church books to be the most unavailable and rank the highest of my book expenditures.  It is cheapest at Barnes and Noble if you order online ($12.50) but free shipping requires a $25 minimum purchase.  It is available on ebooks for a little less, I believe.  Nevertheless, tell me what you learn of this book.  I would love further discussions and shared insights, like always.

How is everybody?  I suppose our bookclub just doesn't have the cutting edge anymore.  What would?   Tell me about yourselves. 

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

If anyone is still interested in reading as friends, here is my choice for August:   The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, by Jacqueline Kelly.  It is an interesting book, one I just finished, with many darling moments. A little on the feminist side, it is still a fun, interesting, and well written book.  I hope you are all well!

Lindsay

March Read

Hi Girls,
I have picked two choices for the month.
1. Sweetness at the bottom of the pie by Allen Bradley, I think you will love Miss Flavia de Luce our spunky heroine.

2.  The Peace Giver by James Ferrel.  I haven't read this yet but am looking forward to the read.

I hope all is well with you and hope to hear from you soon!

love,
acw

January Book

Hi girls!

I hope you are enjoying the relief from the holidays. I know I am! There is nothing like nothing going on. Since I am a mother there is plenty going on when there is nothing going on!

I really wanted to read Don Quixote this month, but my library seems to have one copy, which is checked out. I am also going to turn on the repeat button which says, "it is hard to read right now." IT IS! But my kids elementary school is having their reading incentive program on Percy Jackson so I am going to try to read The Lightning Thief sometime soon. Will I get it done in two weeks? I doubt it. But maybe I can get my hands on it by then. I am sorry this is so late being posted. I kid you not, I have been trying to choose for about a week now. I was trying to decide on something on my shelf, since I missed getting one at the library last week. Today it finally dawned on me that this would be a rational choice for me, so I can get what's going on at my kids school.

I also recommend Rock Solid Relationships by Wendy Watson Nelson. I love this book and plan to read it bit by bit again this month. And lastly, please send recommendations! I am slow at reading them, but I love ideas, which is why I am hard pressed to pick a book myself. I usually read by word of mouth! :) Happy January!

Rushing as always!
Lindsay

"Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

November Book

Esperanza Rising by Ryan, Pam Munoz

Is anybody interested in reading a book this month? Here is what someone said about the book:

This exciting, well-written historical novel is based on the true-life experiences of the author's grandmother, Esperanza Ortega. Thirteen-year-old Esperanza and her newly widowed mother are forced to leave their fairytale existence at beautiful Rancho de las Rosas in Mexico, to live and work in a migrant worker camp in the San Joaquin Valley during the Great Depression. Adjustments to her new life are difficult for Esperanza¾the harsh living conditions and hard labor are so different from her earlier life of privilege and wealth, especially after Mama becomes seriously ill with valley fever. But like the phoenix in her beloved grandma's story, Esperanza endures, "Rising again, with a new life ahead..." The author does a very good job of portraying the caring and solidarity, as well as the hardships, of Mexican-American labor camps of the era. An author's note is included. This book would be a great choice for a multicultural collection. Children's Literature Review