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Where are You Reading? 2017 wrap-up

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The Where are You Reading? Reading Challenge 2017 is hosted by Book Dragon’s Lair and I joined up in late January, even though I said I was done with new challenges. The goal was to read a book that takes place in each letter of the alphabet, with real or fictional locations allowed.

Here’s my book list, and a varied list of places I managed to go! I read them all as a part of my regular reading except Q which I had to get from Interlibrary Loan, as I couldn’t find any Q places on my shelves. [Read more…] about Where are You Reading? 2017 wrap-up

America the Beautiful quilts finally done

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In September of 2015 we began making these quilts together. You can read about the start of the project here, and the posts about the individual blocks below.

Flag & Sun; Fields & Trees; Barn & Trees; Trees, School, Bounty & Fences; Mountains & Church; Houses; Finished Tops

We also have a Pinterest board that displays all the photos.  [Read more…] about America the Beautiful quilts finally done

What’s In a Name 2017 wrap-up post

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What’s In a Name 2017

The tenth annual What’s In A Name challenge was once again hosted by The Worm Hole. I began the fun in 2009 so I joined again this year. I identified books from my TBR stacks at the beginning of the year to fulfill this challenge and in the end, I only went with two of my original ideas. Of the other four, only one was on TBR shelf, so half isn’t bad, I guess. One of the new books was read for book club.

The rules are simple-Read one book from each category during the year. [Read more…] about What’s In a Name 2017 wrap-up post