As you may well know it was my stop on the New Quilt Bloggers Blog Hop last week and I asked people to let me know their favourite book or author. Thank you so much for all the book/author recommendations. As so many people seem to enjoy reading I thought I would collate that list here in case you are looking for some new reading material and/or some new blogs to go and visit!
Books
All Souls Trilogy / Deborah Harkness from Velda at Granny can Quilt
The Kitchen House / Kathleen Grisson from Heide at Heide's Quilt Hugs
Mudbound / Hillary Jordan from Heide at Heide's Quilt Hugs
Gone with the Wind / Margaret Mitchell recommended by Needled Mom
Rosemary Rogers recommended by Anna Brown
The Graveyard Book / Neil Gaiman from Ruth at Charly & Ben's Crafty Corner
Outlander series / Diana Gabaldon from Kate at Smiles from Kate
World Without End / Ken Follett from Kate at Smiles from Kate
Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow / Orson Scott Card from Yvonne at Quilting Jet Girl
Cutting Stone / Janet Burroway from Rilene
Armand Gamache Series / Louise Penny from Ann Petersen
The Passage Series / Justin Cronin from Ann Petersen
The Grapes of Wrath / John Steinbeck from Stephanie at quilt'n party
Outlander Series / Diana Gabaldon from Amista at Hilltop Custom Designs
The Heritage / John Grisham from Rosa at Rosa Patch - the love of sewing
The Lightning Thief / Rick Riordan from Sandra at mmm! quilts
A Man Called Ove / Fredrik Backman from Sandra at mmm! quilts
My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises / Fredrik Backman from Sandra at mmm! quilts
All The Light We Cannot See / Anthony Doerr from Lisa at Sunlight In Winter Quilts
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children / Ransom Riggs from Sharon at Yellow Cat Quilt Designs
A Prayer for Owen Meany / John Irving from Diana at Red Delicious Life
Cider House Rules / John Irving from Diana at Red Delicious Life
Authors
Ursula le Guin from Ruth at Charly & Ben's Crafty Corner
John Scalzi from Ruth at Charly & Ben's Crafty Corner
James Patterson from Jennifer at RV Quilting
Lee Child from Jennifer at RV Quilting
Dana Stabenow from Jennifer at RV Quilting
Margaret Attwood from Amanda at This Mom Quilts
JK Rowling from Laurel at Quilts By Laurel
JD Robb from Quilter
Jeffrey Archer from Sue at Sevenoaks Street Quilts
John Irving from Diana at Red Delicious Life
Picture Books from Emily at The Darling Dogwood
Wide Mouthed Frog / Keith Falkner
Caps for Sale / Esphyr Slobodkina
The First Tulips in Holland / Phyllis Krasilovsky
Click, Clack, Moo / Doreen Cronin
Obviously I could not have a post without any pictures so these are pics of a mini quilt I made yesterday. It's currently on the frame being quilted and will hopefully be finished in the next couple of days. x
Can't wait to see it all quilted! Thanks for the recommendations!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely idea! I will have to check out some of those authors. Love the mini quilt.
ReplyDeleteI'm always looking for recommendations and I love how you showed us the progression of your mini quilt throughout. Clever!
ReplyDeleteSome of my favourite books turned up on that list and brought back fond memories. I must re-visit them. And some of the others just look plain intriguing. Thanks for this. I'm looking forward to seeing your quilt, it looks great.
ReplyDeleteThank you for making this list. I have bookmarked it and know I will be referring back to it when I am looking for my next books.
ReplyDeleteI like the mini quilt!
Wow, that's a lot of recommendations! I might just have to check out a few new ones as well. Thanks for the list.
ReplyDeleteGreat mini quilt.I love stars.
ReplyDeleteVery fun mini quilt. Perfect for the season.
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