Alex's This and That

Tuesday - Artistic stuff like fiction writing or writing of any sort, knitting, sewing, carpentry... whatever you do or have done.
Wednesday - Reading
Thursday - Throwback Thursday. Childhood memories, old photos, old blog posts...stuff from the past

Creative Tuesday -

I decided to reshare some of my old art from years back... I don't paint anymore though I am currently thinking of doing watercolors.

From Lord of the Rings:


Reading Wednesday -

I added Prince Harry's new book - Spare to my growing pile. I decided to do a 12 book bingo... and I'll add those titles as soon as I get the list made up.

EDIT:


My list of 12 books:
The Secret Life of Albet Entwistle - Matt Cain
Arabella - Georgette Heyer
The Silence of the Library - Miranda James
A Marvellous Light - Freya Marske
Witch - Barbara Michaels
Bird by Bird - Anne Lamott
Four Leaf Cleaver - Maddie Day
Wretched Waterpark - Kiersten White
Hither Page - Cat Sebastian
Together We Burn - Isabel Ibañez
Arsenic and Old Books - Miranda James
Six Feet Deep Dish - Mindy Quigley

April 2017

This one did not do it for me. There was too much clothing talk. The description of every single stitch that every single person in the entire book wore every single time they appeared got old by page 5. That's a bit too much filler.

The mystery was okay but there wasn't enough of it. The characters were okay but again, too much about their attire and not enough about them.

March 2017

I am a fan of Sherlock Holmes so this one was a must read. The mystery was good, with some hints as to who it was, but not too easy to figure out. I had to get used to Gemma's quirky personality - she is a female Sherlock though I am not sure she knows it. Her best friend is cute and apparently Gemma's polar opposite. The romantic interest is a cop who was once Gemma's boyfriend (and could be again). The nemesis is a particularly nasty woman cop, who could be Lastrade, I suppose. There is also a 90 year old traveling uncle who we never actually meet.

I read the book in one day - I couldn't put it down. I'm looking forward to more.

March 2017

I really liked this one. The mystery was hard to solve and I liked Darla, her friends and Hamlet, the bad tempered bookstore cat.
Darla inherited a bookstore from her great aunt Dee in NYC and she and her staff are getting ready to host a signing by an author who is all the rage with the teen set - think Cassandra Clair or Stephenie Meyer. And the author is killed right on front of her store.

Lots of investigating occurs and we get to watch.

My only complaint is the print in the paperback i got was too darn small!

Feb. 2017

It was funny in a way I've come to recognize as Carrie's own voice. It was sad, too, knowing that we'll never have new works from her. I loved Star Wars from the beginning but I fell in love with Carrie when she published Postcards from the Edge. Who knew the Princess was so damned funny? Or that dysfunction could be so endearing and funny? I will miss them both, Carrie and the Princess.