2:22 (film)
2:22 is a 2017 film about reincarnation and changing your fate. 8 out of 10 stars. A cool plot and a happy ending. 🙂 Dylan is an air traffic controller and Sarah works in an art gallery. The day … Continued
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2:22 is a 2017 film about reincarnation and changing your fate. 8 out of 10 stars. A cool plot and a happy ending. 🙂 Dylan is an air traffic controller and Sarah works in an art gallery. The day … Continued
Anyone But You by Jennifer Crusie is a romance about a dog named Fred. The author even has a foreword all about how the book is referred to as “Fred’s Book” in Crusie circles. Is there such a thing as … Continued
Angels Burning by Tawni O’Dell is several stories in one, told through the eyes of a 50 year-old small town Chief of Police, Dove Carnahan. The setting is a small town in Pennsylvania. 4 out of 10 stars. I have … Continued
Stitch-opedia by Helen Winthorpe Kendrick is a stitch encyclopedia. The subtitle is “The only embroidery reference you’ll ever need”. Well, that’s not true at all. 0 out of 10 stars. This is a sloppily put-together book. The stitches are crammed … Continued
Autumn Dreams is a made for TV film for the Hallmark Channel. If you know what to expect from a Hallmark TV movie then you won’t be disappointed. 6 out of 10 stars. Not the best on television, but not … Continued
The Dressmaker is a revenge story and a love story all wrapped up in one. It has a tragic ending, so prepare yourself. Grab those tissues. You’re going to need them. The film begins with a beautiful woman getting off … Continued
At first blush, London Spy doesn’t appear to be a romance story, but it is. Hang with it and you’ll get there. Danny is a gay man in a community of drug addicts. He also used to be an addict. But … Continued
Doodle Stitching: The Holiday Motif Collection by Aimee Ray is a collection of designs and projects for the holidays. 4 out of 10 stars. I didn’t like any of the designs in this book. Stitches There’s a summary of the … Continued
Doodle Stitching: The Motif Collection by Aimee Ray is a collection of embroidery designs. 5 out of 10 stars. Meh. I’ve seen some really cute embroidery designs. These are okay, but not my favorites. The exception is the Under the … Continued
Doodle Stitching: Embroidery and Beyond by Aimee Ray is a book more advanced than her first book. This one includes crewel, cross stitch, sashiko, and other stitching types. 6 out of 10 stars. This book was a big improvement over the … Continued
Doodle Stitching by Aimee Ray is a book on embroidery. 4 out of 10 stars. The three things I look for in an embroidery book are (1) stitches, (2) patterns or transfers, and (3) projects. Anyone can embroider on fabric. It’s … Continued
Paper Crafting with Carol Duvall is a hefty book filled with interesting paper crafts, most of them cards to give as gifts. 5 out of 10 stars. If you’re a card person, obviously this book will be more your cup … Continued
Bent, Bound & Stitched by Giuseppina “Josie” Cirincione is a book on making small mementoes (cards and punk jewelry) with wire, paper, and found objects. 2 out of 10 stars. I see this type of jewelry at the craft fairs but … Continued
Art Quilt Maps by Valerie S Goodwin is a book about mixed media quilts made by stitching, painting, and fusing fabrics onto a background. 4 out of 10 stars. This is a very thin book and the last half of … Continued
Prepared to Dye by Gene Shepherd is supposed to be a book on making your own dyes and dye baths for dying different media. 0 out of 10 stars. Most of this book is about using commercial dyes on wool … Continued
Southern Living Big Book of Cupcakes by Jan Moon is a sequel to her previous Big Book of Cupcakes. 0 out of 10 stars. I was literally shocked when I opened this book. There are supposed to be 150 cupcake recipes in … Continued
Night Fall by Nelson DeMille is one of the novels in his John Corey series. I have not read the series before and considering how much I loathed this one, I won’t be. 1 out of 10 stars. This novel started … Continued
The Cinderella Deal by Jennifer Crusie was written back in 1996, two decades or 20 years ago. It shows its age. I inherited an entire Jennifer Crusie collection from my older sister and I promised her I’d read at least … Continued
Mason Jar Crafts by Lauren Elise Donaldson is a book designed to use the beauty of Mason canning jars and be crafty with them. I wish the crafts were pretty. They really aren’t. I’ve found more useful things to do with … Continued