Nice surprise in the mail.....

Look at this nice surprise I got in the mail today from a quilting friend ( Julie ).   She took the time to make me a mini quilt and I love it......so colorful....

and she put a little bit of "extra-special" in it by adding a piping strip of fabric just inside the binding.  (I'm not sure if you call it piping, but that's what I call it.)  If you click on the photo, I think you can see it in more detail.   I really appreciate her kindness AND her nice work.....beautifully-stitched hand-quilting on it, too.   It looks very nice hanging on my wall and I will treasure it always.   THANKS, Julie!    Click on her name at the beginning of my post to go see her quilting blog and the beautiful work she does while still working full-time as a nurse.  She is quite a special gal.

Yet Another Book Review...Minding Molly

Recently I was given a copy of Minding Molly (by Leslie Gould) from Bethany House publishers.  In return, I was asked to provide a review.  Those of you who follow my blog know I enjoy Amish fiction, so I had high hopes for this book....especially since I read the first two books of the series and really enjoyed them.  This one, though, didn't hold my interest very well.  It seemed to drag along and I didn't find myself wanting to stay up late at night to read for hours on end.  I had trouble connecting with the characters in this book.  I think, though, if it was the first Amish fiction book I was reading, I'd have been fascinated enough with the Amish culture that it would have been enjoyable enough.  At this point, however, I have read so many Amish fiction books that I had a large basis for comparison and this didn't make the grade for me.  While I have enjoyed other books by this same author, this one did not seem on a par with the others.   I'd give it just 3 out of 5 stars.  To me, it was okay...but not much more than that.