Oh, and a quilt book

Not how to make a quilt, but one with a quiltmaker and her quilts as central to the story.

"The Fortune Quilt" by Lani Diane Rich is the story of a young woman, Carly, who thinks her life is fine, though not all that satisfying and then she meets a quiltmaker who makes quilts for people before she ever meets them and then does a 'reading' from the quilt. Right after that, Carly's whole life falls apart and she goes back to see the quiltmaker, whom she accuses of having cursed her. Then she moves into a cabin behind the quiltmaker's house and into the small artsy town and she starts making a new life for herself. "Accept the book with the amber spine. Give back the frog. Take the cab." (Dilute. Dilute. OK.)

It could use more depth in the men of the story and I wanted more of her sisters, especially the youngest one, but it was a very satisfying read. I shed a lot of tears, sadness/anger/outrage/sympathy/happiness/joy.

Very nice story and the author is a sweetheart, so double reason to buy it.

Oh, and I read S.E. Phillips' "Natural Born Charmer" a couple of weeks ago and recommend it, though not as highly. I liked a lot of it and felt it pulled together nicely. It felt like a lot of SEP's other books, especially "Heaven, Texas," though the hero wasn't a waste of space and nasty and abusive, and was only deeply flawed and deeply troubled, but at least he wasn't a jerk all the time.

What else have I read lately? I read an early Georgette Heyer - a contemporary (1930's instead of 1810's) mystery called "No Wind of Blame". Her Regency romances are better, but it was pretty good.

And what is that book for book group? Oh wait, I haven't started it yet. Either book for either book group: Jesusland and The Expected One.

Sentence fragments. If the "Magic Treehouse" woman can teach kids to read and write using mostly fragments, then I can in a blog. Definitely. And like it.