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MacBeth

Books

Author: Jo Nesbø

This book was not at all what I expected. Other books I’ve read by this author followed the cases of Detective Harry Hole. Every one of them was hard to put down. This one is hard to put down but for an entirely different reason.

MacBeth is the head of the SWAT team in the fictional city of Fife. Almost from the beginning we see a very dark side to Macbeth and he doesn’t get any nicer throughout the book. His climb to the top leaves a trail of murders, many of which MacBeth is behind but not necessarily the perpetrator. I soon came to dislike MacBeth; the reason I couldn’t put it down was because I wanted to see if he got his comeuppance. The mystery went on until the last few pages; the last chapter hints that the criminality will continue.

Goodreads Rating: * * *

Rag Quilt

Quilting

When sewing with Gail we use a bag full of tags for projects we want to tackle. I know that the Rag Quilt was one I added to the mix.

I had bits and pieces of flannel left from other projects; I spent a day at the Guild cutting the fronts and the backs out, as well as going through my batting scraps.

Sewing the sandwiches together went very quickly; even stitching the squares and rows together didn’t take long. The longest time was spent trimming the edges to get the fraying effect after it was washed and dried. I did most of that job on the day we had our 12-hour power outage; I had plenty of light sitting at the kitchen table and snipping. It was a bit hard on the hands but I did it in small batches.

This will be a donation quilt.

I still have plenty of flannel left and if I’d get busy and do some more sandwiching I’d have lots of batting. Since the project was a quick one I’m sure I’ll make another.

Gilead

Books

Author: Marilynne Robinson

This is actually the first book in a series but reading the second one first really didn’t make any difference. In fact, this filled in a few of the gaps that I noticed in the second one.

John Ames, an elderly minister, has started to write down stories and thoughts for his very young son (only 8 years old) to read when he is a grown man. There are a few notable quotes but I never thought to write them down at the time I read them. It was a library book so I couldn’t mark them either.

I didn’t think I wanted to read the third in the series but it is the back story of one of the characters so I’ve ordered it from the library.

Goodreads Rating: * * *