My book blog has all of my books and reading posts.Here are 2 more of the 7 postcards I recently sent out. I've been either busy or stalling and haven't gotten anything else much done lately.
Monday, November 27, 2006
A Mystery with Textile and Natural Dyes
I recently read a mystery that might interest some of you. Susan Wittig Albert writes the China Bayles mysteries series, set in the fictitious Pecan Springs, Texas. China owns an herb shop and grows herbs for natural dyeing as well. Indigo Dying (sp. difference to reflect mystery) has China teaching a workshop in natural dyeing. I re-discovered these novels recently when Booklogged mentioned them, so on my last trip to the library, I found 2 of the more recent ones. 
My book blog has all of my books and reading posts.
Here are 2 more of the 7 postcards I recently sent out. I've been either busy or stalling and haven't gotten anything else much done lately.
My book blog has all of my books and reading posts.Here are 2 more of the 7 postcards I recently sent out. I've been either busy or stalling and haven't gotten anything else much done lately.
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Your postcards are wonderful, JenClair!! And I'm so glad you post about the books you read. I'm a reader also but I live "out in the country" and don't get out to bookstores very often so I'm always looking for new novels to read. And my husband says I only read it if it's 'murder and mayhem'. LOL Actually, my interests are quite varied, thank you very much, my DH!! LOL Anyway, thanks for sharing your "book knowledge" with us. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the referral, jenclair. (I love mysteries, but I'm getting fed up with Elizabeth George [Inspector Lynley books, made into PBS series]. Too gruesome and somehow children are always the victims. I quit reading Patricia Cornwell for the same reasons. Yuck.) I'll check out the China series next.
ReplyDeleteLove your bluebird!
Thanks, Angie! I'm an unapolegetic lover of mysteries, but like you, my interests are varied. I skip around, but always come back to a bunch of "murder and mayhem" at some point.
ReplyDeleteJane Ann - these are very simple, short mysteries. I've wondered why some authors seem to believe that complex means gruesome and perverted.
Oh, oh...I recognize that top one! LOL It is sitting right next to me as I type.
ReplyDeletelove seeing the other postcards! Was thinking of you earlier as I commenced foiling for one of the fiber art anthology pages.
ReplyDeleteLove the postcards, and thanks for the book recommendations. I read one that you mention, The Woman in Black; it was fun. Like Jane Ann, I am totally fed up with the Inspector Lynley ones, and won't even look at the new one.
ReplyDeleteThe bird postcard is fantastic! I am going to have to look up these books.
ReplyDeleteRissa - Yep! That one went to you.
ReplyDeleteACey - I'm going to trying the foiling soon. Just use a fabric glue and a press cloth?
Kay - I really liked Death in the Garden by Elizabeth Ironside that I read a month or so ago.
Jules - Thanks! I don't imagine you have much time free with the new baby and the new house, but a light mystery is a good way to relax.
Love the postcards.
ReplyDeleteO Love these postcards!
ReplyDeleteCute little bluebird.
Indigo Dying sounds verrrry intriguing... it's on my list now.
Thanks!
Yes, Jen. That's all I've used. I think it probably takes a bit to get totally confident with the technique (I'm not there yet) but the interim results are bound to be fun.
ReplyDeleteI have a thing for bluebirds and yours is very special. I've loved the whole China Bayles series, probably because in addition to mysteries I'm into herbs.
ReplyDeleteFran - Oh, yes, you would find these little mysteries fun. They get a bit repetititive, but the herb lore is always interesting to me.
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