Bookish Review ~ Sew & Tell - 5/31/26

 

Another month has passed by, and we are turning our calendar pages to a new chapter.

Dave and I are attending a wedding out of town, so this party is pre-recorded. ;)  Therefore, I am skipping the Sew & Tell feature.

Since we're starting the 6th chapter of the book of 2026 and I'm here to show off the bookish blocks I have made to represent each book that I have completed during May.

A Spool of Blue Thread was nothing that I expected it to be (but good)... And Every Breath was all that I had hoped for and expected!  There's a mailbox, a beach and romance.  I'd love to see a movie made from it.

Anna Kerenina... a classic novel that takes place in Russia in the late 1800s... and way too long (in my opinion). I envisioned my grandparents' families longing to leave there and make their move to America.

It was coincidental timing that I worked on my Pieces From the Past II quilt as I listened.

Next up was The Last Bookshop in London, another WWII book that I enjoyed as I worked on the quilt made with blocks that represent the various letters from former WWII POWs that worked on my grandparents' farm in the 1940s.

Meet the Newmans was a 1960s story of a television family that, on the surface, reflected their home life as well.  I was well entertained.

A quote from the book struck me in reference to the women of that era finding fulfillment in life.  It was called the Patchwork method... where one takes little pieces of time to write, paint, or dance (whatever expression of creativity you choose) and before you know it you've cobbled something together like a patchwork quilt.  Some give up quickly.  Some forget about their dreams.  Some use excuses to justify why they don't try anymore.

Like the Book Club for Troublesome Women, the husband reveals that he feels as though he was in prison and forced to do work he no longer wanted to do. 

Ironically, my next book, The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie, had a similar theme.  A junior high diary contained a list of life goals, and the author of the list realized 20 years later that she had not reached a single goal on that list.  She posed the question, "What does "having it all" really mean?"  She is given three opportunities to live one day in a life that might have been hers had circumstances been different or she had made different choices.  What does she realize?

I have 45 9-patch blocks complete!

Just looking at these blocks on the design wall gives me such joy.

What brings you joy lately?

Leave a comment... I'd love to hear from you!

Keep Piecing,

Melva

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