What I Have Read

by Ellery Adams These stories were re-written and names changed and the name of the author was Jennifer Stanley and changed to her real name.  1. Path of the Crooked - Finished 4/4/2020 2. The Way of the Wicked - Finished 5/14/2020 3. The Graves of the Guilty - Finished 6/25/2020 4. The Root of All Evil - Finished 7/4/2020 5. Fate of the Fallen I found this author through another series and then saw this one and have been working hard to read this series in order. I am one away from finishing the series and I do enjoy this series.  Cooper is a copier repairperson and when she goes to a church to fix the copier she is invited to come and join the Bible group that meets every Sunday morning. She is uncertain why, but she goes to the first one and ends up liking the others in the group. When someone dies, the group works together, using their own special talents to find the truth and share it with the police.  In the latest book that I finished, Cooper's sister is very close...

by Monica Ferris 1. Crewel World - Finished 12/25/2019 2. Framed in Lace - Finished 2/24/2020 3. A Stitch in Time - Finished 10/20/2008 &8/2/2020 4. Unraveled Sleeve - Finished 10/08/2008  5. A Murderous Yarn - Finished 10/13/2008 6. Hanging by a Thread - Finished 10/22/2008 & 7/17/2020 7. Cutwork - Finished 10/22/2008 8. Crewel Yule - Finished 10/26/2008 & 8/8/2020 9. Embroidered Truths - Finished 10/30/2008 & 8/7/2020 10. Sins and Needles - Finished 11/6/2008 11. Knitting Bones - Reread and Finished 6/8/2020 12. Thai Die - Reread and Finished 7/5/2020 13. Blackwork - Reread and Finished 9/6/2020 14. Buttons and Bones - 7/24/20 15. Threadbare7/24/2020 16. And Then You Dye - Reread and Finished 6/1/2020 17. The Drowning Spool - Reread and Finished 6/22/2020 18. Darned if You Do - 6/7/2020 19. Knit Your Own Murder - 7/26/2020 Have you ever found a Series of stories and ended up starting in the middle? That is what I have done with this series. I found it while cruisi...

by Jane Yolen This was a quick read as it was stories that I read when I was younger, rewritten, and changing the way the story is told but allowing the moral to still be present. 

by Andrew Forsthoefel Andrew set out on a journey across America using as the basis Henry David Thoreau and Jack Kerouac. He wanted to have more in his life and felt that if he took this journey of walking and listening to people talk it would open a new world to him. In a way, it did. He tells some of the more memorable stories and things that he encountered on his journey. He tells about what he learned about himself. I was laughing at the stories of the Squirrel feast and learning from a man who said he forgives because he wants to get into heaven and he knows from the Bible that if he doesn't forgive he will never make it there. He learns that part of him is afraid of dying, another part still hurts from his father and mother divorcing.  This story was so interesting and pulling that I actually recommended it to other moms at the pool. 

by Jane Healey The book is set in England during WWII and the animals from a museum in London have been moved to a Manor House of a member of the Royal Class. The animals are stuffed and well cared for by a woman, Hetty Cartwright, and her staff. They are put into rooms approved of for storage and she is warned by the Lord of the Manor to not upset his daughter. To keep her from the animals and to not talk about anything of consequence with her.  The story is told from the point of view of Hetty and Lucy. This is not one of my favorite ways to read a book. There were other things that made the book unappealing to me but may have been interesting for others. 

Susan Elia MacNeal 1. "Mr. Churchill's Secretary" - 6/29/20 - England 2. "Princess Elizabeth's Spy" - finished 6/7/20 - England 3. "His Majesty's Hope" - finished 5/26/20 - Germany 4. "The Prime Miniter's Secret Agent" - finished 6/23/20 - Scotland 5. "Mrs. Roosevelt's Confidante" - finished 4/21/20 - USA 6. "The Queen's Accomplice" - finished 3/17/20 - England 7. "The Paris Spy" - finished 5/2/20 - France 8. "The Prisoner in the Castle" - Finished 5/10/20 - Scotland 9. "The King's Justice" - finished 6/12/20 - England Okay, I stumbled across this series and started with a book from the middle. I was then reading the books as I was able to obtain from the Library systems. I finally finished all the available books from the series by reading Book 1 - Mr. Churchill's Secretary. We meet Maggie Hope and her friends and roommates, who are sharing her home that she inheri...

by Julie Hyzy set in Emberstowne, VA 1. Grace Under Pressure - Finished 1/22/20 2. Grace Interrupted - Finished 6/14/20      3. Grace Among Thieves - Finished 6/19/20 4. Gace Takes Off - Finished 5/4/20 5. Grace Against the Clock - Finished 7/1/20 6. Grace Cries Uncle 7. Grace Sees Red 8. Grace to the Finish I have had these books in my TBR for a while and finally got around to reading them. In the first book, we meet Grace, her assistant (a very prickly woman), and the owner of the Manor House and his step-daughter. Bennett and Grace may have a very familial relationship. It seems that Bennett's father was in a relationship with Grace's Grandmother, making her mother and Bennett siblings. While all this happens they find bodies on the property and proving who did the deed they find that Grace is good at finding information through research and knows how to use the talents of those around her.  I just finished "Grace Against the Clock," where the Manor House is the l...