christianreader | Book list for last few months

Hi , my name is Claire. I am in New Zealand and would like to thank you for your posts, I have been watching for a couple of months and have founds some great books off your lists. Has inspired me to start reading again and to start taking note of what I am reading.

Have taken this list straight off my history from the Library - from about March to now, writing a book list is a bit of a new concept for me. Doesn't include any that I have borrow from people. Can't remember any though.
Most of my comments are not about the book but how I found the book. Most of them have been returned so can't quote any of them or any info about them. But the links will do that.

I have had time off recently, and am very glad to have had these books to keep me interested and entertained.

Not sure if the hyperlinks have stayed from the library site. But if they have it is for my local area library.

Aunt Dimity takes a holiday [large print] / Nancy Atherton.	Really enjoyed this. One of the first of hers I read and worth reading more. A slow meander through an exciting holiday.
The master quilter : an Elm Creek quilts novel / Jennifer Chiaverini.	Part of the Elm Creek Quilter series – think it is about 3^rd in the series. Really getting into the characters now, enjoying less quilting talk and more about the people I am getting to love
The highly suspicious halo / Eileen M. Berger.	Honestly don’t remember this one – may have returned it without reading. I think it was a ‘Church Choir’ one (different authors writing about the same town). Just had too many to read at the time.
The runaway quilt : an Elm Creek quilts novel / Jennifer Chiaverini.	Part of the Elm Creek Quilter series. Brilliant – best yet. Is set right back when Sylvia’s family first came to the area.
The quilter's legacy : an Elm Creek quilts novel / Jennifer Chiaverini.	Part of the Elm Creek Quilter series. Once again opening up the story of the Compton family, how quilting and family relationships have shaped them.
Shoots to kill : a flower shop mystery / Kate Collins.	Read half of it – didn’t enjoy, decided I didn’t have to waste my time on something that wasn’t grabbing me.
The cat who went up the creek / Lilian Jackson Braun.	Revisiting an old fav. Quill and his smart cats are always a good read. Heaps in the series and have loved every one
Mr. Monk and the two assistants : a novel / Lee Goldberg.	Loved the series on tv – just so quirky and the books just make it even better by explaining what is going on behind the scenes. Loved how the two assistants played off each other.
Whiter than the lily / Alys Clare.	Medieval Mystery. I found it a bit different to what I had been reading. Was a good read in the end, but had to adjust to it. Had the phrase – ‘get thee to a nunnery’ running through my head while reading it – for no particular reason. It has nothing to do with it. A good well written story
The sugar camp quilt : an Elm Creek quilts novel / Jennifer Chiaverini.	Part of the Elm Creek Quilter series. Back to a slightly earlier time than Runaway Quilt. Once again seeing people from a different angle. This author is very clever. Will write a character then write about that character from another persons perspective. Facing the issue of slavery from someone who was dealing with it.
Preaching to the corpse : / Roberta Isleib.	Why does such strange stuff happen to people. Was a good one. Very real, both in the happenings (got sick in the middle and just wanted to go home) and the very real emotions. Also had well written characters. Particularly enjoyed it because, not sure what denomination it was written from but one of the story lines was about looking for a new pastor for a church. What a process, sounds very familiar. We expect so much from people.
How to teach filthy rich girls / Zoey Dean.	Thought this was going to be a very contemopory romance type one, it had that flavour, but the lasting impression was of a wider story of moral of the story, a brief flirt into the lives of those who grew up with plenty of money and status. A good read
Gaudy night / Dorothy L. Sayers.	This and the next one. I read one but not the other.
A presumption of death / Jill Paton Walsh and Dorothy L. Sayers.	I think it was this one I did read. Still a little confused on who wrote it. Has some tie up with a character or real life letters from the war. A bit hazy on how it came about. A good story anyway, a mystery set in London and surrounding areas about getting ready for the war proper. eg setting up shelters for the blitz, rations
Tapped out / Natalie M. Roberts.	Didn’t finish it. But gave it to my mother who enjoyed it. Asked if she did any more. Will resist looking for her and tell her to look herself.
Carrot cake murder / Joanne Fluke.	First of hers I had read. Obiviously about half way through the series. Hard to figure out who everyone was. Is about a Caterer / Sleuth. Every time she makes something they list the recipe – very distracting but a good story.
Shady borders / John Sherwood.	About a gardener/landscaper sleuth. Intelligent, easy to get into and a good read.
The Christmas quilt : an Elm Creek quilts novel / Jennifer Chiaverini.	Part of the Elm Creek Quilter series. One from the past. Christmas time in the Compton household, over the years the different stories, how a family grows together. How it still effects us now.
Circle of quilters : an Elm Creek quilts novel / Jennifer Chiaverini.	Part of the Elm Creek Quilter series. A book broken up into the same story told by different people. At first that annoyed me, I’ve read this! But once I got over myself, it is quite interesting to see what they weren’t telling each other. It continues the story about 2/3 of the was through so you do find out what happens next.
Paws in the proceedings by Deric Longden.	The first one of Deric Longden I read was about his wife who had ME like me called ‘Diana’s Story’. Was and still is one of my all time favourite books. ‘Lost for words’ was a brilliant one as well. This is his latest. The whole family (including the cats) are getting older and slowing down. A glimpse into the Longden family life. Slowly entertaining. But read his other stuff first. This is just a catch up to see how they are all doing.
The quilter's homecoming : an Elm Creek quilts novel / Jennifer Chiaverini.	Part of the Elm Creek Quilter series. Cousin Elizabeth moves to California (not a spooler, happened in another book) But this is what really happened out there. Good story line on communication and how we hide stuff away, also about growing up.
A killer stitch / Maggie Sefton.	Reading it at the moment. Will update later