SOOOOOOOOO cool! Hand stitched? That's just amazing! I would love to try something like this...but not the hand stitching part. I would definitely do it all by machine, haha!
For all you Outlander fans - @gonewiththewind - I would recommend Discovery of Witches. It's kinda like grown-lady Twilight. It's what I'm doing now coz I needed the escapism. A couple recommendations for mystery fans: - The Lane Winslow Series - Book #5 just came out. Lane was a spy with MI-5 in Britain during the war. After she buys herself a house and a small apple orchard in British Columbia's Kootenay mountains, where he spy skills prove useful to the local police, particularly Inspector Darling. You'll enjoy this if you're a fan of Agatha Christie, Murdoch Mysteries and Miss Fischer's Mysteries. - The Inspector Gamache Series - Armand Gamache is an inspector in Montreal. He's called to investigate murders throughout the Anglo-Quebecer communities South of Montreal. The series is hugely popular in Canada. There is a tonne of interesting local history. Gamache prides himself on his ethics and principals, and he usually comes out as a hero without ever resorting to violence or threats.
I love Rosamund Pilcher. I think I have read all the novels, and a few of her short stories. In Germany they love her so much , they make films of all her stories, ( I think she writes for them too , not sure about that that though. ) but you can often catch them on the German channels.
Yes ! Louise Penny is also one of my faves, I have 2 unread books of hers that I have been hoarding . and Yes @janedee who said; "Really enjoyed The Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg, a new to me Scandinavian mystery author." Just wait until you read the stone cutter ! I love her too, and also have her last book waiting to be read ( The witch) perhaps I detter finish that shetland series by Anne Cleeves..
I'll have to search around to see if I can find any available with subtitles. I'm glad to find a fellow fan!
I'm always happy when I find another spy/intelligence set of books. Two I've enjoyed this year that were new to me are *the ones by Charles Finch - The Charles Lenox Mysteries. There are also 3 prequels that have been written recently and while I've found this series hard to locate in two MD libraries they seem to be catching on this year. *Also books written by Olen Steinhauer - The Milo Weaver series. Sometimes a bit hard for me to follow with my 2020 brain cells seeming to go awol now and then but good international intrigue.
I just finished Lila by Marilynne Robinson, the author of Gilead which I have not read. A very interesting story but I am having an increasing frustration with books that intersperse today with the past and nary a paragraph break. Maybe it's my age or maybe it's the affect covid-19 time has had on me. I would call this a prequel to Gilead and Home both of which were Pulitzer Prize winners. Starting tomorrow will be The Black Swan of Paris by Karen Robards.