March Reading

 This month I've read seven books, with another nearly finished.

My featured Author was Lyn Morris, with her book Liberty. Set in 1962, an era when women left work when they marry, we find Ellie, married and wanting to work. The book draws you in, discusses domestic violence, women's friendships and is a wonderful read. Lyn is a self published author, based in Victoria.

I discovered Amanda Hampson and her Tea Ladies series. Four tea ladies, Hazel, Betty, Irene and Meryl get involved with a kidnapping, bigamist marriage, and a murder. Set in Surry Hills, Sydney in 1965, it is a delightful read, with twists and turn you don't see coming. I'm  reading the second one, The Cryptic Clue and it is just as good.

Here is a link to Amanda's Website

The movie Picnic at Hanging Rock,  was released 50 years ago, this year and I remember going to the movies and seeing it, so I thought I would re-read my original copy of the book. I also took myself to see the stage play, of the same name. Didn't enjoy it a bit, some people walked out.

The story is still interesting to read and it is an Australian classic.

Rachael Johns has a new release in her Bunyip Bay Series, Outback Reunion. Set in the fictional town of Bunyip Bay, it brings together Gabriela and Mark after an eight years after a chance encounter and the consequences from that. 

Carlene O'Connor released her new An Irish Village Mystery, with Murder in a Irish Garden. There is a gardening competition happening, but when they go to view the gardens, they are all destroyed and that starts the mystery that had me puzzled until the end.

The Society of Australian Genealogists had a craft theme going in February and a book that was mentioned was The Power of Knitting: Stitching Together Our Lives in a Fractured World,  by Loretta Napoleoni

I found the book interesting to read, as it was very different from other books I've read about knitting. Loretta describes knitting as a means for women to influence history. She talks about the pussy hats knitted during the Me Too campaign, knitting socks for troops. 

A mixed bag for me this month and I've added a couple of interesting ones to my April list, too.

Enjoy.

This book is a voyage through our history following the yarn of social, economic and political changes – from ancient Egypt and Peru to modern Mongolia, from the spinning bees of the American Revolution to the knitting spies of World War II, and from the hippies’ rejection of consumerism to yarnbombing protests against climate change. For the author it is also a personal journey of discovery and salvation, drawing on the wisdom her grandmother passed along as they knit together.

This book is a voyage through our history following the yarn of social, economic and political changes – from ancient Egypt and Peru to modern Mongolia, from the spinning bees of the American Revolution to the knitting spies of World War II, and from the hippies’ rejection of consumerism to yarnbombing protests against climate change. For the author it is also a personal journey of discovery and salvation, drawing on the wisdom her grandmother passed along as they knit together.

This book is a voyage through our history following the yarn of social, economic and political changes – from ancient Egypt and Peru to modern Mongolia, from the spinning bees of the American Revolution to the knitting spies of World War II, and from the hippies’ rejection of consumerism to yarnbombing protests against climate change. For the author it is also a personal journey of discovery and salvation, drawing on the wisdom her grandmother passed along as they knit together.