Mary by Janis Cooke Newman

This is a fascinating book about the life of Mrs. Abe Lincoln.  Not being american I didn't know about her other than her existence.

Regarding her first sight of Abe, 'the ugliest man upon which I had ever laid eyes,'  How could it be worse after that...?
Apparently she was the first to be called the First Lady.

I liked how she took a list of statistics of a woman who lost 3 children, loved seances, loved shopping....

And changed her from a pariah living in an insane assylum into a believable and misunderstood character.

Baby & Kids Quilts (Best of Fons & Porter)

Super cute baby quilts, wouldn't you know it came from Fons & Porter.  I hate their website but love their shows and now apparently their books.

Super-cute Pincushions/Shape Workshop for Quilters

Ok, both worth a quick look.

The pincushions are really of cute but who is going to make all those peas for the pod??

ShapeWorkshop for Quilters from Fat Quarterly the e-zine folks.  It's interesting but just for looking...

Jesus by Deepak Chopra

Very nice.  He takes a difficult perhaps intimidating personage to write about but he's already done Buddha so I guess he's OK with it.

Blue Moon Promise by Colleen Coble

I just looked back to the last one I read by Colleen and realized that this one has the same problem.  I think it is the covers -- I love them.  They are somehow sooo attractive to me I scoop them up.  She starts strong but kind of fizzles but I did manage to read the whole thing this time.

Free Motion Quilting with Angela Walters

I think she says with instead of by because of the great way she has of making you think you could actually do this with her help...I love it.