Reading Treasures Blog Hop!
We're hopping for the next four days, talking about books and treasures, which I think is a great tie-in to my vacation-on-a-ship romance. I have several reading treasures - AKA Kristina's Keeper List - that all bring something new to the table, although almost all of them are romances.
The very first romance I ever read, "Snow Bride" is on that list, along with a typically teenage-angsty "PS: I Love You". But I my most treasured book (at this moment) is a beaten up crafting book - it has patterns for handmade purses, knitted gloves, quilts/blankets...even book marks and quilted trivets for your dining table. I remember picking it up in a crafting store 10 or so years ago. It's moved with me from Nebraska to Missouri, to another area of Missouri and finally to Ohio. I've made at least half of the treasures inside the pages, but my favorite was a little rag quilt that I made just before we found out bebe was coming to live with us.
The blanket became bebe's first treasure - she would wad up a corner and snuggle in to rest or pick at the ragged edges during tummy time. I only have a couple squares left because the last time it hit the washing machine it kind of ... unraveled. But those squares are in bebe's treasure box - with a bunch of onsies and a few firsts - first Christmas dress, first pair of 'jeans' - that may some day become a t-shirt-style quilt for her. In the meantime, the box is under her bed and the book is just waiting for me to thumb through the pages again to find another treasure.
Hop on to check in with the other authors on the hop - and have your chance at more prizes:
Constance Phillips Susana Ellis Jayne Kingston Shay Lacy Rue Allyn Ray Wenck
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My favorite book treasure is my first book titled The Kitten Twins about 2 naughty kittens that get into all kinds of trouble. My mom bought it for me before I was old enough to read and read it to me. When my sister taught me how to read I read that book constantly...so much so that everyone would run when they saw me coming with it lol. I still have that tattered copy...the corners of some pages folded over, the spine held together with tape...but I love it and it brings a smile to my face whenever I pull it out of it's special place in a box in my closet :)
ReplyDeleteMy faves the Nancy Drew series. I dragged them all over the place!
ReplyDeleteI love those old children's books, Christine! I have a couple my mom saved for me and I'll save some of bebe's faves for her. :)
ReplyDeleteNancy Drew - such fun reads, D'Ann! I loved those books.
Aw, a craft book is something I'd never think about. It sounds beautifully sentimental. I hope you find time to make the rest of the projects. Congratulations on your new release!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Shay!
ReplyDeleteTrixie Belden! I was still reading her when I graduated from high school. I love the story of bebe's blanket.
ReplyDeleteI got a real kick out of reading What a Texas Girl Wants while touring the Texas Hill Country and San Antonio.
ReplyDeleteAwe! I love how the craft for your daughter came from a craft book and both are oh, so treasured.
ReplyDeleteGreat post and Congrats on the new release.
I don't think I know that series, Liz, will check it out!
ReplyDeleteRue, thank you for the great compliment!!
Constance, thanks! Mr. Right Now was a very fun book to write.