Dec 26, 2013

QUILT TRIP a Novel by Elizabeth Spann Craig

Friday 56 Rules: *Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader  *Find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it) that grabs you. *Post it. *Add your (url) post in Linky at Freda's Voice.

Also Book Beginnings by Rose City Reader.


page 56:
Depending on whether she was having a good day or a bad one, Miss Sissy's surprises could be various levels of extraordinary.
Book beginning:
Beatrice Coleman looked in horror at her neighbor Meadow Downey. "You mean we're not even invited? We're gate crashing?"
Book description:
"Beatrice has never crashed a party but now her fellow quilt guild member, Meadow Downey, is driving them to a Victorian mansion in the mountains beyond Dappled Hills, North Carolina. Muriel Starnes, an elderly eccentric, has organized a meeting of quilters to pick someone to administer a quilting scholarship.

But once the quilters arrive at the mansion, an ice storm leaves them stranded for the night. And by the next morning, they are one fewer—for Muriel has been sent to meet her maker. It’s up to Beatrice and the Village Quilters to figure out who has a guilty conscience."(goodreads)

Title: Quilt Trip by Elizabeth Spann Craig
Published December 3, 2013; Signet
Genre: cozy mystery

I guess it can snow in North Carolina in the winter. See the snow on the book cover?

9 comments:

  1. The plot of this one does sound amusing. Though I am usually critical of book beginnings that jump into things too quickly, the first sentence makes the book sound fun.

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    1. I have neverg ate crashed, Brian. But it does sound as if it could be fun, in the right circumstances!

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  2. I'm a quilter, so the title alone is enough to make me buy this book. The fact that it's a cozy mystery makes it even more appealing. I'm definitely curious about Miss Sissy's surprises (say that three times, fast!) and the gate-crashing quilters. Thanks for introducing me to this author.
    My Friday post is from THE WHISKEY BOTTLE IN THE WALL.

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  3. Crashing a party. Sounds like fun.

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  4. LOL Sounds fun and humorous!

    Happy weekend!

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  5. This sounds very good. Love it...missing people catch my eye in books. :) Notice I said "in books." :)

    THANKS for sharing. I love cozy books like this.

    Have a great day!!

    Elizabeth
    Silver's Reviews
    My Book Beginnings

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  6. A quilting murder! That has to be cozy!

    Thanks for participating in BBOF! Here's to another new year of good books and happy reading!

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  7. Oooohhh...I want to read this one! Sounds like my kind of book.

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  8. lol quilters crashing parties, sounds like a fun one.

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