Friday, October 4, 2013

Quilters' Book Club Selection for October and Winners!


Do you love to quilt AND love to read?  I invite you to join the free, online Quilters' Book Club.  Each month, we read a book, discuss it through comments on my blog posts, and then make a quilt block to represent that book.  I research several potential blocks to go with the book's themes, setting, main characters, and events.  And I find the patterns free on the internet, making it easy for everyone to access.  Each member can choose the block or blocks they'd like to make.

To join, become a follower of my blog so you won't miss any blog post.  To make it super convenient, you can also sign up for my posts to be delivered right to you via email.  It is never too late to join and begin reading and sewing along with us.     

Our book to read and discuss during October 2013 is State Fair: a Benni Harper Mystery by Earlene Fowler.  Get the book from your local library or bookstore and join us!       


"Folk art museum curator, rancher, and sometime sleuth Benni Harper returns with a long-awaited new mystery that has her attending the San Celina Mid-State Fair-a place for caramel apples and 4-H calves, colorful quilts and homemade jams, and maybe just a little murder..."  from Good Reads
 
"For Benni, the annual San Celina Mid-State Fair is a much anticipated break in her normal routine of overseeing museum exhibits, temperamental artists and stubborn cattle. This year there is a special showing of traditional African American quilts. When the exhibit's main attraction--a replica of a story quilt made by historical quilting icon Harriet Powers--is stolen, Benni suspects it is more than mere thievery.

"Benni soon learns that underneath the fun, the fair has become a focal point for certain people who are angry at his year's choice for fair manager, Levi Clark. And when the theft leads to a cold-blooded murder, Benni will have to search through a crazy quilt of of clues to discover who in San Celina's seemingly idyllic society is really a wolf in sheep's clothing..."
from the author's website
 
*****And we have our winners for September!***** 
Congratulations to Mary Ann and Karen 
 
Mary Ann and Karen, please email me at starwoodquilter@gmail.com with your mailing address, so you can receive your free copy of The Double Wedding Ring by Clare O'Donohue - courtesy of Plume Books.    

Is this the first Benni Harper Mystery by Earlene Fowler that you've read or have you read one before?  Inquiring minds want to know!  Answer in the comment section below.  If you are reading via email, you must first click on the blog title to be able to comment and read the comments of others.  By commenting, you are entering your name in a giveaway for a $20 gift certificate to Fat Quarter Shop.! The more times you comment throughout the month, the greater your chances are of winning!

You might also enjoy reading my previous blog post here. 

17 comments:

  1. I love Earlene Fowler's books and Benni Harper. Thank you for letting me know about this one! Going to Amazon right now to order it for my Kindle. It will be perfect to take with me to my quilt retreat in two weeks.

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  2. I've read Benni Harper mysteries in the past, but it has been several years. I'm looking forward to it just as soon as the library gets the book to me.

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  3. I have read all of her books and own most but not this one it seems. However I feel like starting at the beginning with Fool's puzzle and reading them all again. By then I will have a copy of State Fair, maybe for my kindle this time.
    Mary Anne

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  4. i have read a bunch of her's and love them all

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  5. I have read all of the Beni Harper books and absolutely love them . Plan on rereading State Fair along with you.

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  6. This is my first Beni Harper book! From the other comments, sounds like a great one!!

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  7. Just checked it out from the library. I haven't read any Benni Harper novels in a while, and I'm already about 1/3 of the way through. She's always into something. Typical Benni!

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  8. This is my first, so I am looking forward to getting into it with you all.

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  9. I have read all of the Beni Harper books and absolutely love them!! It's been a couple of years since her last one, so hopefully a new one will be out soon.

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  10. I have most of Fowlers books, but, I've only read a couple of them so far. Unfortunately, State Fair is not one I've purchased so far.

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  11. This is the first of Fowler's books for me. I confess that when I read that it was a mystery I thought perhaps we weren't reading a quilt themed book but as I'm getting into the book I see the connection...."Someone's stolen the Harriet Powers quilt."

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  12. This will be a first for me! Looking forward to it!

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  13. I just finished 'State Fair' this morning. I love the way Benni's character is developing more and as usual, I was not disappointed by Earlene Fowler. Everyone is in for a treat with this great book!

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  14. I love Bennie Harper books - I can't wait to read this one. Downloading to my Kindle right now.
    Faith

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  15. I've gotten behind and will sit this month out. See you next month

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  16. This is my first Benni Harper book and I am enjoying it. I do wish there was a picture of the stolen quilt for everyone to see. I have a quilt book that has the original quilt in it. I have drooled and drooled some more over the picture in my book of that quilt and I am tempted to try to make a similar quilt.

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