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  As a mid level crocheter, I am always on the look out for patterns that are clear, concise and easy to understand. Most textured stitches are slightly complicated. Well, that's what make the pattern so beautiful. This book has some amazing illustrations with clear instructions. The ones that truly caught my eye were Stairsteps, Istanbul Mosaic, and Streamers. The patterns have a diagram too, for people who follow symbols better than text.  If you are a collector of crochet books, then this one has to find a spot on your bookshelf. - A NetGalley Review

  I have come to love such books. Books, that I can leave on the coffee table and not worry where I have left off. I don't have to necessarily start reading under any pressure and I don't have to keep at it because a plot twist is round the line.   Apart from great storytelling, books hold the responsibility to keep our minds working. It helps keep the grey cells working and allowing imagination to take wings and fly to distant lands without much ado. Then sometimes, after a tiring day, if you want to sit and just not think, if you want to simply look into the skies or watch the day go about you, you might want to pick up this or such books for comfort and company.  This beautiful book has some learning which does not sound like gyan. It does not preach how to become perfect, because we are all beautifully imperfect and flawed. It suggests how and what we can do when things don't go our way. Maybe difficult times show us our capabilities and strength. This book will ...

  I like DS Imogen Grey & Adrian Miles. I like the way Katerina Diamond weaves everybody into her stories, giving due credit to everyone's lives. Making story telling so much more realistic.  The Promise is the 4th book if you want to read it in order. It can be read or listened to as a stand alone as well. Character build up would be better if we read it in the series though.  So Imogen and Adrian - trustworthy partners, team players, and friends are now on the hunt for what looks like a serial killer. The killer, befriends people online and then over time kills them in cold blood. Catfishing is a serious crime. A person creates a fake identity to trick young, beautiful, vulnerable, innocent women. They gain the victim's trust and then resort to blackmail, financial gain or harmful purposes. This concept hit very close to home as we are in a world of doing everything virtually.  In a parallel timeline, we have Connor, a young boy, along with his father, has move...