[lace] Monica Ferris books
I'm just getting to the end of the last Monica Ferris novel to have been published in paperback (Blackwork) - there's another one after that, but it's currently only in hardback. For those of you who don't know the books, they are about a lady who inherits a needlework store in Minnesota after her sister is murdered and gets involved in solving local murders - wouldn't like to live there! Some of the books have patterns, charted needlework of some kind, knitting, etc in the back, and there's always needlecraft content. 'Blackwork' mentions bobbin lace. I have them all and it's time they left me for other people to read. I'd like to pass them on to someone and for that person to send them on to someone else when they've read them. A sort of round robin. They need to be read in order, so the first person needs to receive them in the correct order. Any suggestions on the best way to do it? My first thought is that they could be passed person to person, rather than posted to save cost to anyone (and sanity if passing to someone in the USA by avoiding the postal system). Many of you attend events where you meet up with others from all over the world. Or should I just give them to one of my local charity shops? Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Monica Ferris books
Hi Jean, We have a system at our monthly meetings of the Aust. Lace Guild in South Australia which works brilliantly. We donate books to the trading table (organised by our Librarian) and we pay 50cents per book (fiction novels). After reading them they are given back to the trading table and someone else buys them for 50cents. If we have more than one person interested when the book first arrives, we sometimes write their name inside the book in pencil then pass the book on to the next person on the list. By the time we've finished with it if nobody else needs/wants it the books are usually donated to the local thrift shops or old people's homes. This way we recycle and also we earn money for our Guild which is banked into our Tutor's Fund which pays for visiting tutors. Hope this helps with your dilemma. I haven't read these books yet so I'd best go looking at our local library as they haven't turned up on our trading table. Please can someone let me know the name of the first book? Ta muchly, Shirley T. - lots of reading time coming up as the temperature is tipped to reach 39C tomorrow then 43C for New Years Eve! Well, we haven't had a lot of hot weather yet. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Monica Ferris books
Jean, et al, First wish we had some of your 30C temps! Not really, but it would be nice if it was above 30F. Re the books, may I concur with Jean. Your idea is great for earning money for tutors and it also gives others an opportunity to read the books before they are passed on. On another note, is it possible to get the ISBN for these books? I would also like to read them. Sallie On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 3:38 AM, Tregellas Family endso...@internode.on.net wrote: Hi Jean, We have a system at our monthly meetings of the Aust. Lace Guild in South Australia which works brilliantly. We donate books to the trading table (organised by our Librarian) and we pay 50cents per book (fiction novels). After reading them they are given back to the trading table and someone else buys them for 50cents. If we have more than one person interested when the book first arrives, we sometimes write their name inside the book in pencil then pass the book on to the next person on the list. By the time we've finished with it if nobody else needs/wants it the books are usually donated to the local thrift shops or old people's homes. This way we recycle and also we earn money for our Guild which is banked into our Tutor's Fund which pays for visiting tutors. Hope this helps with your dilemma. I haven't read these books yet so I'd best go looking at our local library as they haven't turned up on our trading table. Please can someone let me know the name of the first book? Ta muchly, Shirley T. - lots of reading time coming up as the temperature is tipped to reach 39C tomorrow then 43C for New Years Eve! Well, we haven't had a lot of hot weather yet. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
