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I've read between a hundred and seventy and a hundred and ninety, I think - I lost count.... Interestingly, I split evenly between nineteenth and twentieth/twenty-first century. And yes, it's astonishing how many I've read as a direct result of this place. I know these things are subjective - but still... Agatha Christie & Dorothy Sayers - but no Ngaio Marsh or P D James? Elmore Leonard - but no Ed McBain? (And talking of which, where is The Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter?) It's also sometimes a bit obvious. Must have some science fiction. OK, I Robot, Foundation, 2001 and Slaughterhouse 5. And to show he's a cool dude, let's also include a Philip K Dick and another couple of Vonneguts. Thrillers - well, must include Le Carre and John Updike, and he's included Elmore Leonard to be imaginative. Comedy? A token Wodehouse, Billy Liar and Lucky Jim. (What do you mean, Lucky Jim's not there? I'm sure he meant to include it, it just slipped his mind.) And yes, something is badly wrong when a list like this misses out Chaucer. BTW, I must back up Cindy - the Read With Me anthology is marvellous. I've got it because it's got The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico, but I was very impressed with the other items in it. And by the way - Mrs 'Arris is on that list, but The Snow Goose isn't....raises eyes to heaven.

Great article... In fact I almost just made one of the same mistakes. I picked out a cabinet stain color at the cabinet shop which has all florescent lighting... I decided to get wood samples and give it to the cabinet maker instead. I knew something was up when I took a piece of my hardwood and it looked light yellow under their lighting. In my house the hardwood is dark with red undertones...

You know, it's not going to be as bad as I feared. I made a block as Bev suggested and photocopied it so I could see how the hexagon would look without having to make six blocks. Here is the pattern and my block. My block will get a little "lacier-looking" when the seam allowances don't show. I guess I can live with this. Thanks so much for the offer of fabric, Bev.