I've linked to the fuller discussion of The New Encyclopedia of Daylilies below. I'll most likely get that book, too. Well, Grosvenor doesn't include Becky Lynn, and while all six books include Fairy Tale Pink, I don't have a copy of Munson's book here, and I have no more than the name written down in my notes. So Barbara Mitchell, it is: Barbara Mitchell Reviews: Barbara Mitchell (Pierce 85) SSM [Stout Silver Medal], Dip, Dormant (in most areas), Height 45 cm (22"), Flower 15 cm (6"), Midseason, Reblooming. Voluptuous, wide, recurved, ruffled, soft light pink with overlapping petals, faintest rose band in hot climates, green throat. The pink pigment may have beige undertones in cooler climates; deeper pink veins create the impression of corduroy texture. Well-branched scapes. Slightly tender without snow cover or mulch in cold-winter regions but consistently good in most areas. Also a tetraploid conversion which is used by many breeders to produce better substance in the flowers, eg 'Pink Ambrosia' (pg 81). 'Tet Barbara Mitchell' (John Benz) is also known to double the fragrance in its offspring. (The Gardener's Guide to Growing Daylilies by Diana Grenfell, p 59) - a picture is included on pg 49 Barbara Mitchell (Charlie Pierce 1985) Semi-evergreen. Scape 20" (50.8 cm); Flower 6" (15.2 cm). Midseason. Pink Self with green throat. Diploid. 'Fairy Tale Pink' x 'Beverly Ann'. Award of Merit 1990. L. Stout Silver Medal 1992. (The Color Encyclopedia of Daylilies by Ted L. Petit & John P. Peat, p 39) - a picture is included of every daylily. This is listed in the chapter of the History of Daylily Hybridizing, rather than in the pink section, so I missed it before. Barbara Mitchell (Charles F. Pierce 1985) Semi-evergreen. Scape 20" (50.8 cm); Flower 6" (15.2 cm). Midseason. A pink self with a green throat. Diploid. 'Fairy Tale Pink' x 'Beverly Ann'. Stout Silver Medal 1992. (The Daylily: A Guide for Gardeners by John P. Peat, p 135) - no picture. This is listed in the chapter on Award-Winning Daylilies, so I missed it before. Barbara Mitchell (Pierce) Semi-evergreen to Dormant, Height 60 cm (24"), Dip, Midseason, Reblooming. Gorgeous, rounded and ruffled pink with a green throat. Wide overlapping petals and superb form. This is an outstanding daylily in every way and is deservedly popular. It will be grown with pride for many years. 'Barbara Mitchell' is one of the top three daylilies grown in the USA and will be equally popular in Australia when better known. It has proven an easy grower and is a garden spectacle. Photo p. 54. (Daylilies for the Garden by Graeme Grosvenor, pg 56) Barbara Mitchell1984 (Pierce) Semi-evergreen. 20". Midseason. 6", opulent pale pink, with narrow pink eye band, and a green throat. Diploid. Photo same page. (Hemerocallis, The Daylily by R.W. Munson, Jr., p 65) - This may include the metric measurements, too. I'm not sure. Cultivar - Color and Form - Barbara Mitchell - An outstanding pink from Fairy Tale Pink - Foliage Type - Bloom Season - Scape Height - Blossom Diameter - Other Characteristics - Hybridizer & Date Semi-evergreen - M - 20" - 6" - [blank] - Pierce 1984 (Daylilies, The Perfect Perennial by Lewis and Nancy Hill, p 162) - This chart is on a 2-page spread. It is a lot easier to read as a table in the book. There is also a picture on pg 149.

Earlier this month my DH went to China for a couple of weeks so we broke down and finally got him a Kindle. Well, it was more like I dragged him kicking and screaming into getting a Kindle. (No, I don't have one but I'd gotten one for my elderly mother and drilled her in how to use it so I knew pretty much all about them.) My husband went from being a reluctant Kindle owner to an avid Kindle owner. He travels a LOT and he was always packing piles of paperbacks in his luggage. Sometimes he'd run out and wind up buying more paperbacks and carting them home. (One reason we quite literally have thousands of them.) He loved just having the Kindle to pack when going to China. He loved that he had 90 books loaded into it. (All but one of them free.) He's in Washington state now and didn't even look at packing paperbacks, just stuck his Kindle in his carryon. As far as the ipad goes, yes it does a lot more than a Kindle does BUT, I wouldn't recommend it for reading for long periods of time. The display screen of a Kindle really does look like a printed page....a printed page taht you can adjust the text size. An ipad or any tablet thing like that will be backlit and while that might make it easier for you to read in a roomw ith no lights, it'll also tire your eyes more....just like reading a computer screen all day.

Sueb, I seem to be in the minority with the Is This Tomorrow book. It got pretty good reviews on Goodreads, but I just thought did not like the writing or the story line. I wonder if I missed something! I can't wait to read Me Before You - I read another JoJo Moyes book this summer and while the subject matter didn't sit that well with me (involves an affair), I really liked it. I also loved The Kitchen House, Defending Jacob and Elizabeth Berg books. Looking at your list, it seems we have similar tastes so not sure what it was about that Caroline Leavitt book but though I finished, it wasn't one I'd typically recommend. I just finished about called The History of a Pleasure Seeker. Oh my! I never read that really erotic book (can't think of the name of it but it was all the rage earlier this year tho' didn't interest me) but um, this book was had quite a few erotic sex scenes that I had no idea before I read the book. I thought the book was actually fairly well written for a new writer but the ending was lacking. I have no idea how I happened upon it - I didn't have it on my list of books to read so I think it must have been on display and I grabbed it on a whim. Totally not the genre I typically read but it was a decent read.

Gosh-just a quick look over my shelves produces (excluding already mentioned): Bel Canto Ann Patchett The "Phryne Fisher" series by Kerry Greenwood (Australian author) Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout ...and Ladies of the Club Helen Hooven Santmyer In This House of Brede Rumer Godden The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel Spark Barbara Pym's books The Agatha Christie "Miss Marple" and "Tommy and Tuppence" mysteries