The March selection for book club was Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden. I had a good feeling about this book as soon as I saw the endpapers which featured one of Arthur Rackham's illustrations from an edition of Peter Pan. (We actually bought a print of this very illustration when we were in York last summer.) This novel involves a family mystery that spans three generations and two continents. There's a foundling, a book of dark fairy tales, a secret walled garden, and more. The story switches between the three time periods as the story and the mystery slowly unfold. Things may tie up a little too neatly in the end but I certainly enjoyed the journey of getting there. I'm curious about Kate Morton's other books... when the libraries are safe to reopen I'll have to see if I can check them out.
I honestly didn't think I'd manage to make anything this month... but, miraculously, I did! I spent a good amount of time this past weekend trying to get at least a tiny amount of my insane bead mess organized and put away. In the process of doing that, I unearthed a wonderful pair of faux tin charms by Heather Powers of Humblebeads that I snagged during one of Andrew Thornton's destash events. These little fairies were perfect for a novel that featured an Authoress and her fairy tales so prominently!
As luck would have it, at the same time I found the charms, I also had one of my boxes of dark blue beads was also out on my table. Some medium sized English cut Czech glass in a nice dark blue with Picasso finish jumped right out at me! I then grabbed some small caramel colored rondelles that are great match for the tones in the fairy wings.
Ok, I'm going to go curl up with the kitties and return to reading my current book, The Grammarians by Cathleen Schine. Even though I have plenty of books on my shelves, I do wish that I had checked out a few more books the last time I was at the library.
So pretty! I love the bead colors with the tins.
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