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I had received a Borders gift card for Christmas that I have been really excited about using. I love books and never feel like I have enough. I decided today that I would finally redeem it. When I went to borders.com I realized that it redirected to Amazon.com which I was really excited about! You can buy used books on Amazon.com! Unfortunately after reading the fine print on the card, I realized that no I couldn't actually buy used books. So I figured since I have to buy new books, I'd better buy good books that I'll use.
After searching for a bit I came up with two. The first was The Bell Blue Book of Canning and Preserving. I have always wanted to learn how to can foods. And from all the reviews I had read about it this book, it's supposed to be the best canning book out there. Columbus has a ton of pick your own produce farms around so I thought picking fruit and canning it might be a nice way to spend the summer. And I thought that getting the book long before the summer, and learning how to can before I had lots of things I wanted to can, might be a good idea.
The other book I bought was one I've been lusting over for a long time. It's called 30 Colorful Quilts and Patchwork Projects by Denise Schmidt. I have been a big fan of Denise Schmidt since I started quilting, and I love her ideas. She tends to stay away from scrappy quilts, and I love that. I hate scrappy quilts! Since I've started making quilts to give as gifts, I thought I'd give ones that I like as well as well as ones the people I'm giving them to will like. It's hard to make a quilt you think is ugly!
So, be better than me and buy used books. But for those times that you can't, buy useFUL books. :-)
And on a happy note, Kevin brought home some pomegranates. And we had snacks!
