Blog Post Titles
Here are the details of the books I have used as titles for my blog posts. They are mostly novels with some children’s books and the occasional poem. I have been trying to use books I have actually read. The title, or the plot, of these titles may relate in a vague way to the post, but not always.
2013
Under the Greenwood Tree – Thomas Hardy: I made a tree brooch
The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien: book I was reading at the time I made most of my felt items
The Animals of Farthing Wood – Colin Dann: woodland animal brooches
White is for Witching – Helen Oyeyemi: about snow, which is white
The American Boy – Andrew Taylor: currently reading
Mr Chartwell – Rebecca Hunt: just finished reading
The Collector : reading at the time
Trumpet – Jackie Kay: parts of the book are set in Glasgow
The Fun They Had – Isaac Asimov: about books and future eBooks
Before I go to Sleep – SJ Watson: book I am currently reading
Lullabies for Little Criminals – Heather O’Neill: book I just read
Winter in Madrid – C.J.Sansom: it is still winter
Slaughterhouse 5 – Kurt Vonnegut: currently reading
The Autograph Man – Zadie Smith: currently reading
The Casual Vacancy – J. K. Rowling: currently reading
The Eyre Affair – Jasper Fforde: about books
The White Cat – Holly Black: felt cat badge
Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell: rainbow and cloud crochet
The Archivist – : currently reading
A Bear Called Paddington – Michael Bond: about luggage, Paddington had a suitcase
Soulless – Gail Carriger: features octopi
2012
Study in Scarlet – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: red themed post
The Magicians Nephew – C. S. Lewis: about our nephew
Tailor of Gloucester – Beatrix Potter: went to Gloucester
Fever Pitch – Nick Hornby: about football
On the Road – Jack Kerouac: road trip pictures
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud – William Wordsworth: Wordsworth connection
The Colour of Magic – Terry Pratchett
Restless – William Boyd: set in Oxford
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen: visited location of the film
Astonishing Splashes of Colour – Clare Morrall: lots of colour
Blackberry Wine – Joanne Harris: purple themed post
The Tiger’s Wife – Téa Obreht: stripes
The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas: Paris theme (and I read this book while we were there)
Fantastic Mr Fox – Roald Dahl: about a Fox
Carrie’s War – Nina Bawden: set in Wales and I read it during our holiday
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep – Philip K. Dick: post about sheep and wool
The Night Watch – Sarah Waters: set in London
Chocolat – Joanne Harris: post about chocolate
The Colour Purple – Alice Walker: purple theme
The Rain Before it Falls – Jonathan Coe: rainy weekend
The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett: new garden
The New House – Lettice Cooper: about this book and the publisher Persephone Books
Past Imperfect – Julian Fellowes: set in the late 1960s, I bought things from that period
Oranges are not the Only Fruit – Jeanette Winterson: orange sewing box
A Tiny Bit Marvellous – Dawn French: marvellous shop
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – J.K. Rowling: Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury the destination of our day out
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – John Boyne: about pyjamas
The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling: made a monkey
Burning Bright – Tracy Chevalier: bright coloured patchwork
Red Dog – Louis de Bernieres: red patchwork
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things – Jon McGregor: very good book, no other reason
The Glass-Blowers – Daphne Du Maurier: set in France
The Last Summer – Boris Pasternak: used Summersville fabric
Dead Until Dark – Charlaine Harris: first book in the series that True Blood is based on. I have noticed lots of crochet blankets in True Blood.
Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins: saw the Olympic Torch
Labyrinth – Kate Mosse: Mosse is from Chichester which is near Goodwood
When God was a Rabbit – Sarah Winman: bought a rabbit ornament
The Mill on the Floss – George Eliot: visit to Nuneaton, George Eliot was from the area
The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro: about a butler, my fabric is by Amy Butler
La’s Orchestra Saves the World – Alexander McCall Smith: character called Lavender, I made lavender bags
The Third Policeman – Flann O’Brien: partly about bicycles, went to see the Tour de France
Anne of Green Gables – L. M. Montgomery: green blanket
The Heart of the Matter – Graham Greene: another green blanket
White Teeth – Zadie Smith: set in London, about my trip to the London 2012 Olympics
The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes: end of the Olympics
Witch Child – Celia Rees: about a journal sewn into a quilt, my post about the Festival of Quilts
The Language of Flowers – Vanessa Diffenbaugh: flower kit
The Rattle Bag – poetry anthology: made a purse
The Woodlanders – Thomas Hardy: made a woodland scene collage
A Time to Dance – Melvyn Bragg: from Cumbria
The Clan of the Cave Bear – Jean M. Auel: book I am currently reading
The Last September – Elizabeth Bowen: it is September
New Moon – Stephenie Meyer: the book opens with Bella’s birthday which is 13th September, the same as mine
Jamrach’s Menagerie – Carol Birch: post is about a snake
Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel: book I am currently reading
Swimming Home – Deborah Levy: book I am currently reading
The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark – Jill Tomlinson: owl dress
Owl and the Pussycat – Edward Lear: more owls
Spellbound – Jane Green: green cushion
Killer Instinct – Zoë Sharp: visited the Sharp family ( no, I am not the author, it is another Zoë Sharp)
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet – David Mitchell: it is autumn
The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman: halloween post
The Birds Fall Down – Rebecca West: I made a bird picture
The Siege of White Deer Park – Colin Dann: cross stitch deer
The Old Curiosity Shop – Charles Dickens: about my shop
Persuasion – Jane Austen: we visited Lyme Regis
This Year it Will Be Different – Maeve Binchy: stories about Christmas, I put up my Christmas tree
The Christmas Cookie Club – Ann Pearlman: I made a Christmas cushion
A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens: we went to Paris
The Snowman – Raymond Briggs: I made a snowman
Candy and the Broken Biscuits – Lauren Laverne: candy fabric patchwork project
A Week in December – Sebastian Faulks: things that happened this week, and it is December
The Three Day Rule – Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees: about Christmas
