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543 books

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I read 170 books in 2022, 223 books in 2023, and 200 books in 2024. (Goodreads) Just found a notebook in which I listed 543 books that I read in 1993-94. I added a description of each, but rarely left stars, except for 5s and 2s. Do you think I should add them to my Goodreads and Librarything? Hahahahahaha

True Random and Quilts currently in progress

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 Here's a truly Random scrap quilt made from 2 1/2 by 4 1/2" pieces and 4 1/2" squares pink plaid backing - tied with pink For some reason, someone gave me 2 Supermario panels, and one Wonder Woman panel. By just adding some 3 1/2" borders, they were large enough to make a small child's quilt. I decided that the Mario quilts would be all masculine - no pinks, pastels, or florals. I also found some navy solid fabric. That turned into pinwheels of navy/brights. I did the binding on that one yesterday.   I am still cutting navy and brights for the second.   Wonder Woman may be the same - dark/bright pinwheels, but this time including more "girly" fabrics - depends wht I find in my scraps.   I also had a big bunch of super bright orange pieces ( I don't like orange)  cut to 2 1/2 by 6 1/2" - that have become lightning stripe 6 1/2"squares. I just turned around, and a piece of green fireworks print fabric jumped out at me and demanded to be add...