Works in Progress and Books On the Table

I received two new review books in the mail today. From Blogging for Books, my choice was Patriot Number One American Dreams in Chinatown by Lauren Hilgers. A Goodreads friend's review prompted my interest in this book about a family of Chinese immigrants.

I won Gayle Forman's I Have Lost My Way from Bookish. I read an excerpt and wrote an impression review to enter to win. This will be my first read by this author.

I used a discount coupon from Simon and Schuster to purchase Janesville by Amy Goldstein. It is a study of the effect on the community after the closing of a GM plant.

I am reading too many books right now:

• An American Quilt by Rachel May, the secret history behind a hexagon 1830s quilt from Edelweiss
• Fun scrap quilt patterns in Oh, Scrap by Lissa Alexander, from Edelweiss
• Tomorrow Will Be Different by Sarah McBride, the story of transgender rights, from NetGalley
• Gateway to the Moon by Mary Morris, about a family's forgotten Jewish diaspora roots dating to the 16th c, from NetGalley
• Erica Robuck's satire #Hockeystrong, a Kindle purchase
• A new translation of The Canterbury Tales, a Goodreads win
• High Noon in Hollywood by Warren Adler, an ebook from the publisher

On my TBR NetGalley shelf:

• Waking Lions by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
• The River by Starlight by Ellen Notbohm
• Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper whose 2015 novel Etta and Otto and Russell and James was a favorite of mine
• The Mercy Seat by Elizabeth H. Winthrop
• Invitation to a Bonfire by Adrienne Celt
• Limelight by Amy Poeppel

And lots of reviews are scheduled for the coming months:

• First Ladies of the Republic by Jeanne E. Abrams considers how the early president's wives created their role
• Laura & Emma by Kate Greathead--a funny comedy of manners novel on mothers and daughters
• The Italian Teacher by Tom Rachman--I loved this book about the world of art 
• The Italian Party by Christina Lynch--American newlyweds with secrets, set in 1950s Italy
• Whistler's Mother delves into the personal life of the woman behind the iconic painting
• Southern Quilts by Mary Kerr explores the rich heritage of Southern quiltings
• Maria in the Moon by Louise Beech
• The Opposite of Hate by Sally Kohn--a probing look at why we hate and how to overcome it
• After Anna by Lisa Scottoline, an engaging courtroom drama
• West by Carys Davies, a lyrical historical fiction novel
• The Right To Be Cold by Sheila Watt-Cloudier--fighting to preserve the Inuit culture
• Journeys: An American Story, 73 essays on the immigrant experience 
• The amazing civil rights leader Pauli Murray's autobiography
• Circe by Madeline Miller--the Greek myths are revisited in a mesmerizing novel

I made new yellow curtains for the bedroom, so of course, I need to make a matching quilt. The curtain fabric is a rose print in yellow and gray. I decided to make a rose sampler applique quilt in the same colors. Here are the blocks I have finished already.

What are you working on? What books are on your table?