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This proverbial expression was obviously meant as an incentive to the lazy. It's especially gratifying that 'a stitch in time saves nine' is an anagram for 'this is meant as incentive'! A Stitch in Time is book one of the Thorne Manor trilogy. This is a Victorian time travel mystery romance. And I loved it! This book is equal parts mystery and romance. While I adored the way the romance was handled, it’s the mystery that truly makes this unputdownable. It’s also quite creepy. This is a gothic romance, after all, and it wouldn’t be complete without a touch of the paranormal. I made the mistake of reading this late into the night, which I ended up regretting a little, since I live in a centuries-old house with plenty of creaks and groans that can easily be mistaken for the wailing of specters. Ugh. This book was so promising and the premise of the story is really good. Armstrong just tends to ruin a good book by getting caught up in her overwrought soft porn and being too on the nose with trying to make a point. For example, the book starts out with an on the nose bit of dialogue where Armstrong seems to be trying to convince her readers she cares about gender inclusion. However, people who really care about gender inclusion and diversity, don't need to announce it when they walk into the room. The exchange was so fake I wanted to puke. I mean kudos to her for making an effort though, I guess. Many authors don't do that. The effort just doesn't seem genuine when it's forced and unnatural. Meanwhile, there was so much other stuff going on in this book that I DID care about, but not enough focus was put on that.
The film was rereleased in 1984 in Chennai India. The film was a smash hit and ran for many weeks at the old Alankar Theatre (now demolished). Cas: Okay, so stitching didn’t come naturally to me. I perhaps denied stitch in my life when I was a youngster, simply because I never saw it around me or thought it didn’t exist around me. It was only later that I discovered that my mother knitted. She gave me a cardigan for my 50th birthday and I said, oh, that’s really lovely. Where did you get that? And she said, I knitted it, which was a complete surprise to me. I had no prior knowledge of those activities taking place in my home.
Even though this book involves time travel, it felt like a contemporary read to me for the most part. I prefer contemporary vs fantasy. And somehow the author has written something that feels so real. This book was charming and captivating and I enjoyed it so much. Cas: Well, there is a little Oriental. It might be Chinese or Japanese. The interchange between cultural stories, between those two cultures is phenomenal. And I’m probably going to mistell it here, but my memory of the story is that a painter was asked to create a painting of the Emperor’s favourite horses. And he went away for a year and a day and returned later. And he came with this beautiful ink drawing of the Empress horses that captured the character and the flow of the horse and presented the Emperor with his bill. And when he presented the emperor with his bill, the emperor’s eyes raised at the bill and said, but that’s only one drawing. A Stitch in Time is a hauntingly atmospheric romance with seriously gothic vibes. Yet it’s also a boldly modern twist on the classic genre. Progressive, feminist, inclusive, and as sexy as it is spooky, you’ll find yourself thinking of it long after you reach The End.
Producer Hugh Stewart said it was the most financially successful film he ever made. "We did [James] Bond business with it." [2] Plot [ edit ] After a little while we acquired a method of keeping her [a boat] in the middle of the stream, by watching the moment she began to vary, and thereby verifying the vulgar proverb, '"A stitch in time saves nine." After publishing it, I’ve been slowly working my way through the titles on that list. I started with Master of Salt & Bones. It was a five-star read for me. A Stitch in Time is the second one I’ve read, and now I’m two for two. Sky Movies gave the film three out of five stars, noting the film "has just enough inspired tomfoolery - a madcap race on casualty trolleys down the corridors of a hospital; a hectic ride for a bandaged Norman on top of an ambulance; Norman messing up a St John's Ambulance Brigade concert - to ensure a decent quota of laughs. In his silly stunts, he is forever the naughty boy having the time of his life doing what he shouldn't". [6] A stitch in time saves nine. Taking the time to plan properly always results in higher productivity and better results.”
Sometimes an element suffers when you combine them in a story. Kelley Armstrong wove mystery, paranormal and romantic elements together masterfully giving each their full measure. It was brilliant. I mean, I’m simplifying, of course, and then it would be put on a felt and then another felt on top, so it was interleaved with felt. So essentially, that was the Western tradition. And the fibres were longer than you would normally find in machine made paper. But they’re nowhere near as long as the fibres you find in traditional Japanese or some other oriental paper, because it first started in China paper making. So that was adapted and you could always arguably say improved on in some areas with the Japanese as they tend to. Why don’t you get organized to make you more productive and efficient at work? A stitch in time saves nine, and with the right preparation, you’ll free up more hours in your day.” I loved how their reunion 23 years after they were estranged, was brought about by a wee kitten that tumbled from his time to hers. The kitten weaves a sweet thread through the whole story. Content Notes: heroine’s first husband died of cancer; murder; heroine is convinced she suffered mental breakdown as a teen and spent some time in a hospital
I alternated between the ebook and audiobook. The audio is narrated by Samantha Brentmoor who I loved for her tone, emotional portrayal and timing. Cas: Well, that woven paper cloth, when shifu is made, it’s washed up to ten times before it’s sold, after it’s woven paper. I mean, if we consider the relationship between wool or cotton to make clothing and paper, essentially what they’ve done is actually just added another process. Cas: Yeah. But it’s taught me a lot about myself. I do a lot more gardening and that’s influenced how it’s influenced a lot of my new work as well. This new relationship I have with the house, with Derek and the garden, has influenced some of the things I’ve been working on for forthcoming exhibitions about our interaction between brain, mind and body and the outer world. So it’s still evolving, it’s still raw work. This mysterious him is William Thorne. Bronwyn knew him as a boy, when they were childhood playmates, and then as a teenager, when they shared their first kiss. But then her mother dragged her away and hospitalized her. Now, at 38, Bronwyn and William are strangers to each other, and the last thing Bronwyn expects is to ever see him again.If you don’t need the bathroom, let’s skip this rest stop. A stitch in time saves nine, and we’ll get to the vacation spot an hour earlier without taking the break.” TV Guide gave the film three out of five stars, and noted, "a charming and sentimental piece of characterization from Wisdom." [7] A stitch in time saves nine. Stop what you’re doing right now and take action on the problem. If you don’t tend to it right now, it will cost you more time fixing it later.” A little about me.... Hi! I am Rhonda Sigrist, owner of A Stitch in Time Embroidery Designs. I have... Cas: Yeah. But I think both can coexist. We yet to find a balance. I’d be the last to say. I mean, I’m doing my first workshop in place since last year, since August last year at West Dean in September. It’s one of the things I’ve managed to keep going and I want to, because it’s a lovely place to work.
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