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The Quilter's Kitchen: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel with Recipes (Elm Creek Quilts Novels)
by Jennifer Chiaverini
from Simon & Schuster

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0

• can't believe anyone gave it more than one star
  I LOVED the first 8 or so Elm Creek Quilt series books - 5 stars. The remaining ones are obviously published on a schedule - avg 3 stars. A little light on content or repetitive. This last book was barely 2 chapters worth of content. It didn't really tell us anything about the character or how she would/would not be included in the group. It didn't have any type of conclusion. Awful. Not even worth the gas to go to the library.

• Not worth your time
  I have read all of the Elm Creek books and have thoroughly enjoyed them. This book was a big disappointment. Pages & pages of recipes interspersed with a few pages of dialogue -- this was not worth my time, and certainly wasn't worth the money. I hope Jennifer waits to publish her next book until she actually has something worthy of publication.

• Wait for the library's copy
  Like others, I ordered this book hot off the press and tucked it in my carryon for a long plane ride. Needless to say, this book barely carried me for 1.5 hours, nevermind the 3+ hours of the flight. No matter how slowly or carefully I read the words, there simply was not enough content to spend any great amount of time on. I'm sure the recipes might work for some, but for me and my family, they are a bit out of our taste range.
  For the $$ I would recommend waiting for your library's copy; spend your... more info

• "She dropped a few stitches here..."
  What a disappointment! I fear that this publication was little more than an excuse to get some long time tried and true readers and fans of the series to purchase a cookbook and little else without the "book" being publicized as such. With little more than a thread of a story to hold a series of recipes together, this was a waste of my time. I'm hoping that Chiaverini will get back on track, pick up the lost threads of her storytelling, and get on with the business of writing fiction - this is what the true... more info

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