I am giving this book stars; however, I am perplexed by it. In Book 16 the birth of Sarah's twins is announced. Here in the 18th book, it is now 25 years later and Caroline (one of the twins) is getting married. I feel that I do not have to read any of the other books now because a lot of back story is given. For example: how Agnes saved the Union building, the wedding of Sylvia and Andrew and her death; the story of Anna (the cook) and her family.
I still like the series (I have read #16, 8 and now 18) in that order. Reading about quilting techniques has been interesting. ( )

I enjoyed this book but not as much as the earlier ones in this series.
This one covered Sarah's daughter's wedding and went back and forth between
the future and the past. It seemed harder to keep up with all of the characters
this time but it was still a very nice visit with the Elm Creek Quilters. ( )

This was definately not my favorite book in this series. ( )

I have loved these cozy books but I am furious that the author found it necessary to inflict radical environmental preaching into what otherwise would have been a lovely story. Frankly I'm not sure I will ever read another of her books - I read these books for enjoyment not to have authors preach and screech at me. I am very disappointed.

I've read all Elm Creek books and there have been two or three that seem to be not up to par . They have their good parts and the characters are there but they are more scattered in places and not as rich . I like the idea of this one but it was too back and forth for me and I wonder where you can take the series after this one . ( )