I have EQ6, and books 1 and 2 didn't know there was a 3....I am ashamed to say I don't use them that often...keep finding other quilts I like and keep doing them....I have used it to check out colors.....how they would look...book 2 is about different Blocks and it does give you a lot of ideas...I think you should go somewhere where you can view the book yourself and see if it would be right for you.... don't know if that helped or not but thats my 2 cents.. :-)