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The Flower Thesaurus by Liz Potter
There are many ways organise planting in the garden. By geographical location often dependent on the soil, e.g. a mediterranean bed or by plant shape,…
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The writer’s map ed. by Huw Lewis-Jones
I love maps real or imagined so this book with the subtitle An Atlas of Imaginary Lands is something I could pore over for weeks.…
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Loitering with intent by Muriel Spark
A poet and novelist looks back on her life as a penniless author and describes her transformation into someone who lives for writing, who will…
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There are rivers in the sky by Elif Shafak
This story starts with a raindrop falling on the head of King Ashurbanipal, ruler and murderer of people but also holder of the most miraculous…
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Now we shall be entirely free by Andrew miller
In the early 1800s John Lacroix returns home from fighting in Spain. His injuries are not obvious, but injured he is and exhausted. His housemaid…
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Snowdrops by A. D. Miller
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I can remember the time when this book is set – the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper. I was about thirteen years old and used…
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This must be the most plotless, but definitely not pointless, book I have ever read. It is our choice, picked out of a hat of…
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A tussle between two mediums in the late 1800s ends with a more mature understanding of women supporting women than their behaviour might have suggested.…
Trying to read all the good books 