Book Loving Blog

 Todays review is all about one of the most beautiful books I've read and that is "Wilding" (the illustrated guide).  I brought this using a book voucher my Godmother kindly gifted me for my birthday, from a local independent bookshop. As soon as I saw the beautiful illustration of a hare in lino print on the cover, by extremely talented illustrator Angela Harding, I knew I had to have it.  I'm sure I actually read Wilding as a book on my kindle in 2020. It is the true story of how an Estate of 3,500 acres in West Sussex stopped traditional farming practices to 're-wild' their land. More on this can be found here, a link to Knepp's website:  Knepp Background The result is that many rare and beautiful creatures have found their way to Knepp, creatures that due to intensive farming methods, fertilisers, human changes to waterways or lack of food chain, simply had nowhere else to go and their numbers were declining. These include Peregrine Falcons and Purple ...

 Hello hello! It's been a little while since I last wrote. I've been off my reading game and have started writing more posts online about disability awareness and I guess that has been taking up more of my headspace of late. I hope whoever is reading this is doing really well and quite frankly surviving and thriving in this 29 degree heat that is unheard of in the UK. Finally people are getting their BBQ's out without being laughed at. Today I want to review a book that I first spotted when having a wonder around the beautiful Storyhouse library in Chester quite a few months back now. I was marvelling at the large array of books on offer in the beautiful space and Growing Goats And Girls caught my eye.  The cute cover illustrations and the cosy blurb wanted me to get a cup of tea and start reading there and then but alas, I couldn't. I asked Jack to take a picture as I knew I would forget the title in three minutes tops and then when at home ordered a copy second-hand. ...