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The lovely Mark Diacono has written another book (the first being the excellent River Cottage veg one, recommended by me) - A Taste of the Unexpected.
I've pre-ordered it from Amazon, as I have every confidence it will be as good, but probably better than the RC one.
His site about his climate change farm is here:
http://www.otterfarm.co.uk/
Well worth a look, inspirational stuff, and well written
The Road to Harmony by J.D. Ballam
I've just finished The Road to Harmony by J D Ballam, about his boyhood in the Appalachian Mountains. Can't recommend it highly enough for many reasons. I think it was one of susan Hill's top 40 in her Howard's End is on the Landing book.
The writing is faultless, the descriptions so vivid - a real insight into times gone by; shows huge respect for those who have gone before him.
Thoroughly recommmended, I got it from the library, but will be buying my own copy.
Howard's End is on the Landing by Susan Hill
"Howard's End is on the Landing" is the new book by Susan Hill; I've been a fan of hers for quite a few years, mainly for the Magic Apple Tree, Kitchen Window and Garden Gate books. This one is from October 2009 - if you love books, you'll love this one.
It's subtitled "A year of reading from home", and the first chapter begins thus:
"It began like this. I went to the shelves on the landing to look for a book I knew was there. It was not. But plenty of others were and among them I noticed at least a dozen I realised I had never read."
Sound familiar? It does to me..... lol
A beautifully written book, covering all sorts of aspects of writing, reading, publishing, fascinating people of the book world she has met (and many of them ), interspersed with details about her life so far - writing, studying, etc.It's not often that I come across a book that fulfills the promise of "it's like a converstion with the author", but this one is like that for me.
Very enjoyable, can't recommend it highly enough if you love reading and books.
Pub. October 2009 by Profile Books, ISBN 978-1846682650
