The lost steersman by Rosemary Kirstein
The Steerswoman series ; book 3 Last year I read and really enjoyed the first two books in this series, but for some reason it has taken me almost a year...
14 April 2018
The cat who walked a thousand miles by Kij Johnson
Read it online at Tor. reread in April, 2018 and loved it just as much. A long time ago in Japan, when cats were new there, an earthquake shook Small Cat’s...
12 April 2018
The wild places by Robert MacFarlane
In this book Robert Macfarlane sets out to find the wild places of Britain and Ireland, if there are any left. He believes that somewhere on these islands there must be...
7 April 2018
from The Wild Places by Robert MacFarlane
So few wild creatures, relatively, remain in Britain and Ireland: so few, relatively, in the world. Pursuing our project of civilisation, we have pushed thousands of species towards the brink of...
7 April 2018
Lesser celandine
for more information on the Lesser Celandine see Wildflowers of Ireland
5 April 2018
The river bank by Kij Johnson
A sequel to Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows There are two main reasons I wanted to read this book. First off it is a book by Kij Johnson. Second...
3 April 2018
March 2018 roundup
In March I read 8 books, 2 by men (yearly total 7) and 6 by women (yearly total 16). 1 was a non-fiction title, 1 was a children’s picture book. And...
2 April 2018
This history of bees by Maja Lunde
translated by Diane Oatley Bees are pretty cool insects. They are also pretty damn important. Insects in general are essential to the world we know, so maybe think twice before spraying...
2 April 2018
Ready player one [based on the book] by Ernest Cline dir. by Stephen Spielberg
Yeah. But no. Just no. I have not read the book. Based on this film I have no desire to.
31 March 2018
Major Pettigrew’s last stand by Helen Simonson
I read this because it was my bookclub selection for March. I am afraid that it certainly was not my cup of tea. It appeared to be set in modern times,...
26 March 2018
My worst book ever by Allan Ahlberg
A really entertaining book that explains all the work that goes into creating a picture book, and all things that went wrong when Ahlberg tried to create his book about crocodiles...
23 March 2018
The bitter twins by Jen Williams
The Winnowing Flame trilogy ; book 2 Have you read this first book in this series? If not then go read it. It is awesome and action packed with great characters...
22 March 2018