Page Count: 288 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW This guide had a lot of useful, down to earth and realistic tips and tricks to help become more eco-friendly and emphasised the ‘ish’ part as it acknowledged (as a lot of these books can seem to do) that people’s circumstances means that not everyone can do the sameContinue reading “The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide by Jen Gale”
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Atomic Habits by James Clear
Page Count: 298 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW So this book was fascinating and highlighted things that retroactively are common sense but that I had just never really thought about such as pairing a habit that you want to start with something you already do and make habits harder to fulfil by making them invisible/harder to do.Continue reading “Atomic Habits by James Clear”
The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking
Page Count: 285 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW This was the perfect cosy book to read on my birthday and was also an eye opener into how your surroundings and cosiness can really influence your sense of happiness or peacefulness. It was also interesting reading through to see that I do and enjoy most ‘hygge’ things alreadyContinue reading “The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking”
Quantum Supremacy by Michio Kaku
Page Count: 300 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW Kaku is one of my favourite science authors as he is just so enthusiastic about what he’s writing about and it is infectious. I did not have much interest in quantum computers and only vaguely knew that they were a thing before – but the way that he talksContinue reading “Quantum Supremacy by Michio Kaku”
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals by Steve Brusatte
Page Count: 408 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW Mammals – especially ancient ones – tend to get overshadowed by dinosaurs but Brusatte really shows why we should be interested in them both – especially look after the ones that we have left and where they evolved from.
Wild Fell by Lee Schofield
Page Count: 305 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW This is a very good book about a place that for me is close to home, having lived ‘round the corner’ from the Lake District most of my life. The careful balance of trying to bring nature back in without enraging local farmers seems like a difficult problem toContinue reading “Wild Fell by Lee Schofield”
The Lost Rainforest of Britain by Guy Shrubsole
Page Count: 336 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW This book was very well written and explored a part of British history that I’d never known about. I had known that we had a lot of forests on this island in the past but not the fact that some of this was rainforest (temperate not tropical). He writesContinue reading “The Lost Rainforest of Britain by Guy Shrubsole”
Out of a Silent Planet by C.S.Lewis
Page Count: 224 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW This was a phenomenal story with intricate world building mixed with that classic old-school science fiction prose that I love. The different characters and all the diverse species that are introduced through the story truly fascinated me. And there is the usual C.S.Lewis morality message woven into the storyContinue reading “Out of a Silent Planet by C.S.Lewis”
Gild by Raven Kennedy
Page Count: 416 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW This was a very interesting take on the King Midas mythos where it is set, not in Ancient Greece but in its own fantasy world which was fun to read through and the cliff-hanger made me curious instead of frustrated so I am interested in reading the sequels.
Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
Page Count: 368 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW I really liked this book and it was well written and informative without being too heavy. All of the topics were things that I either didn’t know at all or had been only heard in passing so it was all new information to me, but rarely did I feelContinue reading “Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake”
Imagination Mansion 