Recent Reading

 

Just a short post on books I have read since I last did a post on recent reading.

I absolutely adored this book by Guy Shrubsole.  Temperate rainforests may once have covered a fifth of Britain but today only fragments remain.  I was fascinated by the amount of mosses, ferns and liverworts that grow in such forests. In fact, I wish there was a temperate rainforest near me as I would so love to visit one. The book is well written and the author has done excellent research.

The King's Sister is the next book in Anne O Brien's series.  It tells the story of Elizabeth of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt. She defies her father's wishes to marry the man of her choice - Sir John Holland, Duke of Exeter.  I really enjoyed this book.

I realised I hadn't read a Wesley Peterson book by Kate Ellis for ages.  I do enjoy her books and this was no exception.

I enjoyed it that much that I went on to read the next two in the series!

I love Tom Denny's stained glass in churches and this book was a Christmas present.  The book contains photos of many of his windows together with a brief explanation of the design of each window. I even got a copy signed by Thomas Denny - it is an expensive book but if you like his windows it is certainly worth buying.

"Upon A White Horse" was another Christmas present. I enjoyed this book - certainly more than I enjoyed his book "Tomb With A View".  It is mainly about prehistoric sites in Britain and Ireland and Peter Ross writes about the landscape and people

I couldn't resist reading another Wesley Peterson book! This was really good. I love the way DI Peterson's cases tie in with excavations being carried out by his friend archaeologist Neil.  The plot as with all the other books was very clever.  Sadly, I think there are only a couple more in the series that I haven't yet read.

I wasn't happy to have an email from Amazon the other day to say they are withdrawing support for older kindles which means you cannot buy new books although you can read ones already downloaded.  It appears my kindle is affected so sadly it seems I shall have to buy a new one for new purchases by the 20th May. To be honest I am hopping mad about this!