I am delighted to share my review today for How to Wild Swim – What to Know before taking the plunge by Ella Foote. Some of my regular readers will be aware that I started sea swimming last year and love it. When I saw this book available to review on Amazon Vine I knew it was one I wanted to read and review. Hopefully, some of you will take a look at the book and take the plunge yourselves Practical advice and instruction to get the very best out of wild swimming. The manual every amateur wild swimmer needs to read before diving in. Whether you want to explore remote beaches and mountain ..read more

I am delighted to be one of the Book Bloggers opening the Blog Tour today and share my review for Everyday Folklore by Liza Frank. This is a fabulous almanac that takes you through rituals, customs, traditions and much more from sources all around the world. I read this one on Kindle but have bought a copy as I enjoyed it so much. My huge thanks to Anne at Random Things Tours for arranging my copy of this book from the publisher Murdoch Books UK. For the curious and the adventurous! Turn to any date and you’ll find something to learn or do suggested by folklore of the day, the month, or the s ..read more

I am delighted to share my review today for Blue Machine by Helen Czerski, this book is a non-fiction one and looks at how the oceans shape our world. I initially got this book from NetGalley, but then decided to buy a hardback copy and I am so glad I did because it is an excellent book to read. All of Earth’s ocean, from the equator to the poles, is a single engine powered by sunlight – a blue machine. Human history has been dictated by the ocean; the location of cities, access to resources, and the gateway to new lands have all revolved around water. We live inside the weather the ocean gen ..read more

I am delighted to share my review of The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us If We Let Them by Peter Wohleben. This is a fabulous book and one that made so much sense to me. After reading this book I immediate went and bought he previous one. My huge thanks to Anne at Random Things Tours for arranging my paperback copy of this book from the publisher Greystone Books. In the follow up to his Sunday Times bestseller, The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben compares tree planting to battery farming. ‘In clear, vivid prose with impeccable reasoning, Peter Wohlleben makes a compelli ..read more

I am delighted to share my review today for The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2023 by Lia Leendertz. This is a fabulous little book that I adored picking through and if you are a fan of nature, the natural world and planning for gardening, then this is a gorgeous book to have. My huge thanks to Anne at Random Things Tours for my spot on the Blog Tour and for arranging my Hardback copy of this book from the publisher Octopus Books Reconnect with the seasons in Britain and Ireland with this month-by-month guide to the world around us – including key dates, tide tables and garden tasks; constella ..read more

I am delighted to share my review today for The Secret Life of Fungi by Aliya Whiteley. Autumn is a wonderful season and it is ideal for those of us who like to go foraging for mushrooms. I only ever pick the ones that I know are safe, so tend to stick to puffball or field mushrooms. My huge thanks to Alison Menzies for getting in touch about this book and sending me a wonder paperback copy from the publisher Elliott & Thompson. Fungi are unlike any other living thing—they are almost magically unique. Welcome to this astonishing world. . .  Fungi can appear anywhere, from d ..read more

I am delighted to share my review today for The Plant Hunter by Thomas Mogford. This is a fabulous adventure style story that is a mix of historical fiction and a journey of discovery. I adored it so much. My Huge thanks to Maddie at Welbeck Publishing Group for my gorgeous advanced copy of this book – I love it 1867. King’s Road, Chelsea, is a sea of plant nurseries, catering to the Victorian obsession with rare and exotic flora. But each of the glossy emporiums is fuelled by the dangerous world of the plant hunters – daring adventurers sent into uncharted lands in search of untold wonders ..read more

I am delighted to re-share my review today for a book that I read and loved last year. Into the Tangled Bank: In Which Our Author Ventures Outdoors to Consider the British in Nature by Lev Parikian. I did read the hardback copy of this book supplied by Alison Menzies from Elliot & Thompson publishers and today see’s the publication of the paperback version. Let me share more about this fabulous book… Lev Parikian is on a journey to discover the quirks, habits and foibles of how the British experience nature. He sets out to explore the many, and particular, ways that he, and we, experience ..read more

I am delighted to share my review today for Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard. This is a wonderful book that looks at the relationship of trees and also a mix of the author’s memories growing up. From the world’s leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees and their connections to one another and to other living things in the forest–a moving, deeply personal journey of discovery. Suzanne Simard is a pioneer on the frontier of plant communication and intelligence; she’s been compared to Rachel Carson, hailed as a scientist wh ..read more

I am delighted to share my review today for by Gone: A search for what remains of the world’s extinct creatures by Michael Blencowe. This is a stunning and poignant book that I received from Alison Menzies PR for review. My huge thanks to Alison for my gorgeous copy of Gone published by Leaping Hare Press. Dynamic naturalist Michael Blencowe has travelled the globe to uncover the fascinating backstories of eleven extinct animals, which he shares with charm and insight in Gone.   Inspired by his childhood obsession with extinct species, Blencowe takes us around the globe&nb ..read more