Someone asked today if there is a book club, so I thought I'd try starting one. Not the usual type of club where everyone reads the same book - I thought we could write a synopsis of a book we've recently read, to give each other ideas for new books to read.
I have a Kindle subscription, so all of mine will be available on there for people who also subscribe.
As I get older I find I'm not keen on fiction, except historical fiction. With my garden suffering, I've bought 'Planting the Natural Garden' by Piet Oudolf and Henk Gerritsen. I'm enjoying reading this in bed and plannning changes for next year. A garden of perennials will also be easier to maintain, as I age. I really recommend this book, It is stuffed with colour images of individual plants and combinations, also planting plans. The narrative is amusing, too. Nice to riffle through before sleep.
Now, about my bookshelves. I've started borrowing from the library before buying new books, to gauge whether I'll read them again before investing. I gave ones I no longer read to charity shops, so the shelves no longer groan with the weight. I decorated them with nice book covers showing, false plants [real ones are not practical!] and a few bookends. I find them far more pleasing to look at now.
