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What book are you reading? & Book Recommendations

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What book are you reading? & Book Recommendations

What book are you reading?

What books have you read lately?

Do you have any book recommendations?

I love to read but because I read so much I have read a lot of books and struggle to find new ones to pick up. The last book I read was Gareth Brown: The Book of Doors – I found it to be one of those ”I can’t put this down” books and finished the near 500 page book within 3 days.

I normally stick to a routine of going to bed at 10:30pm but because of this book I wasn’t getting to sleep until about 2:00am. Worth it though it was such a great book!

Adding this to my recommendations for other avid readers.

Now I’m reading Nerd Do Well – Simon Peggs autobiography. I’m a big Simon Pegg fan, I love his films and when I saw he’d released a biography, I went out and bought it straight away!

Looking forward to hearing what you have read and checking any recommendations you may have.

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  • Title: The Garden Against Time: In Search Of A Common Paradise

    Author: Olivia Laing

    ISBN: 9781529066708

    Waterstones Says: "Combining history, horticulture, art and biography, this stunning and erudite meditation on the role of the garden through Western culture from the author of The Lonely City ranges from John Milton to Derek Jarman in peerless prose."

    I bought two paperback copies of this book (one for me to read and the other to gift to an elderly relative whose mobility is much reduced this year).

    Since Easter, at our own pace, we have been dipping in and out of this book in parallel.

    In times past; we might have met up at a notable regional garden and walked around until tired out - using the garden's themes to prompt our common experience conversation of the visit.

    This year; my hope is that this book might achieve something similar - from the comfort of garden deckchairs at home.

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  • Title: The Garden Against Time: In Search Of A Common Paradise

    Author: Olivia Laing

    ISBN: 9781529066708

    Waterstones Says: "Combining history, horticulture, art and biography, this stunning and erudite meditation on the role of the garden through Western culture from the author of The Lonely City ranges from John Milton to Derek Jarman in peerless prose."

    I bought two paperback copies of this book (one for me to read and the other to gift to an elderly relative whose mobility is much reduced this year).

    Since Easter, at our own pace, we have been dipping in and out of this book in parallel.

    In times past; we might have met up at a notable regional garden and walked around until tired out - using the garden's themes to prompt our common experience conversation of the visit.

    This year; my hope is that this book might achieve something similar - from the comfort of garden deckchairs at home.

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