The Books That I Read in March

 

Eat. Nourish. Glow. by Amelia Freer

This is the book that carried over from February's reading and that I promised to report back on.

I enjoyed reading this book, especially all the nutritional and food information that takes up about the first three quarters of the book, but the recipes in it were really not my sort of thing at all.  It is also quite a few years out of date as it was published in 2015.  Would I recommend it, yes if you can borrow it from the library or get yourself a second-hand copy, but I don't think it's worth splashing out the full cover price for.

The index, and one of the pages that resonated with me, just to give you an idea of the contents.

Now it has been donated back to the book table at Booths.

The New Whole 30 by Melissa Urban

I was really interested in reading the new version of The Whole 30.  I had the original book, and indeed did the Whole 30 for myself many years ago.  So I decided to treat myself to this new version.  It was a really good read and whilst I am not going to actually do the whole process again, it was good to refresh my mind and read about the new learnings since the original one was written.

This book has been kept on my shelves.

Food for Thought, Keeping Well in Wartime published by The Imperial War Museum

This is a cute little box set of two books.

One is all about wartime eating and the other about keeping healthy.  While some of the advice seems very dated, if you are interested in this era of UK history, as you all know I am, they are both good little reads.  Click on the link under the photo to find out more about them.

Donated.

Nancy's Green and Easy Kitchen by Nancy Birtwistle

I pre-ordered this book last year as soon as I heard that Nancy was writing it and it came right at the end of February.  Nancy is the down to earth lady that won the fifth series of The Great British Bake Off, and is famous for calling Paul Hollywood 'the male judge', something that has really stuck with her fans. 

All her books are really good, full of environmentally sound advice for both cooking and household matters.  She has a huge following on Instagram these days, and I believe regular slots on BBC - Morning Live.

This is a really good book with a mixture of tips and lots of recipes, and one that I am definitely keeping on my shelf.

Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift

I spotted this book on the charity book table in Booths last month and thought 'that would be good to read just before Mother's Day'.  I just could not get into it at all, the style of writing just didn't gel with me and I was eager to get on to something else.

Donated ... back to the book table. (In time for Mothering Sunday. 😊)

The Garden Cottage Diaries by Fiona J Houston

This is the book that I have just started reading and that will start off the April books.

Artist - Jess Mason

Sue xx

I would like to point out, that although I provide links to Amazon for all the books that I read each month, not all my books are bought from Amazon.  If they are, some of them were bought from the Used section rather than at full price.  You do not need to spend a fortune to read good books. 💖

I share the links so that you can learn more about the books that I write about for yourself, or read reviews from others that have read them.  Of course most of the books I talk about would also be available from your local library, and if you are very lucky you might even find them in charity or thrift shops. 

There are so many ways to bring books into your home if you love reading. 📚