Welcome to The Library of the Fellowship of the Farmy.
This is where we come to share good books to read. If you have read a book and love it – leave a message for the Fellowship here in the comments. Just a SHORT message. Not lists of your all time favourites, we have those already, this is just a place to quickly jot down the title and author and genre of a book you really want to share.( I don’t have space for critiques though, just the Title, Author and Genre. A couple of sentences should do it. )
Then when we are in need of a recommendation or inspiration we can all pop in and see what The Fellowship is reading. If your latest favourite book is already here – just second it in a reply. Then we will know it is really good!
You can come back in and add the very best books you have read anytime. One at a time.
ALSO and most importantly If you have written a book and want to tell us about it leave a message here too. We would love to know what the writers in The Fellowship have published, and where we can buy the book.
I will come in as I get the time and attach the links to Amazon.
Let’s support each other.
Love c
The Kitchen's Garden 
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Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Emotional and uplifting, sort of memoir about the place and role that plants and trees play in sustaining our human lives. Lessons from Indigenous culture that make you think about your own place in our world.
This sounds like a great book Deb! I will find it!
Her new book The Serviceberry: Abundance and Recriprocity in the Natural World is also amazing. It’s shorter and imagines an alternative to capitalism through the development of a gift economy which has roots in indigenous knowledge of the so-called Americas and encouraging a deeper look at our give and take relationships with nature and society. A must read in late stage capitalism. I listened to the audiobook on spotify:
Yes! Thank you for adding that one. I recently read it. There is also Gathering Moss.
An older book copywright 2008, author J Maarten Troost, Lost on Planet China. Non-fiction, laugh out loud, travel in China. Excellent.
Hi folks. I have just had Any Park recommended to me. An Australian author who spends his life between Sydney and a personal spot alongside the Kruger National Park. I just read Blood Trail. Highly recommend this excellent book.
Oops – Tony Park not Any Park
Another older book, but historically impressive if you are into that sort of thing… How the Irish Saved Civilization, The Untold Story of Ireland’s Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe – by Thomas Cahill copyright 1995
An excellent history lesson and interesting read.
Hi Friends!
My NEW plant-based mealkit book has just been released. If you are curious about plant-based meals, I invite you to take a look.
This mealkit system is the perfect starter guide for plant-based beginners to take baby steps to familiarize yourself with new foods. Learn some easy, basic tricks and expand from there. Tasting and learning how the seasoning basics work together will form a strong plant-based ‘Household Top Chef’ foundation. Learning about flavor profiles is key to comfort foods in a plant-based diet.
And…. to hopefully generate loads of positive reviews I have it on sale for now marked at $1.20.
Here is the Etsy link: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1407836388/plant-based-comfort-food-beginners-vegan?ref=listings_manager_grid
Thank you, Cecelia, for inviting me to post my book here. And, thank you all for reading!
~ CB
I thoroughly enjoyed Timothy, or Notes of an Abject Reptile by Verlyn Klinkenborg. Observations about the world around him are expressed by a tortoise in the 1700s. It was a quick and delightful read. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/243519.Timothy_or_Notes_of_an_Abject_Reptile
I’m adding another newly read book by Robin Wall Kimmerer to build on Braiding Sweetgrass. Just finished Gathering Moss and found it amazing. You will never look at mosses in the same way and please- never even think about running to the store for Moss Out or some other chemical killer to do away with the mosses around your home/yard.
i dont know if there is translated version on english, but i will share one of my favorite books from Marija Jurić Zagorka -The Witch of Grich (book series with 7 books )
Zagorka’s most popular work, combining genres of a historical novel, romance and adventure. Set in the second half of the 18th century, it tells the story of a beautiful young Countess Nera Keglević, who was raised isolated from society by her grandmother. Famed for her beauty and open-minded conduct, she becomes the jewel of Zagrebian aristocracy, but her popularity among men causes strong discountenance among envious women who see her as a threat. Due to Nera’s attempts of saving unfortunate low class women from witch-burnings, she herself gets accused of witchcraft, which opens a protest of the aristocracy against the law for condemning a member of their society
i wont spoil the rest but novel is soo good
Oh wow. I hope they are in English – I would read this!!
The Personal Librarian. (Gorgeous)
The Seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo (loved it)!
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams is a novel based on the true history of the development of the Oxford dictionary. It takes place in the late 1800s to early 1900s, during WWI and the women’s suffrage movement.
Night Magic: Adventures Among Gloworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark authored by Leigh Ann Henion
A wonderful trip into the world of night and darkness and magic with eyes wide open to the wonders that we are often taught to fear. A lovely journey, and the author speaks also to the detrimental impact to both human and animal ecosystems by the increasing intensity of light pollution using data from DarkSky International.
The words in my hand by Guinevere Glasfurd. this is a delightful book that my daughter gave me several years ago and I had put down and forgotten all about it until it’s sunny Friday afternoon when I was looking for something to read while I watch the washing dry.This is a delightful book that my daughter gave me several years ago and I had put down and forgotten all about it until it’s sunny Friday afternoon when I was looking for something to read while I watch the washing dry.The blurb says it’s a reimagined true story of a Dutch maid in 17th-century Amsterdam and her relationship with Descartes. I found it spellbinding, entertaining and enlightening. It’s set in the 17th century and take quite deeply into the life of this young servant girl who wants to become literate. I strongly recommend this Book of a genre quite different for me.