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.
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Another good one, ‘The Keys to the Kingdom’ by AJ Cronin
I love AJ Cronin. I must reread some of his books.
My name is Lucy Barton. Elizabeth Strout.
Amy and Isabelle. Elizabeth Strout
One for the Blackbird One for the Crow.
The Exiles, Christina Baker Kline, hard to believe the ‘nonentity’ of women of that time and the attitude toward the aboriginal people!
The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia
Call your daughter Home by Deb Spera
Winter Loon by Susan Bernhard
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner.
All of James Herriot’s books.
All of Alison Weir’s books.
All of Sharon Key Penman’s books.
I loved A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Beautifully written, clever, funny, touching and well-researched. I also enjoyed Circe, by Madeline Miller, an alternative view of ancient Greek legends and behind the scenes of the Odyssey, as it were.
Strong recommendation for “The Overstory” by Richard Powers — a big, gorgeous, elegiac book about trees, and so much more. Takes its time to build, telling the stories of eight very different American individuals and the way that trees impact their lives, slowly bringing the characters together into a wonderful ending. You’ll never look at trees the same again!
Also, “A Shepherd’s Life” by James Rebanks — a very different book, this is the author’s autobiography about his life as a sheep herder in the Lake District of north-west England. I learned so much about the region, about small farming, and about sheep. Fascinating read (his twitter feed, @herdyshepherd1, is eye-opening, too!)
Strong recommendation for “The Overstory” by Richard Powers. A big, gorgeous, elegiac book about trees, and so much more. Takes its time to build up, telling the stories of eight different Americans and how trees impact their lives, while slowly bringing the stories together into a wonderful ending. You’ll never look at trees the same!
Also, something very different: “A Shepherd’s Life” by James Rebanks. It’s the story of his life as a shepherd in the Lake District of north-west England. I learned so much about this amazing region, about being a farmer, and about sheep. A lovely read.
Their Finest by Lissa Evans
Spencer’s List by Lissa Evans
Little Fires everywhere by Celeste Ng
Bone River. Meghan Chance
The Patron Saint of Liars – Ann Pratchett
The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett
Next Year in Havana- Chanel Cleeton
The Abstainer – Ian McGuire
The Henna Artist – Alia Joshi
Anxious People – Fredrick Backman
A Womans Garden.- Tanya Anderson
Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land- N. Scott Momaday: native spirituality/climate change/earth stewardship
Just saw this on the NY Times book review Pig Years by Ellyn Gaydos working as a farm hand in New York and Vermont
The Boy with a Bird in His Chest by Emme Lund – I believe it’s her first novel and it’s really well written. Made me think about it long after I finished reading it. Critic’s take: “A modern coming-of-age full of love, desperation, heartache, and magic” (Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize–winning author) about “the ways in which family, grief, love, queerness, and vulnerability all intersect”.
Thank you so much! I love our library!!
Okay, allow me a moment of self-indulgence here–my own novel which came out in September is called The Bonne Chance Bakery and it is getting good reviews. Plus it features macarons. So there you go. But a student of mine just gifted me The Midnight Library by Matt Haig and I cannot wait to read it–looks wonderful.
Read it and LOVE it!! Such a sweet story.