The forgotten garden

Here are the best book recommendations for college students stuck at home, with the best books from every genre from comedy to mystery.

I remember being in middle school and loving to read horrific murder stalker mysteries. You know the type by Mary Higgins Clark and Joan Lowery Nixon. I couldn’t get enough the suspense and mystery. As I grew up a little bit and moved out on my own, I realized those books scared the crap out...

Have you ever read a book that when you finished it you just stretch and give a contented sigh? I like to call them slow, comforting reads, ...

Ideas Behind the Book, Interviews & More The Forgotten Garden Essay: The Great Dusty Trunk: Ideas behind The Forgotten Garden A book is never one idea: it is thousands of tiny idea-fragments, carefully selected and polished, that fit together mosaic-like to form a

If the Brothers Grimm wrote The Secret Garden, this is what it would have been like. This sprawling family saga gets a little unwieldy at times, but I can't say I minded much. History, fairy tale, family drama, and Gothic mystery rolled into one.

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'One of the best writers around!' Katie Fforde 'Full of down-to-earth humour.' Sophie Kinsella The Garden of Forgotten Wishes is out now in paperback.

A romantic journey through forty captivating gardens lost to time. All over the world, once-flourishing horticultural spaces have been abandoned and forgotten. From the once-crumbling grandeur of the Villa d’Este and the magic of the Lost Gardens of Heligan, to the sculptural surrealism of Las Pozas and the colourful rebirth of Le Jardin Majorelle, there are countless gardens around the world with fascinating stories to tell. Author and journalist Sandra Lawrence takes readers on a tour of…

Mish Mash: Friday Finds...

Our April Book Club book was "The Forgotten Garden" By Kate Morton. I was the moderator for this book so I'm warning you now that there are a lot of photos for this recap! The DELICIOUS food! Thank You Bethany for thinking of bringing a drink to represent Australia from the book! Thank You EVERYONE who played along with my picky menu and helped bring the book to life through our tummies! Some of my garden decor: Thank you Rachelle for letting me borrow your awesome suitcases (and you too…