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Recent Reads: James Patterson: The Stories of My Life by James Patterson is exactly what it says it is. Stories from James Patterson’s life, but not an autobiography.  It also gives an insight into James Patterson’s writing process.

It’s a very readable book, written in a very conversational way.  You get stories sprinkled throughout his life, from when he was young, when he was in marketing (I feel this explains some of his huge success), and with lots of stories about his famous friends and collaborators, like Bill Clinton!

It’s very interesting and you go along at a fair clip when reading it!

I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Random House.

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100 Plants to Feed the Birds by Laura Erickson has a lot of photos of plants and birds, aimed at North America, but shows the pure breadth of different plants that encourage birds into gardens.

I thought the book was really nice, and I was interested to see just how many different birds liked such different plants!

100 Plants to Feed the Birds was published on 20th December 2022, and is available from Amazon, Waterstones and Bookshop.org.

You can follow Laura Erickson on her website.

I was given access to this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Storey Publishing.

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The Art of the Travel Journal by Abbey Sy is a guide on how to write a travel journal, as you’d guess.  It has photos and descriptions of different versions, such as photo, drawings, writing, and a combination.

It has step by step guide for things like collaging, suggestions on how to decide what type of travel journal you might want to do, tips and suggestions for how to do things like making your own watercolour tin.

I thought this was a very inspiring book, with lots of photos and suggestions of people who use travel journals you can follow, and get ideas from!

The Art of the Travel Journal was published on 13th September 2022, and is available from Amazon, Waterstones and Bookshop.org.

You can follow Abbey Sy on Instagram, YouTube and her website.

I was given access to this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Quarto Publishing Group and Quarry Books.

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Shadowlands; A Journey Through Lost Britain by Matthew Green looks at places in the UK that are deserted or abandoned, and puts them in the context of their history.

This is an interesting book with the author visiting each site, so you get to know what they look like today.

I found this to be a good book, and liked the mix of setting it in it’s historical place, and what it’s like today.

Shadowlands; A Journey Through Lost Britain was published on 17th March 2022, and is available from Amazon, Waterstones and Bookshop.org.

You can follow Matthew Green on Twitter and Instagram.

I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Faber and Faber.