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My Vegan Year by Niki Webster

April 23, 2026 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

With a title like My Vegan Year, you’d expect a book to either be more of a memoir, or a guide to seasonality. Somehow this book manages to be neither. It is a vegan  guide of sorts, with lists and  general discussion that might be useful, including pantry basics, produce by season (in the UK), and vegan lifestyle (like clothing and skincare).  It’s got some recipes too, but that’s  where things get random.  Each season has some combination of various meals, but there’s no clear […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food Tagged With: cookbook, cooking, Gardening, My Vegan Year, Niki Webster, vegan, Veganism

CoffeeShopReader's CBR18 Review No:21 · Genres: Cooking/Food · Tags: cookbook, cooking, Gardening, My Vegan Year, Niki Webster, vegan, Veganism ·
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Hooray for Magical Talking Plants

The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst

November 30, 2025 by finnyfinfinn Leave a Comment

What do you call a bee that’s been put under a spell? Bee-witched! Be kind, you can’t expect a magical talking rose who just woke up from a long enchanted sleep to be instantly ready for a comedy special. In which we get to meet Caz’s mom! Once upon a time a lonely little librarian named Terlu Perna cast a forbidden magic spell to create a friend (Caz the spider plant whose story was told in The Spellshop). Her punishment was to be permanently transformed […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, Gardening, Romance, Sarah Beth Durst, sassy magical plants

finnyfinfinn's CBR17 Review No:21 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, Gardening, Romance, Sarah Beth Durst, sassy magical plants ·
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A little faerie magic and a lot about real world sustainable gardening practices

Shroom for Improvement (Mythical Mishaps #1) by Jemma Croft

November 9, 2025 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“So, you’ve seen me naked before?” I said. “Oh, yes, many times. You have a beautiful body, by the way.” My cheeks heated. Damn. It had been so long since anybody had complimented me, I was blushing at the disembodied words of a magical house. ​​ ― Jemma Croft, Shroom for Improvement CBR17 Bingo: School Sonny is a professor and his knowledge of mycology is a key part of the story. Sonny Daye has a problem. To complete his research on mushroom glamours, he must […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: cbr17bingo, drug use, enemies to lovers, fae, Gardening, gay romance, grumpy sunshine, idiots to lovers, Jemma Croft, magical mushrooms, queer romance, Sustainability

carmelpie's CBR17 Review No:36 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: cbr17bingo, drug use, enemies to lovers, fae, Gardening, gay romance, grumpy sunshine, idiots to lovers, Jemma Croft, magical mushrooms, queer romance, Sustainability ·
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I only counted one of the four as they are short short (but cute) board books

Hello, Beach! by Katherine Pryor and Rose Soini

April 9, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

All three board books which were read, were read via an online reader copy. All (but the one I have not yet read) are currently available. If you like easy board books that have a seasonal overtone, then the Katherine Pryor and Rose Soini books are for you. We have the books Hello, Beach!, Hello, Rain!, and Hello, Garden!  And due in September 2025 is Hello, Snow! Overall, things are terribly simple as they are aimed at not just the board book crowd to look […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: animals, bedtime, Concepts, diversity, Earth Sciences, family, Gardening, Katherine Pryor, Katherine Pryor and Rose Soini, Marine Life, Rose Soini, Science & Nature, seasons, senses sensations, siblings, Weather

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:179 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: animals, bedtime, Concepts, diversity, Earth Sciences, family, Gardening, Katherine Pryor, Katherine Pryor and Rose Soini, Marine Life, Rose Soini, Science & Nature, seasons, senses sensations, siblings, Weather ·
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“With the mystery genre booming in print and on screen at present, I have had no problem satisfying my cravings for crime.”

Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers by Marta McDowell

November 4, 2024 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Are you in the mood for a light and breezy book about how gardens and gardeners feature in crime and mystery writing? If so, I have the book for you. I am not a gardener, in fact my great grandparents who ran a greenhouse would be shocked at my inability to understand the finer points of plants and their needs and five years of working on a living history farm did not improve the situation. But it did introduce me to the author of Gardening […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: a little murder, cbr16bingo, Earth Day, Gardening, Gardening Can Be Murder, Marta McDowell, read harder challenge

faintingviolet's CBR16 Review No:46 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: a little murder, cbr16bingo, Earth Day, Gardening, Gardening Can Be Murder, Marta McDowell, read harder challenge ·
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book cover for Lawns Into Meadows

Lawns are dead, man

Lawns Into Meadows: Growing a Regenerative Landscape by Owen Wormser

June 14, 2023 by J 2 Comments

This short, easy to read volume is a call to arms to put away your lawn mower and embrace a less tidy meadow. Owen Wormser is a landscape designer in the US Northeast, specializing in organic designs for residential and commercial spaces. Mowed lawn space across the US works out to roughly the equivalent of the state of Washington. Lawns were once a status symbol: owning land that didn’t need to be used for food production was a flex. While lawns can be beautiful, they’re […]

Filed Under: Featured, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Gardening, Owen Wormser

J's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: Gardening, Owen Wormser ·
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