At last a real book club entry, it's been a while!

Independent London

Read Helen Evans review

This is one nifty little book. It's detailed, organized and easy to pop in your bag. For frequent visitors and travelers this is a great book to have next to your travel guide. The book is categorized by sort of shop (health, art, home, entertainment, fashion, flowers and food) and boroughs with easy maps and a travel planner. I can't wait to use it.

Amy Butler's Midwest Modern

Buy this book at Amazon.co.uk

Even if Amy would make a book about spit I know I'm going to love it. Every little thing she does is magic! In Amy's Midwest Modern Amy takes you to her home and shows you around her house. Ever wonder what her kitchen looks like or her husband's studio?, get this book. The photos are beautiful and the atmosphere of the book is magical. I just love to leave the book open so that I constantly can have a little glance when I pass by. My top favorite this year!

Jamie at Home

Not yet available in the US

Hmm, really that's the first thing I want to say about this book. It's a hmm book, don't know if I like it but I do really like it. I did expect just a little bit more than just an ordinary cookbook. It's also a little bit more because Jamie gives good tips on how to grow your own food but than again when I watched the show Jamie is being cheeky because he's having a posh gardner who's growing all the food and doing all the gardening. And he's also showing some graphic photos of freshly shot bunnies and pheasants and I do have a bit of a problem with that. I do love all the recipes and I really like the layout and art direction blah, blah, blah ... but, hmm. You don't have to buy it if you don't want to but if you're a Jamie addict like me you should get it to make your collection complete.

The Gentle Art of Domesticity

Not yet available in the US

It's a wonderful, useful, colorful, informative and happy book just like Jane's blog, Yarnstorm, is. If you like her website, you'll love her book. Don't let the negative critics fool you because it's just again a life choice and a way of living. This book is all about that and it just lovely.

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