Gnome Appreciation Society

Mitchell: Father of the Spitfire by Paul Beaver What Da Cover Says: Reginald Mitchell is one of the greatest names in aviation history. A visionary engineer with a passion for speed, his legacy is the most iconic fighter aircraft of all the Spit…

My review of Mitchell: Father of the Spitfire by Paul Beaver felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/m... Very interesting topic. #bookreview available from @eandtbooks.bsky.social

Cocaine Eyes by Michael Keenaghan What Da Cover Says: WELCOME TO THE CRIMINAL HEART OF LONDON. Meet the coppers who do things their own way, street gangs on the rampage, traditional villains, sightseeing hitmen, dedicated smash and…

My review of Cocaine Eyes by Michael Keenaghan felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/c... Fantastic exploration of London's dark heart. #bookreview

Yeah, nother weekend over and more work beckons.

How ya doing matey

TIDBITS Volume 1 by CJ Stark What Da Cover Says: A menace.A tech savvy frog.A demon that cleans.Parks.And a suspicious number of ducks. A collection of humorous and absurd poems (one even rhymes!) from Jack CJ Stark. What I Sa…

my review of TIDBITS volume 1 by @jackcjstark.bsky.social felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/t... Highly recommend you read this quirky collection of poems #Bookreview

Descanso by Jay Spencer Green What Da Cover Says: Drug-dealer, brothelkeeper, devoted sibling, spy, Manuel Estímulo expected his retirement on a remote desert island in the Atlantic to be one long, well-deserved rest, a descans…

My review of Descanso by @jayspencergreen.bsky.social felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/09/06/d... Brill book crammed full of important facts #books

The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White What Da Cover Says: A century before Charles Darwin, decades before the French Revolution, Gilbert White began his lifelong habit of measuring and observing the world around his Hampshire home. Dai…

My review of The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/08/30/t... got my copy from @littletollerbooks.bsky.social #naturewriting

The Only Wolf Is Time by Dan Tremaglio What Da Cover Says: Air is a graffiti artist and self-described street hermit who spends his nights in urban encampments and days in public libraries, reading up on physics and ancient philosophy, …

My review of The Only Wolf Is Time by Dan Tremaglio felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/t... this was a fun read. Thanks to @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social #BookReview

Today is #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay, and we're reading @pollyrowena.bsky.social's Wainwright longlisted book, #TheCompanyOfOwls...

‘I couldn’t put down this warm and comforting, beautiful book.’ Ajay Tegala, author of Wetland Diaries

Order at @waterstones.bsky.social: bit.ly/3H80cfk
#Owls

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Lifelines: Searching for Home in the Mountains of Greece By Julian Hoffman What Da Cover Says: A story of shelter, generosity and welcome. A story of searching for home in the mountains and lakes of northern Greece. In the summer of 2000, Julian Hoffman and his wife Julia…

My review of Lifelines by @julianhoffman.bsky.social felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/l... Fantastic book this un from @eandtbooks.bsky.social #bookreview

The Road by Cormac McCarthy What Da Cover Says: In a burned-out America, a father and his young son walk under a darkened sky, heading slowly for the coast. They have no idea what, if anything, awaits them there. The landscap…

My review of the Road by Cormac McCarthy felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/t... Not as many laughs as I expected. #books

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte What Da Cover Says: Orphaned into the household of her Aunt Reed at Gateshead, subject to the cruel regime at Lowood charity school, Jane Eyre nonetheless emerges unbroken in spirit and integrity. …

My review of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/07/13/j... Fantastic novel this un. #bookreview

A Ballet Of Lepers by Leonard Cohen What Da Cover Says: Written between 1956 in Montreal, just as Cohen was publishing his first poetry collection, and 1961, when he’d settled on Greece’s Hydra island, the pieces in this collection o…

My review of A Ballet of Lepers by Leonard Cohen felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/06/29/a... good book this un. available from @canongate.co.uk

Think it might be a leafcutter bee.

Horror Movie time: Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (only 7 more Draculas to complete the challenge) #HorrorMovies

Sorry. Well windy here. I reckon it was one of those armpit bees

Any idea what bee this is?thanks

Gnomes and bees go well together

Bee Quest by Dave Goulson What Da Cover Says: A hunt for the world’s most elusive bees leads Dave Goulson from Salisbury plain to Sussex hedgerows, from Poland to Patagonia. Whether he is tracking great yellow bumbleb…

My review of Bee Quest by @davegoulson.bsky.social felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/06/13/b... Got a huge amount from this fascinating book @vintagebooks.bsky.social

Left on Read by g. c. mckay What Da Cover Says: Love in the age of screenshots, nudes and getting ghosted Whether you’re doomscrolling at midnight, checking out who viewed your story (for 56th time in an hour) or wonder…

My review of Left on Read by G.C.Mckay felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/06/01/l... Highly traumatic reading. fun #books

Nature Needs You: The Fight to Save Our Swifts by Hannah Bourne-Taylor What Da Cover Says: Nature Needs You tells the compelling story of how Hannah, without campaigning experience, funding or contacts, set out to save swifts from extinction in the UK. Her mission is …

My review of Nature Needs You: The Fight to Save Our Swifts by @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/05/18/n... Well good this book. available from @eandtbooks.bsky.social #books

Spine by John Patrick Higgins What Da Cover Says: John Patrick Higgins has been told he’s spineless for as long as he can remember. But if that’s true, why is he obliged to leave an armchair with the nervous trepidation of some…

My review of Spine by @johnnymuggins.bsky.social felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/05/11/s... available from @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social incredibly funny book

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter What Da Cover Says: A beautiful hardback edition of Angela Carter’s feminist retelling of fairy tales – masterful, seductive and luminous. From familiar fairy tales and legends – …

My review of The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/05/01/t... Part of the quarterbound editions from @vintagebooks.bsky.social now I need another one please. #books

Currently playing, not watched this in many many years, loved it the first time I saw it. #HorrorMovie

Just finished it. Good silly fun

Has a final destination feel to it.

Had a couple of deaths so far, first one shocked us and the second one we laughed. only about 10min in
Bonus points cos there was a pack of nudey playing cards

Now watching this cute little monkey movie. #HorrorMovies

The Bridge Between Worlds by Gavin Francis What Da Cover Says: In The Bridge Between Worlds, Gavin Francis explores bridges old and new, man-made or natural, musing on the view from the bridge through history, geopolitics, psychology and li…

My review of The Bridge Between Worlds by Gavin Francis felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/04/21/t... Thought provoking read. #books available from @canongate.co.uk