Cornflower Blues 2008 - part 1

  

It's time to pick a few of the best from a great many superb books read this year, and that isn't easy. I'm starting with non-fiction, and the "Cornflower Blues" of 2008 are:

Robert Macfarlane's The Wild Places (which I wrote about here)

A favourite re-read, Deborah Devonshire's Counting My Chickens: and Other Home Thoughts (impossible to do it justice but I did try)

Katherine Swift's The Morville Hours: The Story of a Garden impressed me in many ways (there's a lovely passage here)

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale completes the list (my thoughts on it are here).

If you have a favourite non-fiction book or two this year, please do tell us. Fiction is coming up next, and it is even harder to choose the winners!

Comments

[Peter the Flautist]

Here is one that should interest all of you who use colour in web-page design and it is strongly recommended.

"Digital Colour for the Internet and other Media", Studio 7.5, AVA Publishing SA, Switzerland, 2003

Dark Puss

[Simon T]

I spent part of today compiling my favourite reads of the year! Will keep my favourite quiet until I post my list on my blog... but it was non-fiction!

[Danielle]

I've got the Summerscale on my pile and hope to get to it soon. Must check out the others now...