Since discovering Miranda Mills a couple of years ago, I’ve been hooked and follow her regular blogs and videos on YouTube. I became a Seasons of Stories subscriber to enjoy more of her content.
I find it oddly fascinating that her reading tastes and mine overlap almost completely. Normally, I share a number of book favourites with friends. Monica Edwards with one friend; Chalet School books with another; Gothic novels with a third and Miss Read with yet another, but Miranda's book tastes map onto mine almost exactly. So, I decided that the opportunity to hear her speak about her new, and first book, was too good to miss!
Her book The Country Commonplace Book is lovely and very inviting. I've always loved Commonplace books especially some of the ones from previous centuries. Many writers and poets kept Commonplace books.
I love the description for Miranda Mill's The Country Commonplace Book as a guide to the seasons and seasonal living, and is "designed to accompany you throughout the year".
The Book is a "seasonal touchstone..packed full of quotes, recipes, poems and observations on the natural world, to help you connect more deeply with yourself and with nature".
The event was lovely. It was great fun to meet Miranda and her mother, Donna, and hear about the inspiration behind the Commonplace Book. Kemps Bookshop was as gorgeous as ever, packed full of interesting and tempting books, which we simply had to buy.
I loved Chris's comment that being in the bookshop on a Sunday was like a lock in, only better as it was a lock in with books!