Paris in Bloom by Georgianna Lane

Paris in Bloom by Georgianna Lane
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Paris—City of Love, City of Light, City of Flowers. From elegant floral boutiques to lively flower markets to glorious blooming trees and expansive public gardens, flowers are the essential ingredient to the lush sensory bouquet that is Parisian life. With beautiful photography, Paris in Bloom transports readers on a stunning floral tour of the city, and provides recommendations to the best flower markets and a detailed guide to spring blooms. Timeless in content, Paris in Bloom is a book for Paris lovers to savor again and again, one to keep on the nightstand to conjure fond memories of their first visit and inspire dreams of the next.

This is an absolutely stunning coffee table book. It is clear the author has a passion for the city and enjoys photographing it.

I love how some of the photographs are obvious choices of Paris such as the Eiffel Tower, however there are also some hidden treasures in the book which is a joy to see. This really makes you want to jump on the next plane to Paris.

This is a beautiful book to return to time and time again, it has become a firm favourite on my coffee table, which has sparked conversation from guests, who love it as much as I do.

I would like to thank the publisher for sending this in exchange for an honest review.

Breakfast at Tiffany's Notebooks (Set of 3)

Breakfast at Tiffany's Notebooks (Set of 3)

£9.99

Inspired by the beloved character Holly Golightly from the classic film,Breakfast at Tiffany’s, this stylish set of three paperback notebooks is perfect for tossing in your bag, making lists and dashing down thoughts on the fly. Each notebook cover features different illustrations of the movie’s most popular icons: Holly’s sequined sleep mask, her cat eye sunglasses, her lipstick, and more. The set includes two larger notebooks, one lined and the other blank, and a small notebook with a graph paper interior.

You can buy them here.

What I think: 

I love stationary, who doesn't? When I was offered the chance to review this beautiful note set I couldn't wait to get my hands on them. 

When these arrived they were absolutely beautiful, I really like the fact that these come in different sizes. My favourite notepad is the blue one with the iconic eye mask on. This is really well made with cotton holding the pages together. This is the perfect size to fit in your handbag and keep lists of shopping in. 

This is a wonderful set to give someone for a birthday or just because you want to. I am so pleased I have been able to try these out and I have been really impressed. These are great for stationary loved and for those who love Breakfast at Tiffany's. 

Although these are a little pricey as they are not that thick, I think they would make a great gift and I would purchase these for a friend. 

I would like to thank Abrahams and Chronicles for sending this in exchange for an honest review. 

100 Places to Go Before They Disappear by Patrick Drew

100 Places to Go Before They Disappear by Patrick Drew
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

What would our world look like if the planet's average temperature were to rise by only a few degrees? Cities including Venice, Bangkok, London, Chicago, and New York would experience severe flooding. The tea fields of Sri Lanka and the vineyards of France would suffer under heat and drought. Beijing and Timbuktu would be transformed into deserts, and the Great Barrier Reef's coral colonies would die. The entire nation of Tuvalu would sink into the Pacific Ocean as water levels rise. As plants and animals vital to local ecosystems continue to perish due to climate change, the face of our planet is already being transformed. 100 Places to Go Before They Disappear features locations on all seven continents that are in the greatest danger of disappearing within our lifetime. With an essay by Desmond Tutu, this stunning book will inspire travellers and environmentalists to help save the gorgeous places that might soon be only a memory.



I love travel and visiting interesting places that are off the beaten track. I spend hours browsing travel photography and information books looking for inspiration on my next adventures. This is what I was expecting from this, a little gem, hopefully that would become one of my favourites in my collection. I was, however very disappointed in it.

When reading it, it turned into a nag basically at how the human race has damaged the world we live in and things like Global Warming and other things are making the world change and as a consequence a lot of wonderful places will soon no longer exist. I found the book was a little heavy at times and not really what I was looking forward to at all.

The photography is hit and miss also in the book I found, some of the photographs are beautiful, while others look like they could have been taken by an amateur and didn't really feel that they 'fit' in the book.

Some of the places highlighted in the book were unexpected such as 'Chicago' that perhaps initially you wouldn't have thought would be vulnerable. So the book did have an element of surprise for me, but unfortunately I found most of it was just a moan at how awful people are.

There are many very good 'coffee table' books out there and this is not one of them. It is smaller than expected and for me too deep. This will sit on my bookshelves, but I don't think I will be picking it up for some time. Perhaps I misinterpreted the book before I started reading it, but it was not what I expected at all and was just so disappointed it didn't live up to my expectations. Saying this, this book might be exactly what someone is looking for and love it. Don't get me wrong, this is very well researched and includes some background information on places. But it's not for me.

I would like to thank the publisher for sending this in exchange for an honest review.