I used be a part of an online freecycling group and really like the concept. So it was natural for me to want to read Freecycling For Beginners, even though I didn’t know what to expect from it. The time has come for Jane to sell the family home. Downsizing to a flat means that everything must go, but her late husband’s favourite chair is far too precious for the tip. Meanwhile, Robyn, balancing her precarious career as a portrait artist with raising an autistic son, is searching for a chair with panache that will allow her sitters to pose…

When April moves into Hummingbird House, she is intrigued by her mysterious landlord, Dai. With a bruised heart and a distinct lack of furniture, she spends the summer getting to know the other occupants. As she smartens up her home and makes peace with her recent past, she befriends Paul, a solitary ex-chef, and Betty, an elderly lady who lives in the basement flat. But Hummingbird House holds many secrets, and the relationships of the tenants are not as straightforward as they seem. April learns some shocking truths one eventful night, and realises that victims and villains can look the…

I seem to be reading a lot of books based in Cornwall and I was happy to read A Cornish Summer At Pear Tree Farm, another book based in this lovely locale. Cornish charm and a Tennessee twist – the perfect pair?Nessa Vivian is determined to keep her parents’ business afloat, but Pear Tree Farm near the backwater Cornish village of Polgarth didn’t do well as farm, and it’s not faring much better as a camp site. Maybe it’s due to Nessa’s habit of taking in troubled runaways, like ex-soldier Crispin, for next to nothing. Or perhaps her highly-strung sister…