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Here we are again with another instalment of our Desert Island Books series! This time we have contributions from Suzanne Taylor, one of our Assistant Librarians from Townhill Library. Suzanne looks after all library resources for Psychology & Counselling as well as Performance & Literature.
Want to contribute your Desert Island book choices? It's not too late! Email me at samantha.scoulding@sm.uwtsd.ac.uk
If you were stranded on
a desert island which 4 books would you like to have with you and why?
It was difficult to only choose
four books that I would want to have with me, should I be marooned on a desert
island. Initially, ‘Exotic raw food recipes-75 raw food recipes you can make
with tropical fruits and vegetables in five minutes or less’ by F. Patenaude,
was high on my list. However, I finally selected the following:
The Complete Gardener by
Monty Don, so that I could create my own garden and grow my own
food. There’s something lovely about planting seeds in warm soil....
Tree Houses You Can Actually Build (A weekend project book) by David Stiles. I would want to build a high-quality shelter,
although creating a tree house in a weekend might be a little hard to achieve!
Staying Sane: How to Make Your Mind Work for You by Raj Persaud. If I only have myself to talk to, I’m going to need a
book like this!
If you could bring one
of the characters to life, for company, who would you choose and why?
If I were allowed to have one
person with me for company, it might have to be Monty Don. His gardening
knowledge would be invaluable.
You can have one luxury
item on the island with you…what would it be?
There are many items I’d like to have as my luxury item. I
did think about a Swiss Army penknife, but am hoping that if I am marooned a
knife block, complete with a collection of knives from the ship’s kitchen,
would also be washed up on shore, as they would be really useful. Therefore, I
think my luxury item would have to be a wind-up radio, maybe in a tasteful
retro design. Then I could listen to music all day long, as I merrily hacked
through the island’s vegetation and built my tree house.....
You are rescued and can
only take one book back with you…which one would you pick?
If I were rescued and was given the choice of taking one
book back, I don’t think I would. I’d leave all the books, which would probably
be quite tattered by now, on the island in case anyone else was similarly
marooned in the future. Instead, as mementos of my stay, I’d maybe take some of
the wood carvings I’d had time to whittle with all those knives....
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