This Sunday I am making a start on my next book club read, Welcome to Glorious Tuga by Francesca Segal. ‘Zoologist Charlotte Walker has crossed the world to research rare tortoises on the remote island of Tuga. Officially, she’s there for conservation. But the reality is more complicated, for Charlotte has long believed she has a connection to this isolated paradise. While coming to understand an endangered species, she’d hoped she might finally understand the truth about herself. She’ll have little time for self-discovery, however. The close-knit community has never had a vet before, and the islanders are determined to tempt her from her tortoises and onto their farms. Can she salvage her career (and the catastrophe of her personal life) before her year on the island is up?’ published by Vintage , Welcome to Glorious Tuga has been described as ‘…a modern-day Jane Austen meets The Durrells.’

I thought this might make a nice escape from the cold, dreary British weather… sounds uplifting too.

Have a wonderful week and I hope you manage to escape into a book too.