I had hoped to get more read in August because we had ten days off and were away in Jersey. Ended up doing lots of other things and not reading as much, but that is life. Did read 16 though, and bought a load! As usual.
Books Read
Outsiders – Ed. Alice Slater – 3.5 Stars
Nine Quarters Of Jerusalem: A New Biography Of The Old City – Matthew Teller – 3 Stars
The Restless Kings: Henry II, His Sons and the Wars for the Plantagenet Crown – Nick Barratt – 3.5 Stars
Ring of Stone Circles: Exploring Neolithic Cumbria – Stan L Abbott – 3.5 Stars
Word Drops: A Sprinkling of Linguistic Curiosities – Paul Anthony Jones – 4 Stars
Time On Rock – Anna Fleming – 3 Stars
Under Pressure: Living Life and Avoiding Death on a Nuclear Submarine – Richard Humphreys – 4 Stars
Where The Wildflowers Grow My Journey Through Botanical Britain – Leif Bersweden – 4 Stars
Living with Trees: A Common Ground Handbook – Robin Walter – 4.5 Stars
(un)interrupted tongues – Dal Kular – 3.5 Stars
Every Breath You Take – Mark Broomfield – 3.5 Stars
Planetfall – Emma Newman – 3.5 Stars
After Atlas – Emma Newman – 4 Stars
Before Mars – Emma Newman – 4.5 Stars
Atlas Alone – Emma Newman – 4.5 Stars
Book Of The Month
Field Notes – Maxim Peter Griffin – 5 stars
This is a magnificent blend of art and psychogeography and if you like either of those things then I would suggest you buy a copy.
Top Genres
Natural History – 22
Travel – 17
History – 12
Poetry – 11
Fiction – 8
Memoir – 8
Science – 8
Environmental – 6
Science Fiction – 4
Photography – 4
(I need to read some more travel books this month!!)
Top Publishers
Faber & Faber – 8
William Collins – 7
Unbound – 5
Gollancz – 4
Bloomsbury – 4
Picador – 4
Canongate – 4
Eland – 4
Little Toller – 4
Summersdale – 3
Review Copies Received
brother. do. you. love. me. – Manni Coe & Reuben Coe
The Horned God: Weird Tales of the Great God Pan – Ed. Michael Wheatley
Escape from Model Land: How Mathematical Models Can Lead Us Astray and What We Can Do About It – Erica Thompson
The Grove: A Nature Odyssey in 19 ½ Front Gardens – Ben Dark
The Accidental Detectorist: The Adventures of a Reluctant Metal Detectorist – Nigel Richardson
You’ve Been Played: How Corporations, Governments and Schools Use Games to Control Us All – Adrian Hon
Library Books Checked Out
Secret Britain: A journey through the Second World War’s hidden bases and battlegrounds – Sinclair McKay
Afropean: Notes From Black Europe – Johny Pitts
Apple Island Wife: Slow Living In Tasmania – Fiona Stocker
Small Island: A History Of Britain In 12 Maps – Philip Parker
Far From The Light – Tade Thompson
Books Bought
A Dorset Camera: 1855 – 1914 – David Burnett
Scotland: The Wild Places – Colin Prior (Signed)
A Lizard in My Luggage: Mayfair to Mallorca in One Easy Move – Anna Nicholas
Bottoms Up in Belgium – Alec le Sueur (Signed)
Free: Coming of Age at the End of History – Lea Ypi
The Museum of Whales You Will Never See: Dreamers and Collectors in Iceland – A. Kendra Greene
A Handful of Honey: Away to the Palm Groves of Morocco and Algeria – Annie Hawes
Letters to Camondo – Edmund de Waal
Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature – Nick Davies
Cuba – The Land of Miracles: A Journey Through Modern Cuba – Stephen Smith
Viva Mexico!: A Traveller’s Account of Life in Mexico – Charles Macomb Flandrau
Ask Sir James: The Life of Sir James Reid, Personal Physician to Queen Victoria – Michaela Reid
The Train in Spain: Ten Great Journeys Through The Interior – Christopher Howse
Love Her Wild – Atticus
Selected Poems – Lawrence Durrell (Signed)
Mirrors of the Unseen: Journeys in Iran – Jason Elliot
The Owl Service – Alan Garner
I’m a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity – Robin Ince
Paranormal Purbeck: A Study of the Unexplained – David Leadbetter
Any of those that you have come across before or read yourself? Let me know in the comments below
Ooh, Afropean is brilliant! Please read immediately!
I will bump it up the list