August 2024 TBR

Quite a bit late in posting this as I have been in France until earlier this week. There is some large sporting event on, that we went to…

Another long TBR. I really need to tighten it up a bit!. Here is the list for this month:

 

Still Reading

Nature Writing for Every Day of the Year – Ed. Jane McMorland Hunter

A Cloud a Day – Gavin Pretor-Pinney

A Year Of Garden Bees & Bugs: 52 stories of intriguing insects – Dominic Couzens & Gail Ashton

 

Challenge Books

Citadel – Kate Mosse

Music for Torching – A.M. Homes

Five Rivers Met On A Wooded Plane – Barney Norris

The Mask of Dimitrios – Eric Ambler

The Railway Man –  Eric Lomax

 

Review Books

Bloom: From Food to Fuel, the Epic Story of How Algae Can Save Our World – Ruth Kassinger

Blue Mind: How Water Makes You Happier, More Connected and Better at What You Do – Wallace J. Nichols

The House Divided: Sunni, Shia and the Making of the Middle East – Barnaby Rogerson

Cornish Horrors: Tales from the Land’s End – Ed. Joan Passey

Scenes from Prehistoric Life: From the Ice Age to the coming of the Romans – Francis Pryor

Hunt for the Shadow Wolf: The Lost History of Wolves in Britain and the Myths and Stories That Surround Them – Derek Gow

The Long Unwinding Road: A Journey Through the Heart of Wales – Marc P. Jones

Hedgelands: A Wild Wander Around Britain’s Greatest Habitat – Christopher Hart

Brazilian Adventure – Peter Fleming

The Station – Athos: Treasures and Men – Robert Byron

One Fine Day: A Journey Through English Time – Ian Marchant

Slow Trains To Istanbul – Tom Chesshyre

A Ride Across America – Simon Parker

Children of the Volcano – Ros Belford

 

Library Books

Orbital – Samantha Harvey

How Bad Are Bananas?: The Carbon Footprint of Everything – Mike Berners-Lee

The Rosewater Redemption –  Tade Thompson

Be a Birder: The Joy Of Birdwatching And How To Get Started –  Hamza Yassin

Sticky: The Secret Science of Surfaces – Laurie Winkless

All My Wild Mothers: A Memoir Of Motherhood, Loss And An Apothecary Garden – Victoria Bennet

 

Other Books

Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop? – Chris van Tulleken

 

Poetry

Blossomise – Simon Armitage & Angela Harding

 

Any that take your fancy from that list?

 

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4 Comments

  1. snoakes7001

    Five Rivers Met On A Wooded Plane is brilliant – I hope you enjoy that one.

    • Paul

      My brother in law was reading whilst we were away, but not sure how he is getting on with it though

  2. Elle

    The Mask of Dimitrios is really fun summer reading, and Orbital is a stunner. Good selection!

    • Paul

      That is good to know. I liked, but didn’t love Orbital

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