My final TBR of 2024. That year has passed in a blur really but somehow I have made it to the end. The end of my 150 book challenge for Good Reads is in sight too as I have just finished my 138th book of 150. Almost there. I know there are more than 12 books below, I tend to complete my challenge and then make a start on the chunkier books that are taking up lots of shelf space on my TBR with the intention of finishing them in January. Is that cheating for annual challenges? I don’t think so. What do you think? There are a few must-reads this month including Oaklore and The Lost Future of Pepperharrow. Anyway, here they are:
Daily & Weekly Books
Nature Writing for Every Day of the Year – Jane McMorland Hunter (Ed)
A Cloud a Day – Gavin Pretor-Pinney
A Year Of Garden Bees & Bugs: 52 Stories Of Intriguing Insects – Dominic Couzens & Gail Ashton
Blog Tour
Oaklore – Jules Acton
Review Books
The Heart Of The Woods – Wyl Menmuir
The Border – A Journey Around Russia: Through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, … Finland, Norway and the Northeast Passage – Erika Fatland Tr. Kari Dickson
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics – Tim Marshall
Prisoners of Geography: The Quiz Book: How Much Do You Really Know About the World? – Tim Marshall
Cornish Horrors: Tales from the Land’s End – Ed. Joan Passey
Hunt for the Shadow Wolf: The Lost History of Wolves in Britain and the Myths and Stories That Surround Them – Derek Gow
While the Earth Holds its Breath: Embracing The Winter Season – Helen Moat
Polar Horrors: Strange Tales from the World’s Ends – Ed. John Miller
Handbook of Mammals of Madagascar – Nick Garbutt
From Utmost East to Utmost West: My Life Of Exploration And Adventure – John Blashford-Snell
Library Books
An Irish Atlantic Rainforest: A Personal Journey into the Magic of Rewilding – Eoghan Daltun
Iconicon: A Journey Around The Landmark Buildings Of Contemporary Britain – John Grindrod
A Present For Someone Else
The Lost Future of Pepperharrow – Natasha Pulley
(Doesn’t everyone read books before they wrap them up?)
Poetry
Foothold – Pam Zinnemann-Hope
So, are there any books that you like the look of or have read before? Let me know in the comments below
Will be interested to hear what you think of the Wyl Menmuir – I’ve enjoyed his fiction, especially the writing style
He is a great author, The Draw Of The Sea was excellent
The Pulley is good, although I found the time/foresight stuff a litlte hard to get a handle on—but then it’s hard to write, and she does reasonably well with it.
I liked the first in the series so looking forward to it.
I’m starting Oaklore next week – sounds right up my street. The Helen Moat sounds good too.
I loved the sound of it
Yes – I’ve just read Brutalist Paris, which I bought for my best friend a couple of years ago, stuck on the TBR and will be wrapping up and posting to her soon! You’ve got three there automatically with your day-by-day reads, so the total looks doable. I’m on Books 183 and 184 myself so should make it to the 200, which makes it a vintage year for me!
Glad it is not just me then! I have read 204 in a year once before, so I know I can do it if I put my mind to it. 200 will be a fantastic achievement.