February! All ready! And January seemed to last so long. Anyway, you’re not here to listen to me witter on about why I can’t understand time, you’re here to see what I have planned to read this coming month. So here are the books I will be picking from:
Still Reading
The Travel Writing Tribe: Journeys in Search of a Genre Tim Hannigan
Eating to Extinction: The World’s Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them – Dan Saladino
Review Books
The House of Islam Ed Husain
The Wonderful Mr Willughby: The First True Ornithologist Tim Birkhead
Asian Waters: The Struggle Over the South China Sea and the Strategy of Chinese Expansion Humphrey Hawksley
Handbook of Mammals of Madagascar Hardcover Nick Garbutt
Swan: Portrait of a Majestic Bird, from Mythical Meanings to the Modern Day – Dan Keel
Dandelions – Thea Lenarduzzi
Pharmakon – Almudena Sánchez Tr. Katie Whittemore
Handbook of Mammals of Madagascar – Nick Garbutt
The Quiet Moon: Pathways To An Ancient Way Of Being – Kevin Parr
RSPB How to Photograph Garden Birds – Mark Carwardine
RSPB Handbook of Garden Wildlife: 3rd edition – Peter Holden & Geoffrey Abbott
The Lost Orchards: Rediscovering The Forgotten Cider Apples Of Dorset – Liz Copas & Nick Poole
Other Books
Walking With Nomads Alice Morrison
Under The Blue – Oana Aristide
Wahala – Nikki May
In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage – Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
Park Life: Around The World In 50 Parks – Tom Chesshyre
The Bookseller’s Tale – Martin Latham
The Spymasters: How The CIA’s Directors Shape History And The Future – Chris Whipple
The Ship Asunder: A Maritime History In Eleven Vessels – Tom Nancollas
A Walk in the Park: The Life and Times of a People’s Institution – Travis Elborough
Wanderers: A History of Women Walking – Kerri Andrews
Challenge Books
The Overstory – Richard Powers
Bloom: From Food to Fuel, the Epic Story of How Algae Can Save Our World – Ruth Kassinger
Poetry
Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis – Wendy Cope
Photobooks
Sea Fever – Stuart Franklin
Are there any that you have read or that take your fancy? Let me know in the comments below
I am an enormous fan of The Overstory—in fact I think I may be due a reread…!
I have heard many good things about it. I have read Finding the Mother Tree, which this is supposedly based on
Yeah, the science from Finding the Mother Tree is a central aspect of The Overstory!
Ooh, Wahala and The Ship Asunder and the Wendy Cope are excellent in completely different ways! Have fun with these …
Really enjoyed Wendy Cope’s book. Seashaken Houses was excellent so looking forward to this. Wahala came recommended from Gracie at Little Toller.
I have Seashaken Houses TBR so will have done them the other way around!