January 2025 TBR

Another year, and the hope and possibilities of another large pile of books to read. I am doing things a little differently this year, even though I will still publish a monthly TBR a lot of what I am going to be reading I have already chosen on a planning matrix that I have developed to ensure that I include books that meet the plans that I had written about in my intentions here. If you like to see that, let me know & I can email you a link to the file

 

Daily Books

A Tree A Day – Amy-Jane Beer

An Insect a Day: Bees, Bugs, And Pollinators For Every Day Of The Year – Dominic Couzens & Gail Ashton

 

Review Books

Polar Horrors: Strange Tales from the World’s Ends – John Miller (Ed)

While the Earth Holds its Breath: Embracing The Winter Season – Helen Moat

Handbook of Mammals of Madagascar Hardcover – Nick Garbutt

From Utmost East to Utmost West: My Life Of Exploration And Adventure – John Blashford-Snell

To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope – Jeanne Marie Laskas

21 Lessons for the 21st Century – Yuval Noah Harari

A Quiet Evening – Norman Lewis

 

Standford

Wild Twin – Jeff Young

The Place of Tides – James Rebanks

On the Shadow Tracks: A Journey through Occupied Myanmar – Clare Hammond

Slow Trains To Istanbul – Tom Chesshyre

 

Themed Reads

Mountain Modern: Contemporary Homes in High Places – Dominic Bradbury

Iconicon: A Journey Around The Landmark Buildings Of Contemporary Britain – John Grindrod

Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation – Edward Glaeser, David Cutler

 

Clearance

Growing Old Disgracefully – Silvey-Jex

 

Library

The Story of Silbury Hill – Jim Leary & David Field

The Stirrings: A Memoir In Northern Time – Catherine Taylor

Weathering – Ruth Allen

 

Bookclub

The Twelve Days of Murder – Andreina Cordani

 

Poetry

milk and honey – Rupi Kaur

 

Are there any from the list above that you’ve read or like the look of? Let me know in the comments below

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8 Comments

  1. Jason Denness

    Slow Trains To Istanbul – Tom Chesshyre is a good read.

    • Paul

      I have liked everything of his I have read so far

      • Jason Denness

        He almost tempts me to get off my butt and go explore the world….almost 🙂

        • Paul

          Faints…

  2. Walking Away

    I just finished a Place of Tides and adored it. I’m very interested to hear how While the Earth Holds its Breath: Embracing The Winter Season goes.

    • Paul

      That is good to know. While the Earth Holds its Breath is good so far.

  3. Liz Dexter

    I just tried to leave a comment and it disappeared! I have Iconicon on my wishlist and his Concretopia on my TBR, and I’m enjoying David, Yinka and Femi Olusoga’s “Black History For Every Day of the Year” as my read-every-day book: I hope you’re enjoying yours as much as I’m enjoying that one.

    • Paul

      I have no idea why that would have happened! Sorry! I thought Iconicon was his best yet.

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