Another month passes and I have read a few more off the TBR. It was a good reading month, too, with so many good travel books. I have a notebook full of reviews that I need to type up soon, as I only have one draft post left! So here is what I read in July and some other stats. I bought less this month and even managed to pass on more than came in through the door!
Books Read
Adrift: The Curious Tale Of The LEGO Lost At Sea – Tracey Williams – 4 Stars
Heartburn – Nora Ephron – 2.5 Stars
The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas – Daniel James – 2.5 Stars
Cartes Postales from Greece – Victoria Hislop – 3 Stars
Brandy Sour – Constantia Soteriou, Lina Protopapa (Tr) – 3.5 Stars
Silverview – John Le Carre – 4 Stars
Peat and Whisky: The Unbreakable Bond – Mike Billett – 3.5 Stars
There and Back: Photographs from the Edge – Jimmy Chin – 4 Stars
The Boy from the Chemist is Here to See You – Paul Farley – 4 Stars
The Half Bird – Susan Smillie – 4 Stars
Enchanted Islands: A Mediterranean Odyssey – A Memoir of Travels through Love, Grief and Mythology – Laura Coffey – 4 Stars
In All Weathers – Matt Gaw – 4 Stars
Book(s) Of The Month
Wild Service: A Culture Of Connection And Care – Nick Hayes (Ed) – 5 Stars
Top Genres
Fiction – 22
Travel – 21
Natural History – 10
Poetry – 7
Memoir – 6
Science Fiction – 5
History – 3
Humour – 2
Food – 2
Science – 2
Top Publishers
Bloomsbury – 7
Picador – 4
Vintage – 3
Eland – 3
Canongate – 3
Saraband – 3
Michael Joseph – 2
Little Toller – 2
Faber & Faber – 2
Orbit – 2
Review Copies Received
Slow Trains To Istanbul – Tom Chesshyre – Summersdale
A Ride Across America – Simon Parker – September Books
Children of the Volcano – Ros Belford – September Books
The Heart Of The Woods – Wyl Menmuir – Aurum Books
Feeding the Machine: The Hidden Human Labour Powering AI – James Muldoon, Mark Graham & Callum Cant – Canongate
Deadly Dolls: Midnight Tales of Uncanny Playthings – Elizabeth Dearnley – British Library Publishing
Library Books Checked Out
Orbital – Samantha Harvey
Blossomise – Simon Armitage & Angela Harding
The Notebook: A History Of Thinking On Paper – Ronald Allen
Sea Bean: A Beachcombers Search for Magical Charm – Sally Huband
Books Bought
The Lost Villages Of Dorset – Ronald Good
Dinner With Persephone – Patricia Storace
The Flaneur: A Stroll through the Paradoxes of Paris – Edmund White
Year of the Roasted Ear – Donna Carrere
Teatime at Peggy’s : A Glimpse of Anglo-India – Clare Jenkins and Stephen McClarence
Dorset: The East Winterborne Valley – Rena Gardiner
Eyrie – Tim Winton – (Signed)
Dorset Stone – Jo Thomas – (Signed)
Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir – Ruth Reichl
Three Dads Walking: 3 Miles of Hope – Mike Palmer, Tim Owen & Andy Airey
Last Days Of The Bus Club – Chris Stewart
So are there any from that list that you have read, or now seeing them, now want to read? Let me know in the comments below.
I really want to read the new Wyl Menmuir. I read Eyrie a while ago and didn’t really connect with it – it’ll be interesting to see how you feel about it.
The Draw of the Sea by Wyl Menmuir was stunning so I am looking forward to this. I haven’t read much of Tim Winton, but really liked Land’s Edge.