June 2023 TBR

Hello again. Here is my June TBR. I have quite a few challenge books lined up this month as I have once again signed up to Cathy at 746Books 20 Books Of Summer Challenge. I have a few books on walks to read and a fair number of library books. So without further ado, here is the list of books that I will be picking around 16 to 18 books from:

 

Still Reading

Between The Chalk And The Sea: A Journey On Foot Into The Past – Gail Simmons

 

Review Books

Isles at the Edge of the Sea – Jonny Muir

The Wonderful Mr Willughby: The First True Ornithologist – Tim Birkhead

The House of Islam – Ed Husain

On the Scent: Unlocking The Mysteries Of Smell – And How Losing It Can Change Our World – Paola Totaro and Robert Wainwright

Swan: Portrait of a Majestic Bird, from Mythical Meanings to the Modern Day – Dan Keel

Handbook of Mammals of Madagascar Hardcover – Nick Garbutt

RSPB Handbook of Garden Wildlife: 3rd edition – Peter Holden & Geoffrey Abbott

Reconnection: Fixing our Broken Relationship with Nature – Miles Richardson

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

The Possibility of Life: Searching for Kinship in the Cosmos – Jaime Green

Once Upon a Raven’s Nest: A Life On Exmoor In An Epoch Of Change Catrina DaviesReview Books The View from the Hill: Four Seasons in a Walker’s Britain – Christopher Somerville

Across A Waking Land: A 1,000-Mile Walk Through A British Spring – Roger Morgan-Grenville

Minor Monuments – Ian Maleney

Cry of the Wild: Tales Of Sea, Woods and Hill – Charles Foster

Hard Lying; An Intelligence Officer on the Levantine Shore, 1914-1919 – Lewen Weldon

The Language of Trees: How Trees Make Our World, Change Our Minds and Rewild Our Lives – Katie Holten

 

Other Books

The Last Overland: Singapore to London: The Return Journey Of The Iconic Land Rover Expedition – Alex Bescoby

A Walk in the Park: The Life and Times of a People’s Institution – Travis Elborough

Wanderers: A History of Women Walking – Kerri Andrews

The Ten Equations That Rule The World And How You Can Use Them Too – David Sumpter

Cornerstones: Wild Forces That Can Change Our World – Benedict Macdonald

Small Island: A History Of Britain In 12 Maps – Philip Parker

Grounding: Finding Home In A Garden – Lulah Ellender

Apple Island Wife: Slow Living In Tasmania – Fiona Stocker

In Search Of One Last Song: Britain’s Disappearing Birds And The People Trying To Save Them – Patrick Galbraith

Waypoints: A Journey On Foot – Robert Martineau

 

Challenge Books

Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland – Lisa Schneidau

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

Exciting Times – Naoise Dolan

Nightingale – Marina Kemp

Acts of Desperation – Megan Nolan

Open Water – Nelson Caleb Azumah

Here Comes the Miracle – Anna Beecher

The Testaments – Margaret Atwood

 

Poetry

My Darling from the Lions Rachel Long

 

Photobooks

David Weston: An Artist at Home and Abroad – David Weston

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4 Comments

  1. Liz Dexter

    That’s a lovely list to choose from! I’ve just had an afternoon in the garden clearing the decks (a dense memoir and a poetry pamphlet) so I can start my 20 books of summer tomorrow …

    • Paul

      Good for you. I was watching Sarah run (more walking) 5k around Poole Park. I have finished my first of the 20 books already… If there are any that you want from the pile let me know, though some have been spoken for.

      • Liz Dexter

        Ooh, was she at parkrun or was it a special event. Good for Sarah! I have actually volunteered for the parkrun there, timing 870-odd people across the finish line. I’ve almost finished my first 20 Books book now so feel better about it!

        • Paul

          It was a race for life / mud run. They jogged and walked the 5k. I have read my first one!!!

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