Almost summer! However, the mixed weather isn’t holding much promise of being able to read over breakfast in the garden. I have a week off in between jobs too so hope to make some inroads into this list. It is the start of the 20 Books of Summer challenge that I have picked five books from, plus the usual suspects from previous TBRs are still lurking here. I am getting through them, but much slower than I want to…
Still Reading
Nature Writing for Every Day of the Year – Ed. Jane McMorland Hunter
A Cloud a Day – Gavin Pretor-Pinney
A Year Of Garden Bees & Bugs: 52 stories of intriguing insects – Dominic Couzens & Gail Ashton
20 Books Of Summer Challenge
Labyrinth (Languedoc, #1) – Kate Mosse
After Dark – Haruki Murakami
Phosphate Rocks: A Death in Ten Objects – Fiona Erskine
Stubborn Archivist – Yara Rodrigues Fowler
The Quarry – Iain Banks
Review Books
Bloom: From Food to Fuel, the Epic Story of How Algae Can Save Our World – Ruth Kassinger
Blue Mind: How Water Makes You Happier, More Connected and Better at What You Do – Wallace J. Nichols
Minor Monuments – Ian Maleney
The House Divided: Sunni, Shia and the Making of the Middle East – Barnaby Rogerson
Cornish Horrors: Tales from the Land’s End – Ed. Joan Passey
Scenes from Prehistoric Life: From the Ice Age to the coming of the Romans – Francis Pryor
Hunt for the Shadow Wolf: The Lost History of Wolves in Britain and the Myths and Stories That Surround Them – Derek Gow
In All Weathers – Matt Gaw
The Long Unwinding Road: A Journey Through the Heart of Wales – Marc P. Jones
Hedgelands: A Wild Wander Around Britain’s Greatest Habitat – Christopher Hart
Brazilian Adventure – Peter Fleming
Cairn – Kathleen Jamie
Brandy Sour – Constantia Soteriou, Lina Protopapa (Tr)
Enchanted Islands: A Mediterranean Odyssey – A Memoir of Travels through Love, Grief and Mythology – Laura Coffey
The Station – Athos: Treasures and Men – Robert Byron
Muscat & Oman – Ian Skeet
Peat and Whisky: The Unbreakable Bond – Mike Billett
Library Books
The Rosewater Redemption – Tade Thompson
Iconicon: A Journey Around The Landmark Buildings Of Contemporary Britain – John Grindrod
Footmarks: A Journey Into Our Restless Past – Jim Leary
The Spymasters: How The CIA’s Directors Shape History And The Future – Chris Whipple
Secret Britain: A Journey Through The Second World War’s Hidden Bases And Battlegrounds – Sinclair McKay
Footmarks: A Journey Into Our Restless Past – Jim Leary
Weathering – Ruth Allen
Chasing the Dram: Finding the Spirit of Whisky – Rachel McCormack
Poetry
The Skin Spinners: Poems – Joan Aiken
So, any from that list take your fancy? Let me know in the comments below.
I have In All Weathers to read from NetGalley and want to read Iconicon. Have a good one!
I have read John Grindrod’s other two and liked them a lot.