March! And the promise of spring. Boy, do we need it after the first two months… Here is this month’s list that I will be selecting from:
Still Reading
The Lost Stradivarius – John Meade Falkner
Review
21 Lessons for the 21st Century – Yuval Noah Harari
Your Journey Your Way: The Recovery Guide to Mental Health – Horatio Clare
Slow Trains Around Britain: Notes from a 4,088-Mile Adventure on 143 Rides – Tom Chesshyre
Return of the Ancients: Unruly Tales of the Mythological Weird – Katy Soar (Ed)
Little Ruins – Manni Coe
Cry of the Wild: Tales Of Sea, Woods and Hill – Charles Foster
Politics, But Better: An A – Z Guide to Creating a More Hopeful Future – Tatton Spiller
Medusa: A Novel of Mystery, Ecstasy and Strange Horror – E. H. Visiak
Possessed: A Lost Novel of the Occult – Rosalie Synton & Edward Synton
Books I’m Clearing
Russians Among Us – Gordon Corera
Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem, and Russia’s Attack on the West – Luke Harding
Chris Hoy: The Autobiography – Chris Hoy
Volkswagen Camper: Six Decades of Success – Richard Copping & Ken Cservenka
Spring – Michael Morpurgo
Experimental Landscapes in Watercolour: Creative techniques for painting landscapes and nature – Ann Blockley
I’m a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity – Robin Ince
WFMAC
The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World’s Happiest Country – Helen Russell
Along the River that Flows Uphill: From the Orinoco to the Amazon – Richard Starks
Stanfords Shortlist
A Training School for Elephants – Sophy Roberts
Moonlight Express: Around the World By Night Train – Monisha Rajesh
Library
Here Comes the Fun: A Year of Making Merry – Ben Aiken
The Starling: A Biography – Stephen Moss
Common People: A Folk History Of Land Rights, Enclosure And Resistance – Leah Gordon & Stephen Ellcock
Cabin: How To Build A Retreat In The Wilderness And Learn To Live With Nature – Will Jones
The Future Of Agriculture – Sarah Bearchell
Poetry
A Sleepwalk on the Severn – Alice Oswald
Book Club
This month’s book is Thomas Hardy, Two On A Tower. Not overly worried about reading it, so may listen to the BBC adaptation.
#20BooksOfSummer (Still going…)
Sunfall – Jim Al-Khalili
Revenger – Alastair Reynolds
Shadow Captain – Alastair Reynolds
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’ve finished the Tom Chesshyre now and just have to write up my review for Shiny New Books. I enjoyed it immensely!
So glad you enjoyed it. He has a fairly big back catalogue