How is it May already? How? Please let me know below. There are a lot of review books being rolled over from last month as I didn’t get to those. As usual, it is an eclectic mix and an attempt to read some of the books I have decided that I no longer want to keep, so they are being read and passed on!. So here it is:
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
Set My Hand Under The Plough E.M Barraud
Other Books
Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop? Chris van Tulleken
The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin
Purple Hibiscus Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Venomous Lumpsucker Ned Beauman
The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas Daniel James
Salt Slow Julia Armfield
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
Black Ghosts Noo Saro-Wiwi
Minor Monuments Ian Maleney
Seaglass Kathryn Tann
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
Human Origins: A Short History Sarah Wild
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
Library Books
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
The Gathering Place Mary Colwell
Footmarks: A Journey Into Our Restless Past Jim Leary
The Rosewater Redemption Tade Thompson
Iconicon: A Journey Around The Landmark Buildings Of Contemporary Britain John Grindrod
Mischief Acts Zoe Gilbert
Poetry
An Ocean of Static J.R. Carpenter
I was going to make a smart comment about it still being 30th April, until I checked my phone. Where did March and April go? I spent yesterday frantically trying to finish two digital ARCs on NetGalley, staying reading into the night with lightning and thunder making an appropriate background to In All Weathers as the NetGalley expiry clock ticked relentlessly down! I somehow expected to find it on your list of review books and I wasn’t wrong. I’ll be interested to read your review. I suspect mine will be mostly about the weather-related memories it triggered while I was reading.
Seems like the ideal book to read in a storm. I had hoped to get to it last month but ran out of time!
I love the month of May in England although I shall be spending it in New York, Canada and on the Queen Mary2!!
Love hearing about your reading plans. Seaglass sounds right up my street.
I’ve just finished Bothy by Kat Hill which was a Netgalley read. Excellent!
Very nice, have a great time! I have a copy of Bothy reserved from the library and the author followed me back on Instagram recently
Ha – are you still reading Human Origins? It took me far longer than it was supposed to!
I have finished it and even written a reivew. Didn’t realise it was still on there! I have two more to add as they have reservations on them
Oh, I don’t think I’ve spotted your review. Will go and look.
Not published it yet, probably in the next week or two