A bit of a slower reading month in October, didn’t get through as many as I had hoped, as we were up and down to Stevenage a couple of times to see my daughter as she settles into her PhD placement. But I did get eleven books rea,d including one that I have had on my never-ending TBR for months!
Books Read
Letters to the Earth: Writing Inspired by Climate Emergency – Various – 4 Stars
Nevernight – Jay Kristoff – 3 Stars
Doomed Romances: Strange Tales of Uncanny Love – Joanne Ella Parsons – 3 Stars
Never Had A Dad – Georgie Cudd – 3 Stars
The Ponies At The Edge Of The World: A Story of Hope and Belonging in Shetland – Catherine Munro – 3.5 Stars
Sea Bean: A Beachcombers Search for Magical Charm – Sally Huband – 4 Stars
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud – Ana Sampson (Ed) – 3 Stars
Stone Lands: A Journey Of Darkness And Light Through Britain’s Ancient Places – Fiona Robertson – 4 Stars
The Spymasters: How The CIA’s Directors Shape History And The Future – Chris Whipple – 3 Stars
The Shipping Forecast – Meg Clothier – 3.5 Stars
Book(s) Of The Month
Dilbert 2.0 – Scott Adams – 4.5 Stars
Top Genres
Travel – 17
Fiction – 12
Natural History – 11
Poetry – 10
Science Fiction – 10
Top Publishers
Faber & Faber – 7
Simon & Schuster – 6
Penguin – 6
Bloomsbury – 5
Picador – 4
Review Copies Received
The Future Of Travel – Daniel Maurer – Melville House
The Longest Walk Home: The Epic 2,000-Mile Escape Of A WWII POW, In His Own Words – Ray Bailey With David Wilkins – Quercus
The Haunted Library: Tales of Cursed Books And Forbidden Shelves – Tanya Kirk (Ed) – British Library Publishing
All the Fear of the Fair: Uncanny Tales of Circus and Sideshow – Edward Parnell (Ed) – British Library Publishing
Library Books Checked Out
To Catch A Spy: How The Spycatcher Affair Brought Mi5 In From The Cold – Tim Tate
Upon A White Horse: Journeys In Ancient Britain And Ireland – Peter Ross
There Will Be Headwinds: Kayaking The Northwest Passage – Mark Agnew
Lone Wolf: Walking The Faultlines Of Europe – Adam Weymouth
Books Bought (Or Sent by Friends)
As I have said elsewhere, I am trying to buy fewer books. So I will give totals of l the number of books that enter my house and those that leave permanently. These are the figures for this month:
Books in: 10 I kept these below:
The Wild Garden – William Robinson
Folklore And Witchcraft in Dorset and Wiltshire – John C. Chadwick
Books out: 27 (The books leaving the house were sold, returned to the library or passed on to friends or charity. I am aiming for this number to be higher than the one above!!!).
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 had a pretty sparse reading month too, maybe it’s an October thing?! I like the diversity of your book collection here. There are some that sound interesting; Sea Bean and The Shipping Forecast (although Charlie Connelly’s book on The Shipping Forecast has been hard to beat). Good on you for your outgoing 27 books! That’s good housekeeping! I’m in the process of culling my bookshelves as well. I donate some to my local library, and handily I’ve set up two different book exchanges in old telephone boxes locally to me so I’m donating between those as well. It’s always good to pare down the bookshelves I think.
Sophy 😁