October was a strange month; we don’t move very often, especially given the expense and the shockingly large amount of stamp duty, but, move we did. I didn’t read that much for the first 10 or so days and then got to read some shorter books. So here is what I managed to read.
Books Read
Things We Found in the Ground – Eleanor Bruce & Lucilla Gray – Archaeology – 3.5 Stars
Bookish: How Books Shape Our Lives – Lucy Mangan – Books – 3 Stars
Don’t Try This at Home – Angela Readman – Fiction – 2.5 Stars
The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath – Fiction – 2.5 Stars
Pleasures of the Italian Table – Burton Anderson – Food & Drink – 4 Stars
Dorset Dialect – Gill Newton – Language – 3 Stars
Someone Is Walking On Your Grave: My Cemetery Journeys – Mariana Enriquez & Megan McDowell (Tr) – Memoir – 3.5 Stars
In Search Of Lost Frogs – Robin Moore – Natural History – 4 Stars
Wilding: How to Bring Wildlife Back – An Illustrated Guide – Isabella Tree & Angela Harding – Natural History – 3.5 Stars
Love Her Wild – Atticus – Poetry – 3.5 Stars
Book(s) Of The Month
Fiesta: A Journey Through Festivity – Daniel Stables – Travel – 4 Stars
Top Genres
Travel – 21
Natural History – 15
Fiction – 14
Miscellaneous – 13
Memoir – 11
Top Publishers
Faber & Faber – 5
Icon Books – 5
Profile Books – 5
Dovecote Press – 4
Penguin – 4
Review Copies Received
With Donkeys Across Anatolia: The Diary of an Extraordinary Journey – Christopher Trillo
Library Books Checked Out
None!
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: 3 I kept this below:
Veg Patch – Mark Diacono
Books out: 63 (!!!!!) (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.
Good to hear that you are settling into your new home. We are still dithering about a potential move – sometimes it all seems just too much to contemplate but I would love to be nearer my grandsons. Decisions need to be made!
I’ve been dithering about the Fiesta book, wasn’t sure it was for me but you made it book of the month and I trust you!
Do it!
I liked Fiesta a lot, but it wasn’t superb
63 books out is a job well done! Congratulations on your move (exhausting, I know) and I hope you continue to settle in.
Thank you, Elle! It was over 200 in September. It was exhausting, but we love it here