Again, this post is delayed because of moving house, and strangely enough, I had other things to concentrate on…
But I did manage to read some books in September, though they were mostly short and therefore could be consumed relatively quickly. So here they all are:
Books Read
The Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle Ages – Sara J. Charles – Books – 3.5 Stars
Wimborne Camera – Barbara Willis & Derek Willis – Dorset – 3.5 Stars
The Grass is Singing – Doris Lessing – Fiction – 2 Stars
Wings of a Butterfly – Sue Morris – Fiction – 2 Stars
Art in Nature – Tove Jansson & Thomas Teal (Tr) – Fiction – 2.5 Stars
Utz – Bruce Chatwin – Fiction – 3 Stars
The Lady In The Van – Alan Bennett – Memoir – 3.5 Stars
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals – Oliver Burkeman – Miscellaneous – 4 Stars
In Search Of One Last Song: Britain’s Disappearing Birds And The People Trying To Save Them – Patrick Galbraith – Natural History – 4 Stars
Scotland: The Wild Places – Colin Prior – Photography – 4 Stars
Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass – Lana Del Rey – Poetry – 3.5 Stars
Failed State: Why Nothing Works And How We Fix It – Sam Freedman – Politics – 4.5 Stars
Landscape, Monuments and Society: The Prehistory of Cranborne Chase – John Barrett, Richard J. Bradley & Martin T. Green (Ed) – Prehistory – 3 Stars
Book(s) Of The Month
Poor: Grit, Courage, And The Life-Changing Value Of Self-Belief – Katriona O’Sullivan – Memoir – 5
Top Genres
Travel – 20
Natural History – 14
Fiction – 14
Miscellaneous – 13
Memoir – 11
Top Publishers
Faber & Faber – 5
Profile Books – 5
Icon Books – 4
British Library Publishing – 4
Penguin – 4
Review Copies Received
The Last Emperor of China Twilight of the Forbidden City – Paul French
How To Keep A Plane In The Sky – Alex Davis
Paper Road – Nigel Macfarlane
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: 7 I can’t remember what I kept!
Books out: 232 (!!!!!) (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.
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