I read eleven books last month, lower than normal, but it has kept me on my end-of-year target. No five-star books this month, so I have selected the best four-star from the ones that I read. I thought that I had bought less than normal, but it turns out that I hadn’t…
Books Read
North – Seamus Heaney – 4 Stars
Seveneves – Neal Stephenson – 3.5 Stars
The Station – Athos: Treasures and Men – Robert Byron – 3.5 Stars
The Secret Life of the Mountain Hare – Andy Howard – 4 Stars
The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring – Gary Russell – 4 Stars
The Long Unwinding Road: A Journey Through the Heart of Wales – Marc P. Jones – 4 Stars
The Whalebone Theatre – Joanna Quinn – 3.5 Stars
Blue Machine: How The Ocean Shapes Our World – Helen Czerski – 4 Stars
Blue Mind: How Water Makes You Happier, More Connected and Better at What You Do – Wallace J. Nichols – 3.5 Stars
A Cloud a Day – Gavin Pretor-Pinney – 4 Stars
Book(s) Of The Month
Bloom: From Food to Fuel, the Epic Story of How Algae Can Save Our World – Ruth Kassinger – 4 Stars
Top Genres
Fiction – 33
Travel – 30
Natural History – 14
Poetry – 11
Memoir – 9
Science Fiction – 8
Science – 4
History – 4
Miscellaneous – 4
Humour – 3
Top Publishers
Bloomsbury – 7
Eland – 5
Vintage – 5
Picador – 4
Summersdale – 4
Faber & Faber – 4
Canongate – 4
Saraband – 3
Orion – 3
Orbit – 3
Review Copies Received
The Company of Owls – Polly Atkin
Oaklore – Jules Acton
An Insect a Day: Bees, Bugs, And Pollinators For Every Day Of The Year – Dominic Couzens & Gail Ashton
Three-Quarters Of A Footprint: Travels in South India – Joe Roberts
On This Holy Island: A Modern Pilgrimage Across Britain – Oliver Smith
While the Earth Holds its Breath: Embracing The Winter Season – Helen Moat
Library Books Checked Out
The Masquerades of Spring – Ben Aaronovitch
The Ponies At The Edge Of The World: A Story of Hope and Belonging in Shetland – Catherine Munroe
Books Bought
Turkiye: Cycling Through a Country’s First Century – Julian Sayarer
The Lost Future of Pepperharrow – Natasha Pulley
Wild Twin – Jeff Young (Signed)
The Secret Life of the Mountain Hare – Andy Howard
The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring – Gary Russell
The Far Land: 200 Years of Murder, Mania and Mutiny in the South Pacific – Brandon Presser
The Naming of the Shrew: A Curious History of Latin Names – John Wright (Signed)
Aeneid Book VI – Virgil, Seamus Heaney (Tr)
Homecoming – Melissa Harrison (Signed)
Walking the Himalayas – Levison Wood (Signed)
C’est La Folie – Michael Wright (Signed)
Celtic Britain – Lloyd Laing
Autumn – Martin Maudsley & Sarah Acton
Coast & Sea – Sarah Welton
A Gleaming Landscape: A Hundred Years of the Guardian’s Country Diary – Martin Wainwright (Ed)
The Marmalade Diaries: The True Story of an Odd Couple – Ben Aitken
Bothy: In Search of Simple Shelter – Kat Hill (Signed)
Erebus – Michael Palin
The Lost Rainforests of Britain – Guy Shrubsole
The Last Grain Race – Eric Newby
Flavours Rosello – Pino Iacaruso (Signed)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold – Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Geoffrey Trousselot (Tr)
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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