Just to let you know I have been reading during the weeks between 24 April and 06 June… it’s just that it was the London Review of Books rather than books.
In the LRB backlog marathon month of May (plus a week either side) I worked my way through a lorra lorra LRBs:
Vol 44, Nos 12-24 (aka 23 June – 15 December 2022)
I’m still reading, dipping in and out a chapter at a time. I read the first few chapters back in October and took Watching the English to Nepal with me, where I read one more – about Horse Racing. It’s an excellent read, and highly “dippable”. With Christmas and New Year holidays approaching I am feeling the need for fiction, hence putting this to one side, for now….
From emancipated Eigg to the tidal mudflats of Essex, Patrick Barkham visits 10 (?) different islands off the shores of the British mainland, exploring the history, geography, people, wildlife and present day culture on each.
In tandem, snippets of the life and islands of novelist Compton Mackenzie.