It’s difficult to decide what to spend my royalties on … …but I’m not complaining at all. Getting money for work done years ago, particularly quite pleasant work, is great. fighting for birds still sells a few copies even though it was published in 2012. 2012 – that’s a long time ago.
Category: Book review
Sunday book review – What We Really Do All Day by Jonathan Gershuny and Oriel Sullivan
I received this book as a Christmas present and it was a very well-judged gift as I managed to read three chapters on Christmas Day. It looks at how we spend our time and how that has changed over 50 years. The data come from time use diaries, where individuals record what they are doing…
This blog’s books of the year 2019
This blog has reviewed 25 books this year (and many thanks to Ian Carter for his reviews). My selection of the ‘top 5’ books of the year is as follows; Number 5 A beautifully produced book about beautiful habitats which are so much rarer now than in the past. See my review here. Number 4…
Sunday book review – Sky Dance by John D. Burns
This novel is set on the fictional Scottish island of Morvan and set amongst the hill walkers and shooting estate folk who enjoy this landscape. It’s a good yarn and I enjoyed reading it. When I tell you that the land owner is called Lord Purdey and he has a couple of unsympathetic criminal gamekeepers,…
Stephen Moss’s 2019 Round-up of Nature books.
Stephen Moss has written a round-up of nature books for many years and this is the second year when it has appeared here on this blog. Stephen is course leader of the MA Travel & Nature Writing at Bath Spa University. His latest book, The Twelve Birds of Christmas, is published by Square Peg (£12.99)….