Yes, I know it’s not quite 1 August yet, but the TBR situation isn’t going to change in the meantime, and I’ve got a lovely book that’s on sale from tomorrow that I want to review tomorrow … so here we are with the State of the TBR. It doesn’t feel tooo bad to me (there is another one on the left that you can’t quite see, see photo of upcoming books below) although a bit messy, as I photographed it after having a 90 minute ‘nap’ (is that a nap or a sleep?) and forgot to remove my book in Icelandic, notebook and dictionary.
I hadn’t been taking much off the TBR, reading some review books and Kindle books, but then I had a lovely long read yesterday of a fab Ann Bridge book I’ll be reviewing later in the week, and I’ve taken Freddie Flintoff to start this evening.
So, coming up soon / currently reading alongside David Kynaston’s “Modernity Britain” (nearly done!), we have these lovelies (refer to my previous post for a fuller image of the two blue ones), two of which arrived this week and didn’t actually make it onto the TBR. I’m running a marathon in August (my first – and my LAST long training run, completed this morning, was the reason for the ‘nap’) so I wanted to read the inspiring “Your Pace or Mine?” which is about another more ‘sedate’ runner who has completed lots of exciting runs, and Jo Pavey is about to appear in the Olympics IN HER 40s so her book had to be bought, too. Freddy Flintoff rounds off a set of sporting reads: I fished him out of a box of books a running club friend donated to BookCrossing and I think he’ll make a light, fun read before I settle into the joys of All Virago / All August (some … in some of …)
And after those, this is what’s on the front of the TBR, and handily a load of Viragoes I’ve acquired from various people have bobbed to the top of the TBR, although only two of these (the two Whartons) are on my #20BooksOfSummer list, and the rest of those are on the back row, so we’ll see how I do with those and some other Viragoes. I’ll also be re-reading Orlando for #Woolfalong in August, probably on my trip to Iceland for the marathon, as it’s a re-read, a comfort read and a slim volume.
What are you all up to in August? Read any of these?
Adventures in reading, running and working from home 
Jul 31, 2016 @ 19:20:19
Well, I’ll be tackling some Richardson and Wharton this month, that’s for sure. And *whispers* I might just have read my first AV/AA a bit early. And it might just have been a title hated by many…… =:o
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Aug 01, 2016 @ 07:19:14
Whoops – I forgot to mention the Richardson in the coming-up section, although she’s in the main picture. And naughty you … but what did you think of Eliot’s “A Lifted Veil”? Have you reviewed it yet?
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Aug 01, 2016 @ 07:38:41
Wel – I actually rather liked it! review will follow….
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Jul 31, 2016 @ 20:23:55
Looking forward to your thoughts on Orlando, so loved that last year. I spy Song of the Lark on your shelf – that’s an excellent novel I do love Willa Cather.
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Aug 01, 2016 @ 07:19:56
I remember you enjoying “Song of the Lark” and I’m very much looking forward to reading it, although it’ll be a tight month for fitting everything in!
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Jul 31, 2016 @ 21:19:56
I’ve just realised that it’s the last July and I haven’t started this month’s part of Pilgrimage – so that’s two Richardsons next month for me and I hope a few more Viragos alongside some women in translation. Though with my current backlog I might not get to write about them until September.
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Aug 01, 2016 @ 07:20:57
Oops! They’re all pretty short from that one onwards, though, so it’s almost like reading one of the longer ones from the previous months, honest! You must have been reading like mad to have built up such a big backlog, how lovely!
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Aug 20, 2016 @ 12:05:15
Song of the Lark is wonderful. I love Willa Cather & need to read more of her (I’m afraid there’s a theme to my comments…).
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Aug 22, 2016 @ 16:58:20
I read her quite sporadically but have probably covered most of hers over the years. As you’re new to this blog, do have a look at the search option which can help you find reviews of particular authors, etc. Earlier reviews are quite short, though!
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