2019 reading list

[deinonychus_1]

To accompany ljbookbingo, I'm again keeping a complete list of what I'm reading in 2019, as inevitably some of the things I read won't fit the bingo.


Books:

The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being, by Alice Roberts. Non-fiction. Started 15/1/19 - finished 26/1/10

Veggie Lean in 15, by Joe Wicks. Non-fiction. Started 19/1/19 - finished 3/2/19

Black Dog, by Stephen Booth. Fiction. Started 26/1/19 - finished 11/2/19

Dancing With the Virgins, by Stephen Booth. Fiction. Started 18/3/19 - finished 31/3/19.

Six Degrees, by Mark Lynas. Non-fiction. Started 1/4/19 - finished 6/4/19

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman. Fiction. Started 7/4/19 - finished 8/4/19

Dynasty - the rise and fall of the house of Caesar, by Tom Holland. Non-fiction. Started 5/5/19 - finished 19/5/19

The Gynae Geek, by Dr Anita Mitra. Non-fiction. Started 29/6/19 - finished 30/6/19

Endometriosis - the experts' guide to treat, manage and live well with yout symptoms, by Professor Andrew Horne and Carol Pearson. Non-fiction. Started 30/6/19 - finished 1/7/19

Hope For The Best, by Jodi Taylor. Fiction. Started 20/7/19 - finished 21/7/19

The Planets, Andrew Cohen with professor Brian Cox. Started 11/8/19 - finished 22/8/19

Step By Step - the life in my journeys, by Simon Reeve. Started 25/8/19 - finished 31/8/19

Lethal White, by Robert Galbraith. Started 1/9/19 - finished 8/9/19

Invisible Women, by Caroline Criado Perez. Started 12/10/19 - finished 4/11/19

Alexander the Great, by Paul Cartledge. Started 5/11/19 - finished 31/12/19




Magazines

January
New Scientist no 3209, 22/29 December 2018
Astronomy Now December 2018
Astronomy Now January 2018
BBC Sky At Night January 2019
New Scientist no 3211, 5th January 2019
New Scientist no 3212, 12th January 2019

February
New Scientist no 3213, 19th January 2019
New Scientist no 3214, 26th January 2019
New Scientist no 3215, 2nd February 2019
New Scientist no 3216, 9th February 2019
Astronomy Now February 2019
New Scientist no 3217, 16th February 2019

March
Becoming Human - New Scientist Collection.
New Scientist no 3218, 23rd February 2019
New Scientist no 3219, 2nd March 2019
Current Archaeology 340, July 2018
Current Archaeology 341, August 2018
Current Archaeology 342, September 2018
Astronomy Now March 2019

April
New Scientist no 3220, 9th March 2019
New Scientist no 3221, 16th March 2019
New Scientist no 3222, 23rd March 2019
New Scientist no 3223, 30th March 2019
New Scientist no 3224, 6th April 2019
New Scientist no 3225, 13th April 2019
New Scientist no 3226, 20th April 2019

May
Astronomy Now, April 2019
Ancient History 15, March/April 2018
Ancient History 16, May/June 2018

June
Ancient History 17, August/September 2018
Ancient History 18, October/November 2018
Ancient History 19, December/January 2019
New Scientist no 3227, 27th April 2019
New Scientist no 3228, 4th May 2019
New Scientist no 3229, 11th May 2019
New Scientist no 3230, 18th May 2019
New Scientist no 3231, 25th May 2019
New Scientist no 3232, 1st June 2019

July
New Scientist no 3233, 8th June 2019
New Scientist no 3234, 15th June 2019
New Scientist no 3235, 22nd June 2019
New Scientist no 3236, 29th June 2019
New Scientist no 3237, 6th July 2019
Astronomy Now, May 2019
Astronomy Now, June 2019
Astronomy Now, July 2019
Writing Magazine, August 2018
Writing Magazine, September 2018
New Scientist no 3238, 13th July 2019
New Scientist no 3239, 20th July 2019

August
New Scientist no 3240, 27th July 2019
Current Archaeology 343, October 2018
Current Archaeology 344, November 2018
Current Archaeology 345, December 2018
New Scientist no 3241, 3rd August 2019
New Scientist no 3242, 10th August 2019

September
New Scientist no 3243, 17th August 2019
New Scientist no 3244, 24th August 2019
Astronomy Now, August 2019
Astronomy Now, September 2019
Current Archaeology 346, January 2019
Current Archaeology 347, February 2019

October
New Scientist no 3245, 31st August 2019
New Scientist no 3246, 7th September 2019
New Scientist no 3247, 14th September 2019
New Scientist no 3248, 21st September 2019
New Scientist no 3249, 28th September 2019

November
Writing Magazine, October 2018

December
Astronomy Now, October 2019
New Scientist no 3250, 5th October
New Scientist no 3251, 12th October
New Scientist no 3252, 19th October
New Scientist no 3253, 26th October
New Scientist no 3254, 2nd November
New Scientist no 3255, 9th November




my 2019 book bingo post

Comments

[justjo2u]

Great idea!

[deinonychus-1.livejournal.com]

I've done this for the past couple of years. It's interesting to see when I'm having distinct non-fiction phases, or when I've found a book series I enjoy and binged on them back to back.

One thing I have definitely noticed over the last couple of years is that I'm either reading books *or* I'm catching up on a backlog of writing/archaeology/astronomy magazines. I don't really seem to read both at the same time, and I have no idea why that should be.

[justjo2u]

I sometimes get stuck on a topic. A coupleof years ago it was Richard III/The Plantgenets. Both fiction and non-fiction. I read loads of them! Then I stop completely.

[deinonychus-1.livejournal.com]

Can you recommend any good books about Richard III and the Plantagenets? I read a book last year was a good general introduction (I think it was called The Demon Brood, or something), and it was interesting enough that I might be looking for something a bit more detailed.

There's one that I keep seeing in bookshops called The Plantagenets, by Dan something.. North, maybe? It looks good, but I'm probably more likely to try to get it from the library than to actually buy it.

[justjo2u]

Dan Jones. I have that one but haven't read it yet. I follow him on facebook. He does giveaways regularly of his books. Always worth a try.

Depends whether you want fiction or non fiction. I'm gonna assume non-fic. One that sticks in my mind of what I've read recently was this one

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17378664-the-last-days-of-richard-iii-and-the-fate-of-his-dna

It looks at history in a different light. From before the events happened. Richard would not have known he was going to lose at Bosworth. He expected to win. Therefore he would have had plans for the future etc... It sort of looks at his last few months without the knowledge of what was to come.

Another short one, a friend picked up in York for me. It's only about 60 pages but I enjoyed it

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33156686-richard-iii-on-trial-for-murder

Isn't there a tv documentary series called the Demon's Brood... hold on....


Yes it's The Devil's Brood and is still on iPlayer for another week or so.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b042yyhx/episodes/player

[deinonychus-1.livejournal.com]

Yes, Dan Jones, that's the one I was thinking of.

Cool, thanks, I'll have a look at those. Yes, I spotted they've been repeating that series on BBC4, but I'm sure I only watched it last year, so didn't bother with it this time round. Unless I'm at a loose end on Friday afternoon and decide to binge-watch it again... I finish work at lunchtime on Fridays, and Friday afternoon often seems to turn into my time for catching up on random science and history documentaries on the i-player.

[justjo2u]

Dan is fab historian but sometimes I find he lets his personal opinions get in the way. I try and ignore it when he does.

Yeah I think it was last year I watched it.