Raynor Reads Stuff

Tag: Non-fiction

  • REVIEW: Notes on Nationalism by George Orwell

    Here we go, Number 07 in the Penguin Modern Classics is George Orwell’s Notes on Nationalism and I am still loathing with a passion that font on the front cover. The double L looks ridiculous. However, the contents of this book are incredibly interesting. This 52-page volume contains three essays written by Orwell in 1945.…

  • REVIEW: The House by the Lake by Thomas Harding

    When I looked through the list of what I had read last year there was a distinct lack of anything other than novels and so this year I am trying to include more poetry, plays and non-fiction in my reading matter. This comes into the last of those three categories and is just fascinating. Thomas…

  • REVIEW: The Lost Continent

    Travel books help keep my wanderlust in check and stop me disappearing off on a whim. I love travel books and have loads. A number of them are by Bill Bryson but I haven’t read any for many years. I remembered, however, that I enjoyed them very much and they made me laugh and so…

  • REVIEW: Red Sky at Night

    If you have ever tried and failed to race a ferret then Red Sky at Night is probably just what you need to improve your training techniques. This book is a little like a Schott’s Miscellany for the British countryside, containing a wealth of information compiled in an orderly manner that you can dip into…

  • Raynor’s reading round-up

    It’s the final day of 2022 and I’m going to take a quick look back at my reading year. This year I’ve been a little more organised about my reading by keeping a notebook with a list of all the books that I’ve read so I know I have consumed 177 books this year. There…