My only trip this month seems to have been to Cyprus; I note in several of the book reviews below that I came back with an upset stomach. But I had a sensual shaving experience while I was there. I was also exercised about the Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.
F and I had a nice visit with B (B is 12 here, and F 10), taking her to a nearby park and blowing bubbles for her.
F and U (aged 6) also enjoyed their uncle and aunt's company at home.
September 2009 books (this was also the month I started my read-through of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire):
Non-fiction 7 (YTD 78)
Anglo-Norman Ulster, by T.E. McNeill
The Doctor Who Programme Guide vols 1 and 2, by Jean-Marc Lofficier
England's Troubles, by Jonathan Scott
Ireland in the Age of the Tudors, by R[obin] Dudley Edwards
Diplomacy, by Henry Kissinger
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing, edited by Richard Dawkins
Non-genre 7 (YTD 47)
Half a Life, by V.S. Naipaul
The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd
The Diary of a Nobody, by George and Weedon Grossmith
Doctor Thorne, by Anthony Trollope
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, by Dave Eggers
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë
Strip Jack, by Ian Rankin
SF 4 (YTD 64)
Stand On Zanzibar, by John Brunner
Prelude to Chaos, by Edward Llewellyn
Appleseed, by John Clute
Fairyland, by Paul J. McAuley
Doctor Who 14 (YTD 56)
The Nightmare of Black Island, by Mike Tucker
Zeta Major, by Simon Messingham
The Darksmith Legacy: The Dust of Ages by Justin Richards
The Darksmith Legacy: The Caves of Mordane, by Colin Brake
The Darksmith Legacy: The Colour of Darkness, by Richard Dungworth
The Darksmith Legacy: The Depths of Despair, by Justin Richards
The Darksmith Legacy: The Vampire of Paris, by Stephen Cole
The Darksmith Legacy: The Game of Death, by Trevor Baxendale
The Darksmith Legacy: The Planet of Oblivion, by Justin Richards
The Darksmith Legacy: The Pictures of Emptiness, by Jacqueline Rayner
The Darksmith Legacy: The Art of War, by Mike Tucker
The Darksmith Legacy: The End of Time, by Justin Richards
The Time Capsule, by Peter Anghelides
The Ghost House, by Steve Cole
Total page count ~9,100 (YTD ~80,700)
3 (YTD 54/284) by women (Kidd, Bronte, Rayner)
3 (YTD 54/284) by women (Kidd, Bronte, Rayner)
1 (YTD 15/284) by PoC (Naipaul)
I enjoyed returning to Jane Eyre more than I had expected - you can get it here - but the best new reads of the month were Diary of a Nobody, which you can get here, and Ian Rankin's Strip Jack, which you can get here. I regret to say that I completely bounced off John Clute's Appleseed, but you can get it here.
