Fourth Reading Retreat - the diverse one...

This past weekend, I went on my fourth reading retreat, this time in Herefordshire. I requested a prescription of books by diverse authors, in my continuing attempt to read more widely, and I ended up reading five books (1,650 pages in all) that covered a range of styles, settings and themes. I mostly managed to keep to my plan of relaxing into my reading more, rather than keeping track of my progress quite so much. It helps that I've now broken the trend of reading more every time, so hopefully at the next retreat in January, I'll be able to relax even more. Now, on to the books!

( Cut for length... )