UPDATED 2018 TBR | BOOK HAUL | JANUARY 2018

MY JANUARY BOOK HAUL 

Since my last post I have been book shopping (Yay!). One of my favourite things to do is browse in bookshops for hours on end, admiring the covers and stories. Even though I'm trying to go to the library more this year, I have inevitably grown my TBR list quite a lot already. Firstly I went to Waterstones and bought 'Charlotte Gray' by Sebastian Faulks and 'Outlander' by Diana Gabaldon. Both of these novels are historical fiction (which is my favourite). I've been scouring over Outlander for a while, so since I had a Waterstones gift card I thought I'd start the series. Sebastian Faulks is an author I read for the first time last year, and really enjoyed his writing style so I now have two more books ( another I got for Christmas) to add to my collection. 
I also have a poetry book -'Poetry Please' by Roger McGough, which is also the same name as the BBC Radio 4 broadcast. I've never really owned a collection of poetry so I wanted to read some as I've always admired poetry, and it's quite a large collection so hopefully I can pick my favourite and discuss them on here also! Another book was Mary Beard's 'Women and Power'; I've heard and seen  A LOT about this on social media, and being a budding feminist I think that I should at least have a few books that are expressively discussing the inequality of women, and the history of power with women. 
I have started collecting the Little Black Classic Penguin Books; so far I have three. I had two gifted to me for Christmas, and one I bought myself, which was Wilfred Owen 'An Anthem of Doomed Youth'. I've always had a fascination with Wilfred Owen because he was born near where I am from. But it also frustrates me how in the county of where I'm from, as so was he there aren't celebration of his works. Maybe it's because there's a sombre memory of him, having been killed in action only a few days before the Armistice. Anyway the little book is a collection of his poems, including the most renowned; 'Dulce et Decorum Est', which means 'it is sweet and meaningful' which he later ends on the last line of the poem 'pro matria mori' meaning 'to die for ones country'. Another one to add to the collection is Charles Darwin 'it was snowing butterflies'. Again Charles Darwin is the man that made sense really of the evolution of animals, but also Darwin and I have the same birthplace. He is very much celebrated in the town of Shrewsbury, but I am yet to read any of his books, so I thought I'd start here. 
The last books I bought was 'Reasons to Stay Alive' by Matt Haig. I follow Matt on Twitter and honestly he says everything that you want to know about mental illness and life in general. He is honest and remarkably just gives you a sense of hope if you're going through anything that fogs up your mind a bit and you need a sense of relief; look at his Twitter page. I want and need to read this book because I've heard only positive things about it. Except the assertive title, and slightly alarming title if you're reading it in public I honestly hope this book will be a breathe of fresh air for minds everywhere. 

Happy Reading!
Rose X