Patch’s July TBR (To Be Read)

[dustandhoney]

 I never follow these exactly, but I like the ritual of stacking them near the bed anyway. A few are re-reads. A couple are borrowed. One still smells like damp paper from a charity shop box.

Here’s what’s on the pile for July:

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🌿 Soft / Literary / Nature Reads

• The Book of Wilding by Isabella Tree
  Restoration, rewilding, and the softness of letting things grow again.

• Foster by Claire Keegan
  Because sometimes I need something small and devastating in the best way.

• Wintering by Katherine May (re-read)
  A seasonal comfort. I always come back to this when I feel like hiding.

• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  Marked with so many old underlines I no longer know which ones are mine.

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🔍 Mystery / Thriller Picks (Unusual for Me)

• The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett
  Found it in the Oxfam shop — told entirely in transcripts. I’m curious. Rae said I’d like the slow reveal.

• The Housekeepers by Alex Hay
  Described as “Downton Abbey meets a heist.” Which is... not my usual, but the premise made me grin.

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🌌 Speculative / Sci-Fi / Otherworldly

• A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
  Rae insisted. “It’s like a warm cup of tea and existential philosophy,” she said.

• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
  I’m a little afraid of this one. But it’s been on my shelf since spring, and I keep brushing my fingers over the spine.

• The Employees by Olga Ravn
  Blurred, strange, poetic sci-fi. Like a dream half-remembered. Might annotate this one in violet ink.

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📓 Poetry & Fragmented Things

• The Carrying by Ada Limón
  For reading on the porch with nettle tea and a cardigan I haven’t mended yet.

• Devotions by Mary Oliver (ongoing)
  I keep it by the kettle. A few lines at a time, like honey.