Finally got back a good version of Excel, so it’s possible to find my books and see what critics think of them. A mixed bag of favourites here:
| ID | shelf | location | author | title | pages | description (linked for reviews) |
| 1 | MB4 | desk left | Christopher Alexander | A Pattern Language | 1171 | how to make a home to fit into |
| 2 | MB4 | desk left | Henry Miller | Tropic of Cancer | 318 | an American in Paris |
| 3 | MB4 | desk left | Laurens van der Post | The Heart of the Hunter | 256 | travels to meet Bushmen in Africa |
| 4 | MB4 | desk left | William Blake | The Marriage of Heaven and Hell in full colour | 13 | see goodreads |
| 5 | MB4 | desk left | Augustine Seen | Natalie D‘Arbeloff | 17 | see her website |
| 6 | MB4 | desk left | John R Crossland | Laurel and Gold | 256 | anthology of poems first published 1932 |
| 7 | MB4 | desk left | Christopher Alexander | Notes on the Synthesis of Form | 216 | design theory |
| 8 | MB4 | desk left | Annie Dillard | Pilgrim at Tinker Creek | 271 | a beautifully written country diary |
| 9 | MB4 | desk left | Denton Welch | A Voice through a Cloud | 232 | recovery from near-death accident |
| 10 | MB4 | desk left | Christopher Matthews | Now we are Sixty | 112 | spoof of A A Milne Now we are six |
| 11 | MB4 | desk left | Arthur Bloch | Murphy‘s Law: why everything goes wrong | 282 | profoundly hilarious |
| 12 | MB4 | desk left | Fynn | Mister God. This is Anna | 184 | see my blog post |
a wayfarer’s notes 