All the books I read in 2025 - 56 in total - and what I thought of them.
What I read in 2025
Author: Lucy Janes
Interested in archives, history, books, reading and writing. Lackadaisical swimmer at Victorian Arlington Baths in Glasgow, Scotland.
Puzzles and partings: thinking about emotions in archival description
Where do feelings fit into an archive catalogue? I reflected on this when cataloguing a collection collection of letters from a young Edwin Morgan to his student girlfriend Jean Watson.
What I read in 2024
I read just 36 books in 2024, which I think is the lowest yet, but I still found books I loved.
Walking the Pilgrims’ Way: Postscript
The practicalities of walking the Prilgrims' Way from London to Canterbury: accommodation, food and tips for walking.
Walking the Pilgrims’ Way day 5: Boughton Lees to Canterbury
Fifth, and final, day on the Pilgrims' Way, brought me to Canterbury, some tears, and a new road.
Walking the Pilgrims’ Way day 4: Aylesford to Boughton Lees
An exhausting fourth day on the Pilgrims' Way provokes thoughts of productivity and lying fallow.
Walking the Pilgrims’ Way day 3: Wrotham to Aylesford
Third day on the Pilgrims' Way led me through woodland tunnels and to a revived priory.
Walking the Pilgrims’ Way day 2: Dartford to Wrotham
Second day on the Pilgrims' Way led me to pretty villages and lovely graveyards.
Walking the Pilgrims’ Way day 1: Southwark to Dartford
On the first day of walking the Pilgrims' Way, the route goes through the suburbs, industrial estates and marshes on the outskirts of London.
Walking the Pilgrims’ Way: Prologue
Why walk 85 miles from London to Canterbury along the Pilgrims Way?
Lucy Janes 