Just finished listening to To Shake the Sleeping Self, by Jedidiah Jenkins. He cycles from Oregon to Patagonia, but of course it's about much more than that.

The best travel memoir I've read in a while. The writing is wonderful, but it's the internal journal that really made the story for me.

Despite loving this this account of shipwreck and survival at sea, it did reinforce everything I fear about the ocean. Leave it for the sea creatures, I say.

Maurice and Maralyn: An extraordinary true story of shipwreck, survival, and love, by Sophie Elmhirst.

This is such a wonderful collection of stories from Tim's journeys. He writes with honesty and from a place of compassion, both for those around him and for himself.

This is a wonderful meditation on home, pilgrimage, and, dare I say it, finding yourself.

I finally finished Around the World in 80 Years at the weekend (if you're on my newsletter, you'll know the saga). Great compilation of Ran's adventures, despite some ... outdated ... descriptions of women in a couple of places. ⭐⭐⭐⭐