Tag Archives: Freya Bromley

I’m waiting for… 2026 edition

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Proving that I don’t actually care about my never-really-shrinking-TBR-list are these upcoming 2026 releases that I intend to add to my bookshelf. Continue reading →

My Best Books for 2025

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I did away with ‘top tens’ a few years ago, and instead I finish the reading year with a recap of the books that are still speaking to me (less about four and five-star ratings, more about what has stuck). Continue reading →

Nonfiction November 2025 – Book Pairings

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It’s Week 3 of Nonfiction November, this week hosted by Liz at Adventures in Reading, Running and Working From Home. The task? Pair up a nonfiction book with a fiction title. This is my absolute favourite #NFN exercise.

Swimming and grief – The Tidal Year by Freya Bromley and The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka Continue reading →

Nonfiction November 2025 – Choosing Nonfiction

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This week, Nonfiction November is hosted by Frances at Volatile Rune and it’s all about how we choose nonfiction.

It’s relatively straightforward for me – I have a few key categories that I’m always drawn to: Continue reading →

Nonfiction November 2025 – My Year in Nonfiction

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Nonfiction November kicks off today with My Year in Nonfiction, hosted by Heather at Based on a True Story.

Strictly speaking, I should call it Memoir November (Memvember?!) – doesn’t have quite the same ring but it is more accurate in my case, given that the majority of my nonfiction reading is memoir. Specifically, I’ve read 23 memoirs, and ten other nonfiction titles this year. Continue reading →

The Tidal Year by Freya Bromley

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I was sold as soon as I saw the subtitle ‘…a memoir on grief, swimming and sisterhood’ of Freya Bromley’s The Tidal Year.

Much like Jessica Lee’s Turning, Bromley tracks her emotional state against a year of swimming. Where Lee focused on lakes around Berlin, Bromley decided to swim in Britain’s tidal pools – it was her way of managing the incomprehensible grief she felt after the death of her teenage brother, Tom. Continue reading →