Book – Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsAuthor – JK RowlingYear – 1998Genre – Fantasy Following on from the first Harry Potter book, I decided that the second Harry Potter book would be a sensible decision as my next book of choice. Actually, that is a little bit of a lie – I was reading … Read moreBook 17 – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Book – The Top 10 of Everything Author – Russel Ash Year – 2007 Genre – Fact Book Bought for me by my Mum and Dad Whilst ‘Everything’ may be a little bit of an exaggeration, the title of this book does still go a long way to decribing its contents. This is a massive … Read moreBook 16 – The Top 10 of Everything
Book – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s StoneAuthor – JK RowlingYear – 1997 (yes, really!)Genre – Fantasy I think that this book needs very little introduction. For anyone who has never heard of Harry Potter, I would like to point you in the direction of the internet. The biggest literary craze of the past forever … Read moreBook 15 – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
The Book Challenge is something I made up myself. There is no prize if I complete it. There is no governing body watching to see how I perform. There would be no one but myself to point fingers should I cheat. However, I do worry about cheating, as it isn’t something that I inadvertantly want … Read moreI think I’ve read that one…
Book – Who Moved My BlackberryAuthor – Lucy KellawayYear – 2005Genre – Humour One of my very favourite books of all time is a novel called E by Matt Beaumont. When I read it about nine years ago it was different to anything else that I had ever read in that the entire thing was written … Read moreBook 14 – Who Moved My Blackberry?
Book – The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips Author – Michael Morpurgo Year – 2005 Genre – Children’s Michael Morpurgo is one of the most prolific children’s writers around, with well over one hundred books written since 1974. To my shame, until I started working at a primary school at the end of last year, … Read moreBook 13 – The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
Book – Storm Front Author – Jim Butcher Year – 2000 Genre – Science-Fantasy/Detective Bought for me by Robert Hyde Storm Front is on many levels the male equivelent of trashy ‘chic-lit’. It follows Chicago’s only advertised wizard as he deals with a missing persons case, a police double murder investigation, a nosy reporter… oh, … Read moreBook 12 – Storm Front
Book – Where Underpants Come From Author – Joe Bennett Year – 2008 Genre – Travel Bought for me by Faye Braggins Where Underpants Come From is a travel book in the same way that books by Danny Wallace or Dave Gorman are travel books – mainly in that they are stocked primarily in the … Read moreBook 11 – Where Underpants Come From
Book – Starter For 10 Author – David Nicholls Year – 2003 Genre – Fiction (best I can do, sorry. Humour maybe?) Having fallen behind recently on the book challenge, I managed to whip though this 470 odd pager in pretty much spot on 24 hours (no applause please – oh go on, just a … Read moreBook 10 – Starter For 10
Book – Three Men In A BoatAuthor – Jerome K JeromeYear – 1889Genre – Victorian Humour/Travel Aid The first person I knew of to write a review of every book that he read in a year was my old English teacher, Mr Simpson. He presumably had dozens of books full of reviews of every book … Read moreBook 9 – Three Men In A Boat by Jerome K Jerome