Book – Eye of the WolfAuthor – Daniel PennacYear – 1982Genre – Children’sPages – 110Lent to me by my sister, Jeni. Originally written in French, Eye of the Wolf is immediately noticeable as the kind of book that is actually ‘read’ in schools. It’s not the kind of thing that a child would pick up … Read moreBook 27 – Eye of the Wolf
Book – Murmuring JudgesAuthor – David HareYear – 1991Genre – Play, LegalPages – 109 The phrase ‘murmering judges’ comes from the Scottish legal system and refers to the – still illegal – act of criticising a judge, and carries a potential prison sentence. Were that to still be an offence south of the border, I … Read moreBook 26 – Murmuring Judges
Book – The Desert SpearAuthor – Peter V BrettYear – 2010Genre – FantasyPages – 579Book 2 of The Demon TrilogyLent to me by Dan Norris It was pretty recently that I read the first book of this series, The Painted Man, and I was pretty excited to read on to this, the second book. The … Read moreBook 25 – The Desert Spear
Book – ArcadiaAuthor – Tom StoppardYear – 1993Genre – PlayPages – 97 I know that I said towards the beginning of the year that you could expect to see a lot more plays from me. Well, I haven’t quite lived up to that yet, but that has been mainly due to the glut of brilliant novels I … Read moreBook 24 – Arcadia
Book – The Blokes’ Book of Bloody Terrifying StuffAuthor – Ben IkensonYear – 2009Genre – Toilet BookPages – 169Bought for me by Paddy Fairbrass The Blokes’ Book of Bloody Terrifying Stuff is an archetypal toilet book. Consisting of three page chunks of information – in this case a ‘how to’ guide on how to perform … Read moreBook 23 – The Blokes’ Book of Bloody Terrifying Stuff