Book – Drama Games for Those Who Like to Say NoAuthor – Chris JohnstonYear – 2010Genre – Drama TeachingPages – 193 Another little gem from Nick Hern Books, Drama Games for Those Who Like to Say No, is a book that I have been reading for a few months off and on now, but decided…
Month: January 2012
Book 5 – So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish
Book – So Long, and Thanks for all the FishAuthor – Douglas AdamsYear – 1984Genre – Science Fiction/HumourPages – 167 Having started out so brilliantly, I was really disappointed with the third book in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series, Life, The Universe and Everything, and when I was blogging about it at the…
Book 4 – Stand Up Put Downs
Book – Stand Up Put DownsAuthor – Rufus HoundYear – 2011Genre – ComedyPages – 126 Amazon had a bit of a sale in the new year, and as a result, this book was knocked down to a couple of quid. I love a bit of stand up comedy, and thought that a book such as…
Book 3 – The Age of Consent
Book – The Age of ConsentAuthor – Peter MorrisYear – 2002Genre – PlayPages – 37Lent to me by Alex Campbell/Andrew Valsler The Age of Consent is a two hander consisting of some pretty massive monologues. One character is Timmy. Timmy is very obviously based upon one of the killers of Jeremy Bulger. The play was…
Book 2 – The Night Circus
Book – The Night CircusAuthor – Erin MorgensternYear – 2011Genre – FantasyPages – 387Bought for me by Sam and Simon Blanking The first thing I want to mention here is what a beautiful looking book this is. With a monochrome cover containing just a splash of red, and black sided pages it was already one of…
Book 1 – The Color Purple
Book – The Color PurpleAuthor – Alice WalkerYear – 1982Genre – FictionPages – 261Bought for me by Alex Campbell Starting out my books for 2012 is one of my Christmas presents from Alex – The Color Purple – which is not, as she suggested with tongue firmly in cheek, a sequel to last year’s Mauve. …
The Book Challenge 2011 – Lows and Highs
2011 has come to a close, and The Book Challenge has rumbled on apace. Having spent all of 2010 pushing myself as hard as I could to get things read, I decided very early on that I was going to be much less selective about what I read – if I wanted to read a book that…