Book – Angels and Demons Author – Dan Brown Year – 2000 Pages – 620 Genre – Thriller Series – Robert Langdon I have been loosely doing Play-A-Day, and will update it here at some point, but I actually felt that I wanted to read something with a bit more verve at this strange time….
Month: March 2020
Book 267 – The Woman In Black
Book – The Woman In Black Author – Susan Hill Year – 1983 Pages – 200 Genre – Horror I shall interrupt Play-A-Day to write this one up. It is another book related to school, and this time it is the text that I have been studying with my year eight English class, The Woman…
Book 266 – Find Me
Book – Find Me Author – Olwen Wymark Year – 1977 Pages – 40 Genre – Play Characters – 8 (3m, 5f, but very flexible numbers) Somehow, the play Find Me totally passed me by. Alex studied this one and said it would be a good one to do at school, but I had never…
Book 265 – East
Book – East Author – Steven Berkoff Year – 1977 Pages – 41 Genre – Play Characters – 5 (2f, 3m – one f usually played by a man) When I was at University I did a production of Metamorphosis that we took to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. To this day, it is one of…
Book 264 – The Real Inspector Hound
Book – The Real Inspector Hound Author – Tom Stoppard Year – 1968 Pages – 48 Genre – Play Characters – 8 (3f, 5m) I have spoken before about my admiration of the writing style of Tom Stoppard. His plays are written, in my experience, not to just be performed, but also to be read….
Book 263 – Sparkleshark
Book – Sparkleshark Author – Philip Ridley Year – 1997 Pages – 39 Genre – Play Recommended by Kerry Clarke-Tucker Characters – 9 (3f, 6m) As of today, Coronatime has hit. Schools are closed. Pubs are closed. Theatres, clubs, restaurants, gyms – all closed. The directive is to stay inside, and this may last for…
Book 262 – The Pearl
Book – The Pearl Author – John Steinbeck Year – 1947 Pages – 120 Genre – Fiction John Steinbeck has a very confusing reputation. Of Mice And Men is considered by many across Britain as an absolute classic – if for no other reason than until the Government saw fit to cut it, the vast…
Book 261 – The Book With No Pictures
Book – The Book With No Pictures Author – BJ Novak Pages – 48 Year – 2014 Genre – Children’s Bought for me by Oliver Walsh I read books to show I am clever. I mean, what is more important in life than looking more intelligent than other people? As such, I was incredibly excited…
Book 260 – The Virgin and the Gipsy
Book – The Virgin and The Gipsy Author – DH Lawrence Year – 1930 Pages – 90 Genre – Fiction I went through a little phase where I thought that Penguin Classics are some of the most beautiful books and bought about as many as I could get my hands on. Whilst I do not…
Book 259 – Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down
Book – Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down Author – Nicey and Wifey Year – 2004 Pages – 179 Genre – Non-Fiction It sometimes seems that the internet is made up of about twenty different websites. A few of them may differ from person to person, but the bulk of them are made…