Book – Jews Don’t Count Author – David Baddiel Year – 2021 Pages – 125 Genre – Non-fiction (Book 4 of 2022) I spend quite a lot of time reading and thinking about politics. Around election times in particular, I will absorb anything that I can, and whilst I am by no means one hundred…
Month: January 2022
Book 296 – The Last Day
Book – The Last Day Author – Andrew Hunter Murray Year – 2020 Pages – 410 Genre – Dystopian Thriller Bought for me by Alex (Book 3 of 2022) I am a huge fan of podcasts – there are quite genuinely a couple of thousand sitting on my phone waiting to be heard – and…
Book 295 – Don’t Laugh, It’ll Only Encourage Her
Book – Don’t Laugh, It’ll Only Encourage Her Author – Daisy May Cooper Year – 2021 Pages – 420 Genre – Autobiography Bought for me by Alex (Book 2 of 2022) We seem to be having a great run of excellent sitcoms recently in the UK, and – along with Stath Lets Flats, Ghosts and…
Book 294 – The Good Daughter
Book – The Good Daughter Author – Karin Slaughter Year – 2017 Pages – 500 Genre – Crime Lent to me by Alex (Book 1 of 2022) The beginning of my 2022 challenge of 52 books in a year – one a week. Alex has gotten hugely into crime fiction in the last couple of…
293 – The Stand
Book – The Stand Author – Stephen King Year – 1978 (updated in 1990) Pages – 1421 Genre – Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy Imagine a world where a virus sweeps the entire globe. Where the governments are proven to not be up to the task of protecting the people. Where millions die. Seems absolutely unbelievable, right? Thank…
Book 292 – Craft Beer For The People
Book – Craft Beer For The People Authors – Richard Taylor with James Watt and Martin Dickie Year – 2017 Pages – 233 Genre – Non-Fiction Bought for me by Alex Lockdown bought many different new hobbies for people across the country, and in typically healthy fashion, one of my big ones was craft beer….
Book 291 – Postcards From The Edge
Book – Postcards From The Edge Author – Carrie Fisher Year – 1987 Pages – 226 Genre – Fiction Looking back over the blog, there are a hundred times where I have said “I haven’t posted for ages”. Let’s just pretend that this is the New Year version of this where I pledge to do…