Book – 101 Artists to Listen to Before You Die Author – Ricardo Cavolo Year – 2014 Pages – 217 Genre – Non-Fiction One of the things that I have been doing over the lockdown period, I have called Song A Day. It is somewhat more successful than the abandoned Play A Day. I have … Read moreBook 284 – 101 Artists to Listen to Before You Die
Book – Funny Girl Author – Nick Hornby Year – 2014 Pages – 354 Genre – Fiction Lent to me by Tracy Ashdown I can’t believe it has been two months since I last posted a blog. Which itself was after only a small flurry of reading. Lockdown was a strange time, and I found … Read moreBook 283 – Funny Girl
Book – The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Author – N.K. Jemisin Year – 2010 Pages – 412 Genre – Fantasy Series – The Inheritance Trilogy As I am writing this, the lockdown is in easedown. There is more imperitive to return to work and get things moving again. But it has been an unusual time. I … Read moreBook 282 – The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
Book – What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions Author – Randall Munroe Year – 2014 Pages – 296 Genre – Non-Fiction Having just reviewed my first graphic novel, it seems appropriate that my next blog is somewhat comic adjacent. In this case, it is a book by Randall Munroe, creator of the … Read moreBook 281 – What If?
Book – Blue Is The Warmest Color Author – Julie Maroh Year – 2010 Pages – 156 Genre – Graphic Novel Bought for me by Jeni and Alinda (I think – although Jeni couldn’t remember it at all) I have read a couple of comic books before, but I believe that this might be the … Read moreBook 280 – Blue Is The Warmest Color
Book – The Magician’s Guild Author – Trudi Canavan Year – 2001 Pages – 469 Genre – Fantasy Series – The Black Magician Trilogy So having taken a pause from reading books to read mainly pages about the history of musical theatre, I thought it was about time to get back on the horse and … Read moreBook 279 – The Magician’s Guild
Book – Mr Bean’s Diary Author – Robin Driscoll and Rowan Atkinson Year – 1992 Pages – 178 Genre – Humour When I was a kid and we would go shopping, every single time we went into WH Smith’s, there is one book that I would go straight to. I can remember picking it up … Read moreBook 278 – Mr Bean’s Diary
Book – 52 Times Britain Was A Bellend Author – James Felton Year – 2019 Pages – 112 Genre – Non-Fiction Bought for me by Amy and Gavin Of all of the social media platforms, the one I enjoy the most is Twitter. I don’t participate too much – although I did once have a … Read moreBook 277 – 52 Times Britain Was A Bellend
Book – Anything Goes Author – John Barrowman Year – 2008 Pages – 250 Genre – Autobiography When you are in a relationship with someone, you gain a second family. In my case, I have been very lucky, as mine are brilliant, but it can take a while to start to get to grips with … Read moreBook 276 – Anything Goes
Book – West Side Story Author – Irving Shulman Year – 1961 Pages – 160 Genre – Fiction Bought for me by Jacqui Campbell It is coming up on the two year mark since I directed the wonderful West Side Story for DAODS. It is an absolute classic of a show, and I thoroughly enjoyed … Read moreBook 275 – West Side Story