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 … Read moreBook 259 – Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down
Title – Hawk: Occupation: Skateboarder Author – Tony Hawk (with Sean Mortimer) Year – 2000 Pages – 307 Genre – Autobiography I wish I was a skateboarder. I had a skateboard once – Jeni got it for me. I couldn’t even stand on it. But ever since I picked up a copy of Tony Hawk’s … Read moreBook 258 – Hawk: Occupation: Skateboarder
Book – The Red House Mystery Author – AA Milne Year – 1922 Pages – 223 Genre – Crime When I was a kid, I read just about any Enid Blyton book that I could get my hands on, and I read them again and again and again. I had all the Famous Five books, … Read moreBook 257 – The Red House Mystery
Book – The Thursday Night Letters Author – P.K. Munroe Year – 2007 Pages – 128 Genre – Humour I don’t know, maybe I am just getting old? I feel like maybe there was a time when this would have been really funny to me. Have I left that behind now? Can I laugh any … Read moreBook 256 – The Thursday Night Letters
Book – The Amber Spyglass Author – Philip Pullman Year – 2000 Pages – 550 Genre – Fantasy Series – His Dark Materials And so this trilogy concludes. I like to try and leave a gap between parts of a series, and I did so here, but I was very much looking forward to getting … Read moreBook 255 – The Amber Spyglass
I started this book blog over on Blogspot in 2010. Many thanks need to go to Bob who inspired me to do so, and therefore gave me one of the most enjoyable outlets for writing and literature that I have had. Since then, I have had moments where I kept it up to date almost … Read more10 Years, 250 Books
Book – The Subtle Knife Author – Philip Pullman Year – 1997 Pages – 341 Genre – Fantasy Series – His Dark Materials The year before last, I started re-reading the His Dark Materials books having taken Northern Lights with me to Venice. This was in preparation for the start of the new TV series … Read moreBook 253 – The Subtle Knife
Book – Truth to Power Author – Jess Phillips MP Year – 2019 Pages – 224 Genre – Politics and Thought A couple of years ago, I nailed my colours to a mast and became a member of the Labour Party. I have made some decisions in my life about my politics, but there has … Read moreBook 252 – Truth to Power
Book – This Is Going To Hurt Author – Adam Kay Year – 2017 Pages – 280 Genre – Autobiography Recommended to me by Rebecca Coker Being a teacher is tough. I know that there are constant jokes about how much time we get off and how summer is a wonderful open expanse of freedom … Read moreBook 251 – This Is Going To Hurt
Book – My Friend Sandy Author – Jane Duncan Year – 1962 Pages – 235 Genre – Semi-autobiographical fiction Series – My Friends Bought for me by my Mum. I thought that for book 250 I should do something special, and what more special than the book that I am named after. Although one of … Read moreBook 250 – My Friend Sandy