Book – The Painted ManAuthor – Peter V BrettYear – 2008Genre – FantasyPages – 544Series – The Demon TrilogyRecommended to me by Bethan Wellbrook and Dan Norris When two people independently recommend the same book to you within the space of about a week, you know that there must be something in the recommendation, especially…
Month: April 2011
Book 21 – How Not to Grow Up
Book – How Not to Grow UpAuthor – Richard HerringYear – 2010Genre – Autobiography/Comedy/Travel (probably where Waterstones would put it)Pages – 315Bought for me by Ellie Beaumont Ellie bought me this as a birthday present due to the fact that despite getting increasingly older, I don’t appear to be growing up at all. In itself,…
Book 20 – Don’t Touch The Nuts
Book – Don’t Touch The NutsAuthor – Daniel FordYear – 2010Genre – HumourPages – 128Bought for me by Emily Jackson Not a massive book, and with graphics on the front cover that could have been lifted out of any men’s mag, this is the kind of present that you receive with trepidation. When you read…
Book 19 – Top 10 of Everything
Book – Top 10 of EverythingAuthor – Russell AshYear – 2009Genre – ListsPages – 303 This was a little stocking filler present that I got my Dad last Christmas, and have been slowly progressing through over the past few months. Purely coincidently as I didn’t notice when I bought it, but it is by the…
Book 18 – Life, The Universe and Everything
Book – Life, The Universe and EverythingAuthor – Douglas AdamsYear – 1982Genre – Comedy/Sci-FiPages – 197Series – Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy The problem with most humourous fiction is that it simply isn’t very funny. All too often the laughs are either discarded to make the story make sense, or vice versa, it becomes a…
Book 17 – A Game of Thrones
Book – A Game of ThronesAuthor – George RR MartinYear – 1996Genre – FantasyPages – 807Series – A Song of Ice and Fire How do you write a sensible review of the greatest book you have ever read? Especially when it is the fifth time that you have read it? Well, I suppose I shall start…