Book – Mock The Week: Next Year’s BookAuthor – VariousYear – 2010Genre – HumourPages – 159Bought for me by Annette Wickenden I am a big comedy fan, and love most of the panel shows out there that seem to be a good launching ground for comedians to get some exposure. Shows such as Have I…
Month: October 2011
Book 46 – Sourcery
Book – SourceryAuthor – Terry PratchettYear – 1988Genre – FantasyPages – 270Series – Discworld This is the fifth book in the series of Discworld books, and the third of the Rincewind books, and continues a run of books that are great fantasy, whilst also being immensely funny. Following his explusion from the Unseen University where…
Book 45 – Junk
Book – JunkAuthor – Melvin BurgessYear – 1996Genre – ‘Children’s’ (if you have children who mainly like books about heroin and prostitution)Pages – 389Given to me by Alinda Haynes-Hunte A thought that I have often had is that the approach to educating children about drugs is wrong. Whenever we had talks about drugs at school,…
Book 44 – The Wrestling
Book – The WrestlingAuthor – Simon GarfieldYear – 1996Genre – Wrestling/HistoryPages – 215 ‘Kayfabe’ is a term that is used behind the scenes in wrestling. Loosely, it is a term to describe the presentation that wrestling is completely real. Until the early 80s, pretty much all wrestling was kayfabe, and it wasn’t until the Americans…
Book 43 – Mort
Book – MortAuthor – Terry PratchettYear – 1987Genre – FantasyPages – 316Series – Discworld The fourth in the Discworld series, Mort is generally considered one of the best of the lot, even appearing on the BBC’s list of the hundred greatest books a few years back. I have enjoyed the series so far, and have…
Book 42 – Endgame
Book – EndgameAuthor – Samuel BeckettYear – 1963Genre – PlayPages – 60 Samuel Beckett is one of the greatest playwrights of all time. And he tends to write about… nothing. Most famously he does this in Waiting For Godot where our two leading tramps spend their time waiting for the eponymous character to arrive. Endgame is,…
Book 41 – How To Disappear Completely And Never Be Found
Book – How To Disappear Completely And Never Be FoundAuthor – Fin KennedyYear – 2007Genre – PlayPages – 108 I rarely mention book publishers here on my Book Challenge blog, but I think I am going to make a little exception for Nick Hern Books. I don’t have a lot to say about them, except they…
Book 40 – Guys and Dolls
Book – Guys and DollsAuthor – Damon RunyonYear – 1956 (this collection)Genre – Short StoriesPages – 285 So, why am I reading the original series of stories that form the basis of the musical Guys and Dolls? Well, obviously, because it is the next show I am in. Might as well get the plug out…