Book – The Adventures of the Jolly Puffin Crew Author – Emma Ramsay Year – 2019 Pages – 25 Genre – Children’s At the time of writing, I have just finished my seventh year as a teacher, and my tenth working in education. This is the peak time of year, as I am about to…
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Book 236 – Silverthorn
Book – Silverthorn Author – Raymond E Feist Year – 1985 Pages – 432 Genre – Fantasy Series – Riftwar Saga I seem to be on a bit of a reading binge recently which is excellent as it has been a while. And I have worked out how to put images into the body of…
Book 235 – Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks by Mick Foley
Book – Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks Author – Mick Foley Year – 1999 Pages – 735 Genre – Wrestling Autobiography Over the past twenty years there have been dozens – maybe even hundreds – of wrestling autobiographies. They run from the brilliant – see Bret Hart’s wonderful autobiography –…
Book 234 – The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
Book – The Last Wish Author – Andrzej Sapkowski Year – 1993 Pages – 280 Genre – Fantasy Series – The Witcher Bought for me by Alex Campbell I don’t know if I can think of any other series of books that is more famous as a computer game than in a different medium, but…
Book 233 – Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Book – Station Eleven Author – Emily St. John Mandel Year – 2014 Pages – 333 Genre – Post Apocolyptic Recommended by Becky Sandy During a production of King Lear, the leading actor drops dead on stage of a heart attack. A trainee paramedic leaps up on stage to try to resuscitate him. A child…
Book 232 – Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings
Book – Codename Villanelle Author – Luke Jennings Year – 2018 Pages – 217 Genre – Spy Thriller Bought for me by Alex Campbell According to many different end of year polls, one of the best TV programmes of 2018 was the Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh spy thriller, Killing Eve. I entirely concur. It was…
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New year, new me. That’s how the saying goes. I don’t think that’s always the right way to do things mind. But sometimes you need an excuse to get off your backside and actually do something. That is what I am trying to do now. I would like to write. But, as my tagline at…