19 books read so far, and now 10 books ahead of schedule in 17 weeks. Happy about the result so far. April’s books were… This book is not for the faint hearted at all. I found the whole thing quite… Read More ›
Books
Reading Challenge – March Update
Well, I have managed 14 books in 13 weeks, 7 ahead of schedule and only 16 to go to complete the challenge. At this rate, I should have read about 55 by the end of the year. This month’s books… Read More ›
World Book Day…
So, for World Book Day I decided to go for Alan Bennett’s latest (released today 7th March) The Shielding of Mrs Forbes. I love Alan Bennett, and find his humour very much like mine, dark! I first discovered him back… Read More ›
Reading Challenge – Feb Update…
Since my last post of the books I had read so far, I have managed to finish another three in February, now a total of 9 read from my 30 challenge and am 4 ahead of schedule. It will be… Read More ›
Reading Challenge – Feb
As you will know, and if you don’t, take yourself off to a darkened room and a laptop and read my blog, god-damn-it. Only kidding! I set myself a challenge of 30 books to read this year, so far I… Read More ›
Expanding Library
In the words of Jim Carey, “Somebody Stop Me”. I bought more books. I cannot help it, it is like an addiction. Anyway, this is what I bought today. English: A Story of Marmite, Queueing and Weather – Ben Fogle… Read More ›
Reading Challenge
So, in Goodreads, I pledged to read 30 books this year. I was thinking of only doing 20 as I have some really big books to read this year. I also have about 600 books that I still have not… Read More ›
Boking Day
So it is here, the day of madness in the sales, people scrambling to get a bargain, but not us. We never do the sales, and in all honesty find the whole thing, like so-called black Friday a waste of… Read More ›
Smoke and Water…
A review. I read on average 40 to 60 books a year, some I enjoy, some I find mediocre, some, I park a bookmark in and put on the shelf until I feel I can “get into it”, but the… Read More ›
Scarlet, and other stories…
Ok, well, if I am honest, Scarlet will not be featuring in this post, I don’t know her. Tuesday’s Child… Busy week again this week. On Tuesday I had to go to the hospital again for my heart scan. So… Read More ›
