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Books

  • A New Book – Météores

    Today started rather good – himself has had surgery and it appeared to have gone well.  However, later on it seems that there will be yet again another side effect we will have to possibly deal with 😦  It’s not a biggy as such but it’s disappointing that this has happened. On the other hand… Read more

  • Hiroshima by John Hersey

       Last night I finished reading this slight tome.  If you’d seen me reading it on the bus you would have thought I was just after receiving bad news, I couldn’t help but continually put my hand to my mouth, and in a way I was getting bad news. If this was a piece of… Read more

  • June/July ’15 Finish Reads

    I’m rather pleased to say that my last three reads are actually books that I’d previously started but never finished. The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin – I didn’t think I’d read much of this book but a bookmark still in it tells me I had actually gotten almost 100 pages into it!  However upon… Read more

  • Waiting

    I’m sitting up in a London Hotel bedroom.  It’s almost 07:30 and I’ve been awake since 06:00. Breakfast will be served soon, although I still have to wait. I’ve started to read Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and I’m using the map of London to plot Smilies first day in the book.   Read more

  • Holiday Plans #1

    This morning, on the bus going to work, I decided to put my mind to a very important decision. What books will I bring on holidays? This will dictate the mood of the holiday. I’m thinking Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and a Poirot.   &   We’re only away on a city break for a… Read more

  • Not My Father’s Son

    This is the autobiography of Alan Cumming.  It was read by himself on BBC radio 4 recently as the book at bedtime.  For me it was a little bit past my bedtime so I got the audiobook from the library. Can I just say WOW! I remember watching his episode of “Who Do You Think… Read more

  • The Organised Criminal

    Last week we were at a book launch – it was a friend of ours that was having the launch. A book by a friend is always a dodgy thing.  It could be great but it might not. Well today I finished The Organised Criminal. Generally I’m not a great one for florid writing but… Read more

  • A Scream In Soho

    I did it! I bought a copy of A Scream In Soho from the British Library during the summer last year and started to read it shortly after Christmas but found it very slow going. It took me a while to get used to the style of writing.  Words are spelled out using accent phonetics… Read more

  • Sunny Sunday Breakfast

    In the mornings we have sunshine on our veranda but come the afternoon the sun is out in the back garden. So this morning I had my breakfast out doors.  Yes the weather has been that good over the last few days. Armed with my iPhone I took a photo but can’t decide which app… Read more

  • What will you read this summer?

    Most of yesterday was filled with a yearning to read something different. My usual habits are crime fiction, fantasy & a bit of SF with bits and pieces thrown in on the sides for good measure. However I think it’s fair to say that it hasn’t been the best of times so far this year… Read more