My rating: 5 of 5 stars When I reviewed Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ I was a little damning of the literary depth. It was, of course, brilliantly written – you can tell Margaret Atwood can handle the English language with immense skill – but I criticised the fact it told us little about the human… Read More Book review: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
My rating: 4 of 5 stars Adam Kay is a phenomenal talent. Firstly, there’s the whole ‘being clever enough to train at university to be a doctor’ thing. Then there’s the ‘managing the best part of a decade training as doctor’ and surviving it. These two on their own are accolades enough, though he shares… Read More Book review: This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’ll come straight to the point: Mark Forsyth is one of my very, very, very favourite writers. He shares with another of my top favourites, Bill Bryson, two vital qualities: Firstly, he’s hilarious. I mean, not forced ‘tell a gag’ kind of humour. Just pure natural, really funny observations… Read More Book review: The Etymologicon by Mark Forsyth
My rating: 5 of 5 stars If you are one of my regular readers who, for some reason, continue to like reading my book reviews, then you will know that within my eclectic range of literary interests there is a subsection of going over books from my younger years which I haven’t read in decades… Read More Book review: Watership Down by Richard Adams
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