Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry

My review

rating: 4 of 5 starsNormally autobiographies are not top of my reading list, or anywhere around the middle or bottom either for that matter. However, I am rather fond of Stephen Fry - television presenter / actor so I picked this up before [...]

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

My review

rating: 4 of 5 starsI enjoyed reading this book although it took me a while to get into it. I found it hard to get into which is a little embarrassing as its considered to be a young adults book. Once in though I [...]

A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby

My review

rating: 2 of 5 starsI am not a big Nick Hornby fan - I have in the past enjoyed the movie adaptions of his books better than the books themselves. Terribly shocking I know. So when a friend lent this to me, I [...]

The Book of Lost Things: A Novel by John Connolly

My review

rating: 3 of 5 starsThe Book Of Lost Things is about grief and loss, loyalty and love, and the redemptive power of stories. Set in World War 2, 12-year-old David mourns the death of his mother. He is furious that [...]

I had smoked since I was 14 years old - roughly a packet a week, more if I was drinking booze. That’s 20 years huffing and puffing away on the little bastards, in my car, frantically before getting on planes, in the pub (back in the UK), in the bath and even on occasion in [...]