Prompt – A book with a great opening line. Medium – Book About the Book – Greg Jenner, who is a public historian, the historical consultant for ‘Horrible Histories’ and the presenter of podcast ‘You’re Dead to Me’ explores the ways in which the ideas of celebrity have been publicised and evolved since Jenner’s firstContinue reading “Book #21 – Dead Famous”
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Book #20 – The Merry Spinster
Prompt – A book written by a trans or non-binary author. Medium – Book About the Book – Daniel Mallory Ortberg re-imagines a series of classical ‘bedtime stories’ as dark and slightly creepy tales. The stories include psychological horror, emotional upset and feminist additions to create new plots and twists to some of the mostContinue reading “Book #20 – The Merry Spinster”
Book #19 – Mythos
Prompt – A book by an author who has written more than 20 books. Including books of screenplays, Stephen Fry has! Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Stephen Fry takes us on a whirlwind tour of the Greek myths, starting from the very dawn of time, right through the arrival of the Gods onContinue reading “Book #19 – Mythos”
The book I couldn’t finish
As an interlude – here is a book I just couldn’t bring myself to finish – ‘Pharoah’ by Wilbur Smith. Now I know this may be an unpopular opinion – apparently the book is a Number 1 bestseller and lots of people love it, but I just could not fathom it. I love historical fictionContinue reading “The book I couldn’t finish”
Book #18 – All the Light we Cannot See
Prompt – A book with a character with a visual impairment (a nod to 20/20 vision). Medium – Book About the Book – Anthony Doerr writes through the use of short scenes and varying time periods about two young people living through the war years. Marie-Laure is a blind French girl who is living inContinue reading “Book #18 – All the Light we Cannot See”
Book #17 – The Eyre Affair
Prompt – A book with a book on the cover Medium – Book About the Book – Thursday Next is a literatec (literature detective) in Special Ops in an alternate version of the UK. The book is set in the 1980s, where England is a republic, technology in some realms is not as advanced (i.e.Continue reading “Book #17 – The Eyre Affair”
Book #16 – Seven Endless Forests
Prompt – A book published in 2020. Medium – Book About the Book – Written as a accompanying novel to April Tucholke’s ‘Boneless Mercies’ (which I haven’t read!), this book tells the story of Torvi. She is a young woman who has recently lost her mother and lover to a plague (which seems very aptContinue reading “Book #16 – Seven Endless Forests”
Book #15 – Auntie’s War: The BBC during WW2
Prompt – A book about a subject you know nothing about – whilst I know a lot about WW2, I know very little about the BBC and its role in the war. Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Edward Stourton writes (and reads the audiobook) about the role of the BBC in WW2, startingContinue reading “Book #15 – Auntie’s War: The BBC during WW2”
Book #14 – Pet Subjects
Prompt – An Anthology Medium – Book About the Book – This book has been written by Irish vet Pete Wedderburn, who is the resident vet for the Telegraph. He discusses some of the rare or strange cases he has come up against, alongside advice for people with animals suffering similar ailments. He looks atContinue reading “Book #14 – Pet Subjects”
Book #13 – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Prompt – A book with an upside-down picture on the cover. Medium – Audiobook (I have loads of Audible credits and want to use them up!) About the book – Written by Mark Haddon, this book is written from the perspective of Christopher Boone, who is a young man on the ASD Spectrum (although aContinue reading “Book #13 – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time”
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