Medium – Book About the Book – Ben Aitken (who like me is from the UK South Coast), decides that he can save rent money in London by going on six coach holidays across the UK, and one into Europe. These coach holidays are generally for four days, and are usually the province of pensioners.Continue reading “2021 Book #70 – The Gran Tour”
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2021 Book #63 – The Hotel on the Roof of the World
Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Alec Le Sueur is a hotelier, who worked for five years in the only Holiday Inn in Tibet, which was based in Lhasa. For five years, he worked as the sales and marketing manager and tells the stories of his time in this beautiful, but troubled country. HeContinue reading “2021 Book #63 – The Hotel on the Roof of the World”
2021 Book #38 – Remarkable People
Medium – Book About the Book – Dan Walker, the journalist and broadcaster who works on BBC Breakfast, was apparently asked to write his memoirs for publication. He realised (as I wish others did!) that whilst his life has been interesting, there are others who he has worked with and interviewed who have had moreContinue reading “2021 Book #38 – Remarkable People”
2021 Book #35 – Dear Fatty
Medium – Book/Audiobook (I couldn’t get through this book as a paper book, so I bought it as an audiobook instead) About the Book – Dawn French, the famous actress, comedian and half of the duo ‘French and Saunders’, tells her life story through the writing of a series of letters to important people inContinue reading “2021 Book #35 – Dear Fatty”
2021 Book #23 – The Doctor Will See You Now
Medium – Book About the Book – TV Doctor and GP, Dr Amir Khan, writes about some of the most interesting, amusing and heart-breaking cases he has faced as a GP working in Bradford, Yorkshire. From the seven-year-old who verbally abused him, to the man with unexplained injuries, to the woman who would not goContinue reading “2021 Book #23 – The Doctor Will See You Now”
2021 Book #10 – Bonkers: My Life
Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Read by the author (Jennifer Saunders), this audiobook of her autobiography describes Jennifer’s life both in the comedy spotlight and outside of it. In it she talks through her various comedy successes (and failures) with a good pinch of the humour that she is famous for. She talksContinue reading “2021 Book #10 – Bonkers: My Life”
TBR Pile #8 – The Road to Little Dribbling
Medium – Book About the Book – The Road to Little Dribbling picks up twenty years or so after the writing of ‘Notes from a Small Island’. In it, Bill Bryson makes the journey from South of the British Isles to the North, stopping at a number of different cities and landmarks on the way.Continue reading “TBR Pile #8 – The Road to Little Dribbling”
Book #7 – Ayoade on Top
Prompt – ‘A book with a pun in the title’ – hmmm…. sort of, it’s more like word play, but I’m counting it! Medium – Book About the book – Richard Ayoade writes a sort-of autobiographical, sort-of serious film criticism of ‘View from the Top’, a early 2000s film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Mark Ruffalo.Continue reading “Book #7 – Ayoade on Top”
Book #5 – The Wondering Years
Prompt – ‘A book recommended by your favourite blog, vlog, podcast or online book club’. This book was recommended by ‘The Bible Binge’. Medium – Book About the book – Knox McCoy is a professional podcaster living in the South of the United States, who presents two of my favourite podcasts – the ‘Bible Binge’,Continue reading “Book #5 – The Wondering Years”
Book #3 – Becoming
Prompt – ‘A book which won an award in 2019’ – British Book Awards, Narrative non-fiction and audiobook (among others) Medium – Audiobook (19hrs) About the book – the autobiography of Michelle Obama, this book tells the story from her childhood in the south side of Chicago to the White House, with a short epilogueContinue reading “Book #3 – Becoming”
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