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Review of ‘Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years’ by Sue Townsend

16/11/2022 nsford 4 Comments

I’m always sad to reach the end of the Adrian Mole series. This book was not intended to be the…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, reviews, Sue Townsend

Review of ‘The Weather Woman’ by Sally Gardner

08/11/2022 nsford 2 Comments

An intriguing novel about a strong-willed character who has a talent for predicting the weather. It’s set in London in…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, reviews, Sally Gardner

Review of ‘Hex Appeal’ by Kate Johnson

17/10/2022 nsford 2 Comments

An entertaining witchy rom-com, ideal lighter reading for the spooky season. There is also an author’s note which gives some…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fantasy, fiction, humour, Kate Johnson, reviews

What I was reading 10 years ago

13/10/2022 nsford 4 Comments

In 2012, I only read 64 books. For most people, that probably seems a lot! An average of more than…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, classics, fiction, non-fiction, reading, YA fiction

Film of the book: ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ (2001)

09/10/2022 nsford Leave a comment

Only when I finally read the original book by Helen Fielding did I realise how the film is significantly different.…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, fiction, films, Helen Fielding, reviews

Review of ‘The Country Girls Trilogy’ by Edna O’Brien

03/10/2022 nsford 2 Comments

Banned in the author’s native Ireland, these novels set in the late 1950s are a perceptive and gritty portrait of…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Edna O'Brien, fiction, reviews

Review of ‘The Toyminator’ by Robert Rankin

29/09/2022 nsford Leave a comment

The outrageously silly sequel to The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse. This was my third time reading the book…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, humour, reviews, Robert Rankin

Review of ‘The House of Many Lives’ by L K Wilde

18/09/2022 nsford Leave a comment

A warm-hearted contemporary novel with a wonderful sense of place. It’s not my usual kind of read but I liked…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, L K Wilde, reviews

Review of ‘Small g: a Summer Idyll’ by Patricia Highsmith

16/09/2022 nsford Leave a comment

My first Highsmith read was, oddly, the last book she wrote. It was published posthumously in 1995. I’m sure it…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, Patricia Highsmith, reviews

Film of the book: ‘The Graduate’ (1967)

10/09/2022 nsford Leave a comment

One of those very successful films which eclipse the original book. I don’t think I even knew of the 1963…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, Charles Webb, fiction, films, reviews

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