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Tag: Sue Townsend

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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Review of ‘Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction’ by Sue Townsend

03/09/2022 nsford 4 Comments

This is a very bitter novel. Yes, there are hilarious moments and a lot of ironic humour. However, the Iraq…

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Review of ‘The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole 1999-2001’ by Sue Townsend

16/02/2022 nsford 2 Comments

A welcome later addition to the Adrian Mole series, this book spans the gap between The Cappuccino Years and The Weapons…

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

10/09/2021 nsford 2 Comments

What were you up to in 1997-8? The Cappuccino Years is the first Adrian Mole diary which covers an era…

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

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

15/07/2021 nsford 5 Comments

‘Probably the funniest book of 1993,’ said The Times. ‘It could even make John Major laugh,’ claimed Today. I don’t…

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My most-read authors

27/06/2021 nsford 18 Comments

Which authors’ books have you read the most? I checked my spreadsheet, which records my reading since 2002, and searched…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: Anthony Horowitz, Arthur C Clarke, books, children's fiction, Christopher Pike, Daphne du Maurier, fiction, H G Wells, J K Rowling, Paul Stewart, Philip Pullman, reading, Sue Townsend, Terry Pratchett, YA fiction

Review of ‘The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole’ by Sue Townsend

17/06/2021 nsford Leave a comment

This slim volume is a sequel to The Secret Diary and The Growing Pains, but is a collection of shorter…

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Review of ‘The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole’ by Sue Townsend

17/05/2021 nsford 6 Comments

The events in this book are set in 1982-3, following immediately on from The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged…

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Review of ‘The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4’ by Sue Townsend

13/04/2021 nsford 6 Comments

I love the Adrian Mole series. They’re funny, bittersweet, ironic and socially conscious. They are also a snapshot of the…

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Recommended author: Sue Townsend

15/11/2018 nsford 9 Comments

Sue Townsend is one of my favourite authors. Everything she wrote was funny, insightful and very readable. This is the…

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