It feels an age since I last sat anywhere & wrote anything. There are many reasons this hasn’t happened recently but I’m pleased to report that they are mostly positive & literally life changing reasons First of all – We… Continue Reading
I have an extra copy of The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee. Our bookcases are overspilling so it needs a new home. It could be yours 🙂 all you have to do is RT the giveaway tweet… Continue Reading
It’s no secret that I loved books from a very early age. I nearly always had a book with me & on the odd occasion I was really naughty as a child and everything was taken out of my room… Continue Reading
Just looking and my last update was last September so I am annoyed with myself for not staying on track but to be fair a lot has happened in my personal life it’s been a bit of a whirlwind… and… Continue Reading
On the eve Man Booker Prize shortlist announcement I thought I would share my predictions of the six books that I feel will be left and who I think will win the prize overall. My personal shortlist is as follows: A… Continue Reading
I now have my very own YouTube channel! it’s all still very new to me, I was incredibly nervous as it was the first time I have ever done anything like this but be honest but was a lot of… Continue Reading
Since my last post I’ve been very fortunate… some could even say incredibly jammy as I’ve managed to make a few publisher contacts at Penguin Random House and Granta Books, which is amazing as they both cover a lot of different publishers under… Continue Reading
Source: www.unshredded.net http://tinyurl.com/qadptvr 156 books, 13 of those on the longlist, 6 on the shortlist and 1 winner. The Man Booker Prize long list has finally been announced – for me it’s the book equivalent of a new Star Wars release… Continue Reading
This really has been too long… My name is Rick and I’m 36 and I’m a total book-worm. My love of books began from a very early age. My parents read to me from and encouraged me to read that’s… Continue Reading
As someone who reads a lot I can be apprehensive when I find out that a movie is being planned when it is based on a book, especially if it is one that I have particularly enjoyed or if the… Continue Reading