Dear All

I have started up a wordpress blog to review books I have read from the Reid Library. It is at readingthereid.wordpress.com.

I plan to post a review every fortnight.  At the moment I have my front page entry which explains why I started up the blog and one entry for the autobiography of my favourite biographer, Hesketh Pearson.  I don't plan ( Read more... )

The significance of this post won't mean much to people who haven't listened to "That Mitchell and Webb Sound" Series 4 ( Read more... )

West Wing is back on tonight! Frabjous Day ( Read more... )

Dear Friends

Because in the past people have only been able to access my friends locked postings by specifically going to my journal, I am making this public posting.

I have put a party invite up on my journal, so if you are my Friend, please go and look it up.

Hope that this works

Jason and I are trying to get a table together for the PMH quiz, which is trying to attract more than 1000 people to it. It is on Wednesday 14th June ( Read more... )

Managed to grab a ticket to see Ross Noble's live stand-up at His Majesty's on Friday. His style reminds me a lot of Billy Connolly, only without the childhood angst or dodgy banjo playing. Lots of him going off on tangents, so that we didn't get to find out the conclusion to some of his routines until the encore. Buckets of laughter all round ( Read more... )

A Happy Mother's Day to all for yesterday. Especially for Gina, who experienced her first one. I hope that Rosalie got you breakfast in bed ( Read more... )

It’s been a while since you were all privy to my inmost thoughts about literature but I went away on camp and then got on a plane to England. This meant that we were able to see the first episode of the new Dr Who on the evening it was broadcast. It was well worth the 5 grand in airfares! I wriggled with glee throughout it, it was so enjoyable. ( Read more... )

Finished reading "Psmith Journalist" by PGW a couple of days ago. It has the unique distinction of being a Wodeshouse novel with a social conscience. Psmith battles against a slum landlord in New York aided by a cat-fancing gangster, a boxer calle Kid Brady and the deputy editor of Cosy Moments magazine. I love it ( Read more... )

Just read some Anthony Horowitz short stories during library period with my 8s. They were very good! Horowitz is famous for his Alex Rider books which are James Bond for teens. These stories were Roald Dahl for teens. Same black sense of humour, good twists but again written for teens. This is a very clever strategy for Mr H. As his books are ( Read more... )