Four good reads
Haven't posted here in a while. Been doing lots of reading, though.
- 'Starter For Ten' by David Nicholls. Really loved it. David Nicholls writes engagingly, like Nick Hornby, and you feel like you completely know the characters by the end. I actually saw the film of this a year ago, but I didn't appreciate it as much as I would if I saw it now. It has James McAvoy and Benedict Cumberbatch in it. And it's about wasted uni students competing in 'University Challenge'. What's not to love?
- 'Toast' by Nigel Slater. I very much like Nigel Slater. The TV adaptation of this at Christmas was brilliant, and it even went a little way to making me like Helena Bonham Carter. The book is as sad as the adaptation.
- 'Skippy Dies' by Paul Murray. It's not too often something is described as 'tragic and comic' and actually lives up to that hype. This really did. It's excellent. I recommend it to everyone.
- 'My Favourite People And Me: 1978-1988' by Alan Davies. Really interesting. It's the sort of thing that really makes you wish you were a teenager in the 80s too. Plus I got to imagine Alan's voice in my head for ages. Perfect.
- 'Starter For Ten' by David Nicholls. Really loved it. David Nicholls writes engagingly, like Nick Hornby, and you feel like you completely know the characters by the end. I actually saw the film of this a year ago, but I didn't appreciate it as much as I would if I saw it now. It has James McAvoy and Benedict Cumberbatch in it. And it's about wasted uni students competing in 'University Challenge'. What's not to love?
- 'Toast' by Nigel Slater. I very much like Nigel Slater. The TV adaptation of this at Christmas was brilliant, and it even went a little way to making me like Helena Bonham Carter. The book is as sad as the adaptation.
- 'Skippy Dies' by Paul Murray. It's not too often something is described as 'tragic and comic' and actually lives up to that hype. This really did. It's excellent. I recommend it to everyone.
- 'My Favourite People And Me: 1978-1988' by Alan Davies. Really interesting. It's the sort of thing that really makes you wish you were a teenager in the 80s too. Plus I got to imagine Alan's voice in my head for ages. Perfect.