I live in Hoylake, on the north-western tip of the Wirral peninsula. I used to spend an hour or more on trains each week travelling to work and if possible would read for the entire journey, which is how this blog came into being. I changed jobs a few years ago and don't travel to work by train anymore but I'm sticking with reading and blogging. Old habits die hard.
I never read this classic as a child and was prompted to rectify the omission by an extract in the Autumn 2011 edition of The Reader magazine. That, and the fact it was Christmas. Looking back, I’m not sure what train of thought led me associate pirates and a desert island treasure hunt with a ‘Christmassy’ read – unless it … More Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
This book won the Man Booker Prize in 2010 and so, since reading the Booker Prize winning books is something of a project for me – I’ve read all of them right back to the first winner in 1969 (yes, I really am that sad) – it was never not going to make it onto … More The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
This is the twelfth book by Barry Unsworth I’ve read, though it’s actually his first novel. Published in 1966 and (what a great year that was!) the story centres on two men, Foley and Moss, who have spent the last three years in Cornwall, sharing a house and working together to build up a cottage … More The Partnership by Barry Unsworth
I spend an hour a day on the train commuting to work and home again, and most of that hour is spent reading. Over the course of a working year that amounts to over 200 hours reading. That equates to a lot of books. I’ve set up this blog so I can share my thoughts on the … More Hello world!
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