Norfolk Bookworm

The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood This book leads me to another confession. I haven't actually re-read this one for World Book Night...

Northern Lights - Philip Pullman This was one of the books that I wasn't really looking forward to (re)reading. It is a book that I have...

World Book Night on a reading level has been great fun so far but from a work point of view a little more stressful. Organising such a huge ...

Dissolution - C J Sansom I wasn't sure what to expect with this one at all. I like historical fiction but dislike crime fiction - which ...

Wicked (Apollo Victoria, London) February 2011 I read the novel that this musical is based on many years ago and really wasn't impressed...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon I read this book when it was first published back in 2003 and while I rememb...

Case Histories - Kate Atkinson I wasn't sure if I was going to like this book at all, blind prejudice on my part for this thought - my l...

Beloved - Toni Morrison I have to admit my first failure in the challenge with this title. This isn't the first time I've tried and ...

Life of Pi - Yann Martel This was another eBook read, in fact at Christmas my mobile phone provider gave away lots of free gifts and a copy ...

Killing Floor - Lee Child Lee Child came to give a talk at the Library last April and he was a very nice guy. He was entertaining and when h...

Hairspray (Theatre Royal, Norwich) February 2011 In addition to my reading challenges for the year I am also making more of an effort to see...

The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohsin Hamid This is a book that I've picked up, looked at and then put down again on many occasions but...

Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell I feel that my challenge reading may now slow down as the books left are either ones that I've avoided for ...

All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque. This was another re-read for me but it has been a very long time since I last picked ...

Rachel's Holiday - Marian Keyes This is pure chick-lit indulgence and for me was another re-read. I haven't read any Marian Keyes fo...

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - John le Carre This is one from the list that I had been looking forward to reading. Thrillers and spies...

I've been quite open and honest about my enthusiasm for the whole eReader phenomenon and the experience of reading on either an iPhone o...

The World's Wife - Carol Ann Duffy I approached this second poetry volume on the list with not quite as much trepidation as the first an...

Toast - Nigel Slater Thanks to the adaptation of this book being shown on UK television over the Christmas period there was a huge waiting l...

Another confession here. This was a book of which I barely even knew the plot before I started it. Oh and I only thought I should read it ...