Norfolk Bookworm

The BBC's year of books is making me think about books on TV and film. It is great that literature is getting so much exposure, Faulks o...

Frankenstein (National Theatre Live at Cinema City) 17 th and 24 th March . This play is one of the biggest hits in London currently and i...

One Dog and His Boy - Eva Ibbotson I've been a fan of Eva Ibbotson for years, since I was a teenager in fact, and I was very sad to hear...

Avenue Q (Theatre Royal, Norwich) March 2011 Reading has taken a back seat this week as I've been out quite a lot, including 2 theatre t...

Well I've had over a week now to think about all the books I've read during my (insane?) challenge. I'm not sure what conclusion...

Agent Zigzag - Ben Macintyre I decided to read this book last in the challenge for 3 reasons: 1)Mr Bookworm also wanted to read it so saving...

Fingersmith - Sarah Waters This was a book I'd left until towards the end because I was really looking forward to reading it, but as so ...

Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche I think that this was the book that I was least looking forward too, I've avoided it sinc...

I suppose that it is all a bit passe now - after all WBN was nearly a week ago - however I do still have 3 book reviews to go and a quick u...

Happy World Book Night! I hope that everyone swapping books and attending events has a great time. Don't forget that however good it is ...

A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry This is a real tome,a doorstop, at over 600 pages and not a book I want to spoil by reading too fast just i...

Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez. This was a book I had to read for two reasons, as well as being a World Book Night tit...

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 ...