Norfolk Bookworm

The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams I know that it is a really obvious thing to say but making sure you read three chapters a night ...

The Umbrella Mouse by Anna Fargher This was the first book that the Norfolkbookworm and the Kentishbookboy read simultaneously. For me ...

Matilda by Roald Dahl The postman brought me a wonderful envelope this morning - a note from my nephew, his chosen nickname for these p...

Matthew Bourne's Romeo+Juliet It has been a while since I've posted about the theatre on the blog, I haven't given up going...

Sharing books as a family. While I use the nickname Norfolkbookworm a lot it seems that I've managed to share this love of the writ...

The Wainwright Book Prize 2019 Over the past 18 months we've been spending a lot more time outside walking and nature watching. At ...

I had no idea that it was nearly 2 months since my last update - it has been a busy time but I think that I blame the heat/humidity since ...

...well to be honest at the moment I seem to have more of a fiction reader's block rather than a full on block. I don't seem to ...

Since early 2018, when I started to recover from the brain hemorrhage, Mr Norfolkbookworm and I have spent a lot of time outdoors whenever...

Katy by Jacqueline Wilson and Becoming Jo by Sophie McKenzie Classic children's books have long been a passion of mine, and to th...

My reading has become a little disorganised of late for three main reasons: a lot of my non fiction reservations arrived in one go at the ...

As the days have lengthened and the weather improved we've been spending a lot more time outside in beautiful Norfolk (and Yorkshi...

Personal Reading Challenges. As was proved in 2017 I really suck at reading challenges, even ones I set myself for fun! This year I am...

Vintage 1954 - Antoine Laurain (trans. Jane Aitkin & Emily Boyce) It is hard to say whether I am a bigger fan of Gallic Books or An...

The Flat Share - Beth O'Leary This is a book that really took me by surprise when I read it.  I'm lucky enough to read for se...

Island Song - Madeleine Bunting. I've written on here before about liking books set in the Channel Islands during World War Two and...

I'm not sure why I open every post on my own blog with an apology for not writing more - after all it is my own blog and my progress i...

Books, books everywhere Now that I am reading more again (although still nowhere near pre December 2017 levels) I am taking on more read...

The Cut Out Girl by Bart Van Es As soon as I saw this book on the Costa Longlist I knew that I'd want to read it and finally it has...

Oops. I really didn’t intend to leave it so long into 2019 before posting, I have been reading somethings but real life has got in the w...