Lost in Words

  I first read actor David Niven ’s memoir, The Moon’s a Balloon , published in 1971, back in the mid-1970s. It was the first “adult” book t...

When I was a young lad, if ever I got a little too ambitious, my mother would say to me. “You need to come back down to earth.” Sometimes, w...

I went to the five for a pound charity shop this morning, and picked up another haul. However, this post is part two of my catch-up, pre-cov...

This is one of my catch-up posts. I found these books in a local park about a month ago. I mentioned in a previous post that a generous indi...

So, I'm now playing catch up. Having been under the weather for a while, there are a number of posts to catch up on, including several b...

Just to say right at the start of this Christmas post, the billion reads on Kindle Unlimited does not refer to my book. I wish! No, it refer...

I finished reading Cheryl Strayed's book Wild a few weeks back and have been meaning to write about it, a review. As often happens, oth...

I was cycling through the local country park very early this morning to do some shopping, when I came across a bag of books. The park exit t...

I'm currently reading a book called Happy by Derren Brown (yes, it is spelt with two E's) . I bought it a while back in one of my c...

Last Friday, I got another five for a pound haul of books from the charity shop that keeps on giving. Let's see what I got this time. Al...

On Saturday, I made another visit to my favourite charity shop for buying books. They have a sale on of five books for a pound. In fact, tha...

I made another visit to a local charity shop that regularly runs five books for a pound sale.  This is what I bought this time. 1) Pause by...

Here are the bestselling print books for the first half of 2023 released by Publishers Weekly.  It does not include audiobooks or e-books.  ...

I do like to look for bargains in charity shops.  I recently visited one that I had not been to for quite a while.  They had a sale on their...

What a carry on   Remembered for the Carry On films, Kenneth Williams was more than that. An outspoken man, his diaries tell all. I read th...

2023 has started with a bang in the world of books.  Spare is a memoir written by the British Royal who chose to step back from his role, P...