I finally got around to reading my first PG Wodehouse and I am not disappointed. Great for creating embarrasingly loud outbursts of laughter on the train! I can see why Douglas Adams was a fan and where a certain amount of his humour was conceived.
Sir Attenborough's book on the journey to the film Gandhi. A fascinating read by a dedicated man about the making of an epic movie.
One of my top ten books (non-fiction) and all-time favourites.
One of my top ten books (non-fiction) and all-time favourites.
An essential book in every collection! I grew up using Chambers and have never lived in a house without an edition of this comprehensive dictionary. Must-have for Scrabble!
A useful guide to identifying visiting birds to your garden, with full colour pictures and good descriptions of habitat, feeding, etc.
This is an indispensable guide to identifying wild flowers, with an incredibly useful key to help you narrow down species. Don't wander into the British countryside without it!
The idea of companion gardening is fab, and this book can serve as an introduction. A pity it is so badly edited and frequently contradicts itself. Not to be relied on as a single book on the topic.
Bought in a supermarket one day, to have something to read while my DS did karate. Turned out to be a great read and a good twist. If you haven't seen the later film, don't. Read this first! The film is good too but the book is better read beforehand.
Quite different from the (cancelled) TV series that inspired me to read it. A bit slow to start but managed to grip to the end.
A well-loved book from my childhood, from the author of The Tripods. Re-read and enjoyed in 2010.
One of my top ten books. Scifi at its best. The classic forerunner to newer interpretations such as the Survivors television series.
Another brilliant book from Rohinton Mistry. The wall in this book is so vividly inscribed in my mind that I feel like I have seen it for myself.
One of my top ten books. This is the 'classic' that introduced me to the genré and helped me discover what I had been missing. I read this during the original airing of the television adaptation, having not read it as a 'set book' at school! I went on to read Jane Austen and other 'classic' authors and discover their ability to draw you into a bygone, fascinating and often humuorus world.
One of my top ten books. I discovered Jane Austen (along with other 'classic' authors such as Anne Bronte) thanks to the BBC's many fantastic classic adaptations for television.
One of my all-time top ten books and the book that I grew up reading. Mr Adams had an answer to all the questions a troubled teenager could ask, and this book can be read time after time and still show something new and thought-provoking. A good read at any age.
One of my top ten books. The classic 'Merlin', brilliantly written and a romp through time. Excellent historical detail of things like falconry.
One of my top ten books, and undoubtedly the best characterisation of any author I have read.