Results tagged “Mitch Albom” from Liverpool Echo - First Rule of Book Club

Do you remember I had to abandon The Book of Lost Things to finish Tuesdays With Morrie in time for the latest meeting of our book club?

Well I managed it with at least an hour to spare - meaning I wasn't forever cast into Coventry and was able to at least nibble at the brie (ha!) and chuck in my thoughts on the book as we went along.

Still, I wasn't a huge fan of this one..

It's always nice to receive a present - particularly one you're not expecting.

But when the boyfriend bought me a copy of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall recently I have to say I gave a small, inward groan.

Yes, I've heard it's fabulous. Yes, I am extremely fond of the Tudor dynasty - what with my A-Level in history and my box set of the HBO series.

But... have you seen the size of it?

I've been a journalist exactly five years now and if this profession has altered me at all - it's made me less able to cry, particularly when it comes to books and films.

So it always comes as a surprise - and I'll admit an unwelcome one - when I get that lump in the throat.

I read The Five People You Meet In Heaven this weekend - I'd heard such good things about it I couldn't resist grabbing it half price in a popular supermarket...