Results tagged “The Book of Lost Things” from Liverpool Echo - First Rule of Book Club

By day I am a hard-nosed journalist, trotting the streets of Liverpool to sniff out the news the people in this city demand to read.

By night I am a 6ft chicken  - frightened of horror films, the dark, roller coasters, sky diving, spiders and generally all things not wrapped in cotton wool.

In short, over cautious about fairly mundane things.

For that I am happy to blame my childhood. Or more, specifically, my childhood reading...

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?