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Year 6 / Book 16: Blood on the Page

November 3, 2021October 30, 2021 nicktemple1Leave a comment

16) Blood on the Page by Thomas Harding I love a bit of true crime - and on this, at least going by Netflix charts, I am not alone. So I've come across my fair share of the bizarre and weird in books and films alike - but this is one of the strangest and… Continue reading Year 6 / Book 16: Blood on the Page →

Year 6 / Book 15: Twilight of Democracy

October 30, 2021October 30, 2021 nicktemple1Leave a comment

15) Twilight of Democracy by Anne Applebaum The subtitle to this book is 'The Failure of Politics and the Parting of Friends', which gives a more accurate sense of the territory it covers. Anne Applebaum is a journalist and historian, and this book is her attempt to understand the rise of populist (and far-right) political… Continue reading Year 6 / Book 15: Twilight of Democracy →

Year 5 / Book 19: My Name is Why

June 15, 2020June 13, 2020 nicktemple1Leave a comment

19) My Name is Why by Lemn Sissay I was first introduced to Lemn Sissay when I was at university doing a poetry course, and I loved his direct, passionate and poignant poems; and I bought copies of several of his collections. What I had no idea about was the story that lay behind him getting… Continue reading Year 5 / Book 19: My Name is Why →

Year 5 / Book 18: The Expectant Father

June 13, 2020 nicktemple11 Comment

18) The Expectant Father by Armin Brott The title of this book should give some indication of why I'm a bit behind on book reviews - and has me questioning whether I'll be able to keep up the book-a-week pace. My wife and I had a son towards the end of April (peak-pandemic) and I was… Continue reading Year 5 / Book 18: The Expectant Father →

Year 5 / Book 11: She Said

March 24, 2020March 22, 2020 nicktemple1Leave a comment

11) She Said by Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey If you are a podcast fan, then I heartily recommend The Tip Off which interviews journalists and talks to them about big stories that emerged from tip-offs or small leads. It's fabulous and extremely high quality stuff (the R Kelly episode a while back is extraordinary). One… Continue reading Year 5 / Book 11: She Said →

Year 5 / Book 10: Trick Mirror

March 22, 2020 nicktemple1Leave a comment

10) Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino I have no memory of where I read about this collection of essays, but I know it sat on my book list for a while until it popped up at reduced rate on Kindle. And I'm very glad it did too. Tolentino zips at breakneck pace through… Continue reading Year 5 / Book 10: Trick Mirror →

Year 5 / Book 7: Maid

March 6, 2020 nicktemple1Leave a comment

7) Maid by Stephanie Land The subtitle of this non-fiction memoir is 'Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother's Will to Survive', which gives you a pretty strong indication of what this is about. Stephanie Land is a single mother in America with little or no family network to support her, which means she raises… Continue reading Year 5 / Book 7: Maid →

Year 5 / Book 5: I Am, I Am, I Am

February 19, 2020 nicktemple1Leave a comment

5) I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O'Farrell Maggie O'Farrell is best known as a writer of fiction, and I confess to having read none of it, though I know quite a few people who speak highly of her work. I'm not sure why this non-fiction book, about her 'seventeen brushes with death',… Continue reading Year 5 / Book 5: I Am, I Am, I Am →

Year 5 / Book 3: All My Cats

February 5, 2020February 5, 2020 nicktemple1Leave a comment

3) All My Cats by Bohumil Hrabal When the team were all putting up what they liked and didn't like ahead of Secret Santa in the office, I put 'Likes: books, cats', and so here we are: a book about cats. Although not  quite as fluffy as one might be expecting. The only previous book I'd… Continue reading Year 5 / Book 3: All My Cats →

Year 4 / Book 52: Turn the Ship Around!

January 4, 2020 nicktemple1Leave a comment

52) Turn the Ship Around! by David Marquet So the last book of 2019 (finally caught up on reviews!) is a book by a submarine captain about how he turned round the worst fleet in the US Navy. Of course, it's actually a leadership / business / management book which shares those lessons in such a… Continue reading Year 4 / Book 52: Turn the Ship Around! →

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