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I've pre-read these for you so you don't waste your time. Am through with fiction for a bit so these are mainly non-fiction - especially history and science (both with the "popular" prefix ie. not too hard). PLEASE MAKE SUGGESTIONS IN THE COMMENT BOX!!

WTF by Robert Peston

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- March 05, 2018

Yes this one's a must read. Bit frightening though as he goes through all the ramifications of being on our own compared to in a big trading block. Well written, accessible and head in hands time.

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Seven must-reads for summer 2019

- July 24, 2019

In need of hours of thought provoking entertainment? I reckon I've sorted it for you. Here they are in order of greatness. Three of them are fiction - IKR!!! Fabulous, entertaining, life enhancing, educating in history, emotion and philosophy type fiction though. So, At joint number one (fiction award) The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber . Powerful, shocking, no-holds barred depiction of Victorian England. Ir's what Dickens should have written. An excellent listen. Here's my original post At joint number one (non-fiction award) Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari A great, energetically written philosophical tour of pre human history, human history and some bets on the future. A great great first half, and a good second half. here's my original post At number three (fiction) BY THE SAME AUTHOR AS THE WINNER Under the Skin by Michel Faber I listened to this on audible and gradually worked out what was going on This...

Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid

- July 26, 2018

It's well written enough but I don't think I'd trouble you with this one. It's very short and quite beautifully written. It's about an au pair's first foray into life away from her mother, so like, who cares? Some interesting class / privelege insights, and the narrator is complex and often unlikeable.

Unleashing Demons (the inside story of Brexit) by Craig Oliver

- April 29, 2018

If you like The Thick of It then this could be for you (no deliberate humour though). This is Cameron's press officer's account of the Remain campaign. Amazingly all the mistakes were made by other people, not him at all. Lots of attacks on the BBC for putting false balance above establishing facts, and obviously the rest of the media too. Interesting hearing about crafting messages and keeping people on message. And a demolition of Michael Gove which I enjoyed. Then again I am a teacher.