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Review: Before & Laughter by Jimmy Carr

Book release date: 30 September 2021 Book blurb: Cheaper than Scientology, quicker than therapy and much less boring than church – this is the hugely funny and insightful book about happiness by top comedian Jimmy Carr, and anyone feeling stuck in a rut should devour it. In his mid-twenties, Jimmy was bored, boring, unfulfilled andContinue reading “Review: Before & Laughter by Jimmy Carr”

Review: Billy Summers by Stephen King

Book release date: 3 August 2021 Book blurb: Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He’s a killer for hire and the best in the business. But he’ll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. And now Billy wants out. But first there is one lastContinue reading “Review: Billy Summers by Stephen King”

Review: Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig

Book release date: 5 July 2018 (audiobook) Book blurb: The world is messing with our minds. Rates of stress and anxiety are rising. A fast, nervous planet is creating fast and nervous lives. We are more connected yet feel more alone. And we are encouraged to worry about everything from world politics to our bodyContinue reading “Review: Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig”

Review: Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford

Publication date: 2 February 2021 Book blurb: November 1944. A German rocket strikes London, and five young lives are atomised in an instant. November 1944. That rocket never lands. A single second in time is altered, and five young lives go on – to experience all the unimaginable changes of the twentieth century. Because maybeContinue reading “Review: Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford”