Review of the Year #3, 2025 – Books of the Year!

It’s finally time for me to share my favourite books of the year with you. It’s always a difficult and enjoyable decision to make! I read 110 books this year (up to Christmas), of which I awarded 10/10 to 22 titles – many more than last year, and indicating some good reading choices; an awful Read More

Making It So by Patrick Stewart – #20BooksofSummer2025 no 15

Stewart’s memoir is my favourite kind of actors’ autobiography, combining lots of Shakespeare, building from one-liner parts to the title character, then film and TV success, with more theatre all the way through. Add to that an interesting working class Yorkshire childhood, and the fact that he’s a humble and lovely bloke, it was perfect. Read More