Yes, the Christmas edition of Shiny New Books has arrived. I’ll be highlighting my reviews later, but I hope you enjoy the Shiny Advent Quiz and our The Shiny Eds Discuss feature, in which Harriet, Victoria, Simon and I talk about three years of Shiny…
Tag: Quiz
Annabel's Midweek Miscellany
It’s so long since I did a bits and pieces post – it’s only worth doing when you’ve the requisite bits to talk about though… Firstly, advance warning to local quiz fans – The Mostly Bookbrains Literary Quiznight is returning in April, Friday 19th to be precise. No further details at the moment, but all Read More
A book I wish I’d written …
Now don’t get me wrong, as someone who gave up English lessons at O-level, and has only written reports and policy documents, newsletters and blog posts (of course) since, I really don’t think I have a novel in me. More correctly, at the moment I don’t have a novel in me – much as I’d Read More
Mostly Bookbrains III – what a night!
Phew! I can rest from having to compile quiz questions for a while. The third Mostly Bookbrains lit quiz night happened yesterday evening. It was icy cold out, but that didn’t stop the bookish folk of Abingdon and beyond from going out and filling our school hall – Dave, the caretaker, had to get extra Read More
