Category: Bookishness

Dent’s Modern Tribes: The Secret Languages of Britain Written by Susie Dent Narrated by Susie Dent Published by John Murray 2016 Rating: 5 stars This was a book I just wasn’t sure about when I picked it up.  I purchased it when I was on my last Audible buying spree because I’m familiar with the author’s television work (and dry sense of humour) and because the premise sounded right up my alley.  One of my undergraduate degrees is in linguistic anthropology, so a book that combines both a study of words and the people who use them reminded me of…

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Stephen Fry’s Victorian Secrets – An Audible Original Written by John Woolf and Nick Baker Narrated by Stephen Fry Published by Audible Studios 2018 Rating: 4 stars I guess before we go any further I should explain my (perhaps) curious book-rating system. I am a user of GoodReads. I think it’s a fantastic site that not only allows me to keep track of the books I have read and want to read, but also allows me to spy on what my friends are reading. I’ve been using the site for several years now and have amassed quite a large GoodReads…

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Between the Stops: The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus Written by Sandi Toksvig Narrated by Sandi Toksvig Published by Virago 2019 Rating: 5 stars It’s an intriguing title and actually does fairly well sum up the whole point of this book. Part memoir, part essay collection, part collection of random facts–all told from the framework of the stops found along the London number 12 bus route. I picked this book up after about a month of non-bookishness. Whilst my commute to work isn’t long I usually spend my time in the car listening…

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