enaj Mcbob – Cannonball Read 17

Two novels, two different tv series

The Wench Is Dead by Colin Dexter

Dead Simple by Peter James

May 22, 2021 by enaj Mcbob Leave a Comment

I’ve decided to combine these two into one review as I came to both books via the TV. Colin Dexter’s Inspector Morse has long been a staple of mine on Sunday nights and afternoons as has the spin off, Lewis. I was less familiar with Peter James Superintendent Grace novels, but they too are now a tv series with John Simm, perhaps more familiar to people from Life on Mars. I remembered the episode of Morse called The Wench is Dead but couldn’t remember the […]

Covered in cheese and baked in the oven

Cat's Cookbook by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

May 3, 2021 by enaj Mcbob Leave a Comment

Another stunning entry into the Acorn Wood Library with Cat’s Cookbook. This was pre-ordered based on the fun we had with Rabbits Nap, and I have to say we were not disappointed. It would appear to be a family trait that we a) struggle to read the cover and acknowledge the “Lift the flap” notice, and then b) swear in front of a small child when we get to said flaps. In my dads defence, these things are incredibly stiff in new books and I’m […]

Hell for Haller

The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly

May 2, 2021 by enaj Mcbob Leave a Comment

For some reason this has been sat on my bedside table since Christmas. Normally when I get the new Michael Connelly, I devour it immediately but for some reason this one was put to one side and I read other things first. That all changed yesterday when I picked up the book and read it in one sitting. Connelly is probably best known for his Harry Bosch novels, and it scares me to realise how long I have been reading them. He is the only […]

Horribly accurate book about British people

Very British Problems by Rob Temple

May 1, 2021 by enaj Mcbob Leave a Comment

As a non-social media user, yes there are still some of us out there, I wasn’t familiar with the Very British Problems twitter feed @SoVeryBritish and instead thought it was just a column in The Daily Telegraph. If you’re now forming an opinion of me based on this evidence, you’re probably not wrong. The book appears to have been marketed for the British population when I believe, having now read it, that it should in fact be viewed as an invaluable guide for anyone wishing […]

Trapped in a cell

The Cell by Colin Forbes

May 1, 2021 by enaj Mcbob Leave a Comment

While enjoying our recent release from latest phase of lockdown, it feels so nice to eat food someone else has cooked, even if the weather can veer from burning hot to pouring with rain during the same meal, I wandered into to our small independent bookshop and found a book by an author I read voraciously as a teenager. The Cell by Colin Forbes was published in 2002, and it shows in its approach to the then contemporary environment of post September the 11th. I […]

Archer hits the bullseye

Turn A Blind Eye by Jeffrey Archer

April 26, 2021 by enaj Mcbob Leave a Comment

Lockdown appears to have been good for Jeffrey Archer as he has published two books in his William Warwick series in six months with another due out later this year. That’s perhaps for the best as each book ends with the current thread tied up, but another dangling tantalizingly out of reach. The book starts with William prepared to resign, but since the cover refers to Detective Inspector William Warwick, I don’t believe I’m spoiling anything by saying he doesn’t. Instead, we follow the well-trodden […]

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