I’ve been following the hilarious Twitter – I mean X – feed of Becky Holmes for ages, laughing out loud as she shares her Twitter/X chats with the low life men who send her pictures of their genitals – Greg, that’s you, by the way. Ms Holmes gets messages from”Prince …
This story of an elderly Chinese lady’s amateur sleuthing is an easy fun read, with some surprisingly moving moments. Vera Wong is lonely, largely ignored by her yuppie son, and her tea shop in San Francisco’s Chinatown is dusty and seldom visited. It’s also cunningly named after Vera Wang, but …
Watch out, Inspector Singh. Your redoubtable wife, Mrs. Singh, might just be muscling in on your territory, and in the process proving to be quite the scene-stealer. I have read all the Inspector Singh books, loved them all, and reviewed most of them here in this blog. Indeed in a …
Yet another laugh out loud book in the brilliant series, “Ladybird Books for Grown-Ups”. This book, about the dreaded red tape that we all have to deal with, struck a particular chord, especially on a day when I’d had to call my bank a record 7 times, being passed from …
This is another cracker in the Ladybird Books for Grown Ups series, which taps into our nostalgia for these books that were so much a part of our childhood. The look, the feel, the font, the illustrations – all are perfect clones of the wholesome books of yore. Except that …
For Christmas, I was given 2 of the brilliant Ladybird books for grown ups – here’s one of the reviews – and so it was with great pleasure that I accepted a friend’s thoughtful gift for my husband, when I was in London recently. Though, actually, having read this handy …
