Stuff and Nonsense

Review: Pear Shaped

Alison Neale — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:06:14 +0000

Pear Shaped by Stella Newman My rating: 4 of 5 stars At first I was pretty sure I wasn’t going to like this – it just felt Iike your average chick lit book – girl meets boy, girl falls in love with boy, boy dumps girl …. and yes, to all intents and purposes that [...]

Review: You Wish…

Alison Neale — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:02:54 +0000

You Wish… by Terry Tyler My rating: 4 of 5 stars Very enjoyable intelligent chick lit style novel about a magic stone and what happens when people wish on it. That sounds a bit trite but the book brings in eating disorders, mental health issues and more and it’s very thought provoking. Picked up free [...]

Review: The Diary of a Nobody

Alison Neale — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:52:23 +0000

The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith My rating: 3 of 5 stars Hmm I think I enjoyed this little tale of the rather foolish Mr Pooter, his patient wife Carrie, son Lupin and their mad assortment of friends and relatives. I certainly found myself chuckling out loud as Pooter showed himself up yet [...]

Why I’m getting a tattoo

Alison Neale — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:34:42 +0000

A couple of years ago I put together a list of 101 things I wanted to do in 1001 days – things like “see the Northern Lights” and “join a book club” and “dye my hair a mad colour”. There was one thing missing from the list though – but it’s something I’ve wanted to [...]

Review: The Doomsday Prophecy

Alison Neale — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:36:06 +0000

The Doomsday Prophecy by Scott Mariani My rating: 3 of 5 stars Another all action thriller from Scott Mariani, this time revolving around the bible and a doomsday prophecy. A bit slow to get going, this one, and I never really warmed to the damsel in distress. Lots of overly gory fight scenes and a [...]

Gumtree Daily Deals – a warning. Scam?

Alison Neale — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:39:06 +0000

UPDATE: Amazing what voicing your issues on social media can achieve. I’ve been trying to contact Gumtree for a fortnight about this problem without any success, yet within four hours of me writing this post and talking about them on Twitter and Facebook they have been in contact and given me a refund. Thanks for [...]

Review: Every Last One

Alison Neale — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:10:03 +0000

Every Last One by Anna Quindlen My rating: 4 of 5 stars I think this was another free Kindle book I picked up, and I started reading it solely because the author’s surname begins with Q and I need a Q for my list. I didn’t know what this was about other than a family [...]

Review: Dear Coca Cola

Alison Neale — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:47:57 +0000

Dear Coca Cola by Terry Ravenscroft My rating: 3 of 5 stars Amusing book of letters written by a man who obviously has way too much time on his hands to various UK food and drink manufacturers. Some genuinely funny moments, normally in the replies where customer service execs either played along with the joke [...]

Review: The Afterlife Club

Alison Neale — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:55:41 +0000

The Afterlife Club by Jude Ryan My rating: 3 of 5 stars During the first few pages of this book I really wasn’t sure I was going to enjoy it – the core idea of someone dying in an accident and then turning up in some celestial bicycle club just didn’t sit well with me. [...]

Review: BLAZE fire walk (thing number 90!)

Alison Neale — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:24:26 +0000

Thing #90 – do a fire walk – was added to my list of 101 things in 1001 days as a bit of a last resort to be honest. I was running short of ideas for the list and someone on the 4Networking forum suggested a fire walk and I thought, “Yeah, why not?!” Didn’t [...]