neverimitate

This review was written for and first published by Bookmunch.

The Martian, by Andy Weir, came to my attention when I watched the film adaptation a number of years ago.

After a summer of heatwaves and drought, today was our first time running in rain for quite some time.

Berlin Babel is an anthology of fourteen short stories translated from eight different languages and edited by Katy Derbyshire.

August is my birthday month and we had a lovely time celebrating this as a family.

I’m a mid distance runner.

Our own people are the worst at bleeding us dry I found The Year of the Runaways, by Sunjeev Sahota, a depressing read as it confirmed so many of the negative stereotypes some in Britain believe apply to immigrants of different cultures to them.

As regular readers will know, Edward does like to be beside the seaside.

Our parkrun tourism continued this week with a visit to Taunton and a chance to run at Longrun Meadow.

The Garden of Evening Mists, by Tan Twan Eng, is a lyrical and sensuous story that encapsulates themes of love, the effects of war, and survival.