The Susie Book Club

Started reading this the other day and love it. Based around stories of US fantasy sports and its amazing some of the things people will do to win.

I just finished 'The Martian' by Andy Weir. It's a really good book about an astronaut left stranded on Mars and his attempts to survive. well written and funny. I'd definitely recommend.

One of the perks of working for WHSmith is I get to take chart books like this home for free in order to give an informed opinion should a customer ask for recommendations.

I have just started reading John Christopher’s The Death of Grass. So far its alright.

Harper Lee has announced a sequel novel to To kill a mockingbird, 55 years after its release.

Another book to add to my 'must get around to' shelf.

I've got the Keane and Ferguson books to read on my iPhone.

Should really get around to that.

I thought it was awful really. Some of its jokes were abysmal. Its sciencey elements and premise may be novel, but none of it will do if Weir characterises as if he'd never interacted with another human being before- or was that intentional? Either way, Weir writes like a high schooler who binge watches, and draws comedic inspiration from, YouTube Let's Plays.

I just read Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins; it's about some dudes trying to make the best perfume ever. It was great at the start, a wild, time-leaping ride, but it descended into in-your-face mystic morality whose lecturing tone took away a good portion of the finishing poignancy. It also occasionally had Weir-tier toilet jokes but some of its imagery was hilarious.

Just about to start the second book in Raymond Feist's Riftwar saga. Devoured the first that I got as a birthday present. Can't believe I've never read anything by this author before, a whole new world to discover