I am British?

You Are 75% British

Are you British? Hell, you're more of a Brit than the Queen is! You're truly the dog's bollocks... and you know that's not an insult. So what if you're a slobbering drunk obsessed with football? At least you always remember your manners.

How British Are You?

Underfoot in Show Business

Underfoot in Show Business by Helene Hanff

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
Excellent, I am truly captivated by dear Helene. These memoirs of her writing career were such a pleasure to read. I laughed, and laughed again, how did she do it? Well, this book highlights the genuine struggle she had in her chosen field, but she never seemed down. She saw humour in all situations and had the right response for any situation. Oh, how I wish she had written more books. There are some lovely anecdotes in here, and I will see Oklahoma! in a whole new light now. Thoroughly recommended to all.


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Cryptonomicon

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was my first Neal Stephenson and certainly no disappointment. It was a massive read at over 900 pages but at no time did I stumble and move on to something else, I was very pleased to have it hold my full attention throughout.

Codes, computers, U-Boats, war, treasure and more, quite a boys novel. I loved following both present day characters and their ancestors in the interweaved stories and the ending didn't disappoint; in fact it was a definite, I can't wait to find out what on earth is going on feeling, that ended just right.

This was a very clever intermingling of historical events/people and modern day that must have been an awesome research effort. What was I being told about General Douglas MacArthur? I must read more about him... Oh wow, have just returned from the English Wikipedia having read this: "MacArthur's headquarters during the Philippines campaign of 1941-2 was on the island fortress of Corregidor." Sorry, that was just a little private indicator for me that the research was spot on.




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