Back in September I wrote a blog post talking about Through the Eyes of Formula 1, a new book that was to be published featuring photos taken by members of the F1 community. The book is out now and I am lucky enough to have a copy. Before we get to the content it’s worth [...]
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Through The Eyes of Formula 1 – The Greatest F1 Book You Don’t Own, Yet
December 15th, 2012
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Saving Money With Waterstones Reserve & Collect Service
October 16th, 2012
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I love browsing the books in a proper bricks and mortar book shop, but I don’t like paying the full RRP that shops like Waterstones charge. This didn’t used be the case, but since the days of Amazon paying full RRP is somewhat of a mug’s game. However, as cheap as Amazon are, you don’t [...]
Darth Vader made me buy an actual physical book
December 10th, 2011
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Ever since I got a Kindle for my birthday back in July all my book purchases have been electronic, which for someone as attached to actual books like myself was a surprising and swift transition. Fast forward to Friday 25th November and I’m in Hitchin to pick up my wife from work ready, to set [...]
I finally read The Catcher in the Rye
July 30th, 2011
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Having owned the book for many years and wanting to read it for even more, I finally finished reading The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. It’s not a long book but I’ve been reading it when I go to bed and that normally involved re-reading the same sentence 5 times before waking up [...]
Star Wars Swag #1
March 24th, 2011
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After getting all my Star Wars collection down from the loft on Saturday the bug has well and truly bitten me again and money has been spend, though not extortionate amounts, yet. My first acquisition came on Sunday and quite by accident. I came across this Darth Maul bobblehead when I was looking around Model [...]
A Sad Farewell to Friday Night Lights
February 14th, 2011
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Back around 1991 I saw a book in a bookshop (good place to fine one) called Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream, which looked to be about (American) Football and boasted being written by the Purlitzer Prize winning H G Bissinger. That was enough to entice me and so I bought [...]
