The Big Comfy Bookshop

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson was February's book club choice but I only managed to finish it this week, 6 weeks after I started. It...

Over the past decade the interest in Sherlock Holmes has grown, mainly due to the release of several films and TV series. Robert Downey Jr. ...

Caitlin Moran's How To Be A Woman caught my eye a few years ago as the front cover and title stood out. I had no idea who she was yet th...

Meltdown is the thirteenth novel from one of Britain's most well-known writers  Ben Elton . Included in his repertoire is the hugely suc...

This word of mouth Swedish hit was voted to be our chosen book in the book club for January and it definitely split the club in two, with h...

I received this book at Christmas from my best friend/confidant and fellow Barricades Rise member Jonathan Coates (he's a great photo...

November's book club choice was this detective thriller by Harry Potter author J.K.Rowling , using her pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Crim...

Our book club choice in December was Batman:Year One, a graphic novel and retelling of the origins of Batman. For the book club it was a li...

I don't often reread books, even my favourites, but I felt that after watching the first film in The Hobbit Trilogy I needed to refresh ...

When The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton won the Man Booker Prize it obviously garnered a lot of attention and it's unfortunate that it...

Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett is the 19th novel in the Discworld series. I am a massive Discworld and Pratchett fan and have read the Dis...

My first foray into Audiobooks was the children's classic The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Frances Hodgson Burnett Th...

I've seen a great documentary about Jeanette Winterson and I even gave her book Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal? out on World Book N...

I picked this up as I had a gift card for A**zon that had about £3 left. I'm really glad I gave it a go as it was a joy. Harold one ...

This book review comes a while after reading this tome due to a family wedding, a break in and some shop stuff. Anyway, I read this as par...

Fun and happiness! Sorry, wrong book. I seem to have acquired a few Murakami books over the years, yet I've only read one of them. I...

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn was the Big Comfy Book Club 's first book club choice. The Big Comfy Book Club got off to a storming start wi...

I recently read War of the Worlds by H.G.Wells on the Aldiko e-reader on my phone. I love the fact I can get out my phone wherever I am and ...

After the brilliant duo of The Hunger Games and Catching Fire , the final instalment of The Hunger Games, Mockingjay, has let me down s...

Those who read my Hunger Games review will know that I loved it so there was a lot riding on the sequel. It has taken me a surprisingly...