Author Archives: Adam Randall

Doctor Who: The Day She Saved the Doctor

Four female authors write a Doctor Who story each, and each one sees a different female character in the Doctor Who universe stepping up to save the Doctor at some point. Published to mark the occasion of the first female … Continue reading

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Reflecting on 2023

It’s time once again to write up my thoughts on the year – it doesn’t seem long ago at all that I wrote Reflecting on 2022, but there you go. Last year, I started by saying I couldn’t help but … Continue reading

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The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doren Stern

This book’s title isn’t one that’s going to stand out to most people, and the author’s name is also one that’s fallen into relative obscurity. However, if I were to say that this is the story upon which the Christmas … Continue reading

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A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Based on the title, I expected this to be something like A Short History of the World by H. G. Wells, which offers a complete world history in a piece of writing the length of a novel. Though I was … Continue reading

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The Pact by Jodi Picoult

This is a novel about young love, and how obsessive, and even dangerous, it can be. It tells the tale of a young woman (Emily) who died suddenly – seemingly as the result of a suicide pact that she had … Continue reading

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How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino

This is a delightfully cosy novel about a boy named Copper growing up in 1930s Japan (which is when the book was written). The chapters switch between Copper’s life and the situations he gets into with his friends, and letters … Continue reading

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The Perfect Match by Dandy Smith

I have a complicated relationship with this book, which is fitting, because the author seems to love to write about complicated relationships. On the one hand, it was very much one of those books that had me saying “just one … Continue reading

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Becoming by Michelle Obama

This was a book that I’d heard was good, but I wasn’t too sure what to expect from it. I typically enjoy stories about ordinary people, rather than the lives of world leaders, so a part of me was worried … Continue reading

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Restaurant Review: Bath RUH A&E Department

The Bath RUH A&E Department is a restaurant that I’ve eaten at quite a few times recently. I know some people are probably going to say to me “Listen up you rubbish bin, A&E isn’t a restaurant, I ought to … Continue reading

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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

This was the first novel I ever read by Anne, the lesser known of the three Brontë sisters. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I’d really enjoyed the other Brontë novels that I’d read. Now that I’ve finished The … Continue reading

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