Howard Batey reviewed Treacle Walker by Alan Garner
Review of Treacle Walker
3 stars
Quite short and presents as a children's book but I'm not entirely sure that kids would understand it. I'm not sure I did.
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About me - short version: A Cwmbranista in political exile in Llandaff. Happy Public Servant. Loves Heidi (Wife), reading, History, Rugby, Elvis, & Tea. Posting here in personal capacity.
About me - longer version: I'm in my mid-50s, originally from Cwmbran but lived in the Swansea/Neath area for 20 years (in that time I also spent 6 months living/working in India) before relocating to Cardiff 6 years ago.
I work for the British Council & am a big believer in education in general & lifelong learning in particular.
Love reading, photography, travel, food & drink, arts/theatre, & listening to BBC Radio 6.
I also have a ridiculous moustache.
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Howard Batey finished reading Treacle Walker by Alan Garner
A short, mystical story.
Howard Batey reviewed Midsummer Night's Dream by SparkNotes
My review of A Midsummer Night's Dream
4 stars
Howard Batey finished reading Midsummer Night's Dream by SparkNotes
Howard Batey finished reading The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (The Forever War, #1)
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (The Forever War, #1)
Howard Batey reviewed The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (The Forever War, #1)
The Forever War
4 stars
Howard Batey started reading The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (The Forever War, #1)
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (The Forever War, #1)
Concretopia A Journey Around The Rebuilding Of Postwar Britain by John Grindrod
4 stars
An enoyable non-fiction read on a subject - the postwar rebuilding of homes in Britain - that does not immediately suggest that it would be so engaging. As I read I was struck by how many of the places of my life - Cwmbran, Hemel Hempstead, Plymouth, Milton Keynes, etc. - featured in the book, but if you are interested in mid-century modern design, brutalism, etc. then there's something here for you even if you don't know these places.
I'd score it 4 out of 5, it misses out on a higher score for the (frankly lazy) mistake of stating Cwmbran's location as being "between Cardiff and Newport", a 30 second look on Google maps would've shown this as nonsense.
Howard Batey finished reading Concretopia A Journey Around The Rebuilding Of Postwar Britain by John Grindrod
An enoyable non-fiction read on a subject - the postwar rebuilding of homes in Britain - that does not immediately suggest that it would be so engaging. As I read I was struck by how many of the places of my life - Cwmbran, Hemel Hempstead, Plymouth, Milton Keynes, etc. - featured in the book, but if you are interested in mid-century modern design, brutalism, etc. then there's something here for you even if you don't know these places.
I'd score it 4 out of 5, it misses out on a higher score for the (frankly lazy) mistake of stating Cwmbran's location as being "between Cardiff and Newport", a 30 second look on Google maps would've shown this as nonsense.
Howard Batey wants to read In Youth Is Pleasure by Denton Welch
In Youth Is Pleasure by Denton Welch
Orvil Pym does not fit in.
A waifish, eccentric, sensitive fifteen-year-old, he hates school and longs to be alone.
Spending …
Howard Batey finished reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of six books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy …
Howard Batey finished reading Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach, Richard David Bach
Because he spends so much time perfecting his flying form instead of concentrating on getting food, a seagull is ostracized …
Howard Batey finished reading Paradise Lost by John, Milton (Penguin Popular Classics)
Paradise Lost by John, Milton (Penguin Popular Classics)
This controversial poem of the seventeenth century centres around the creation myth. Through his rich and powerful verse Milton relates …
