alansohareJan 12, 20224 min readNovember 2021: Exceptional Books read this month: The Accidental Footballer by Pat Nevin (Monoray, 2021); Mind Games: The Ups and Downs of Life and Football by...
alansohareDec 17, 20214 min readOctober 2021: EgoBooks read this month: Unrequited Infatuations by Stevie Van Zandt (White Rabbit, 2021); Oasis Supersonic - The Complete Authorised and...
alansohareDec 17, 20214 min readSeptember 2021: Southern Accents Books read this month: The Storyteller (Dave Grohl, Simon & Shuster, 2021); Where The Devil Don't Stay: Travelling Through The South with...
alansohareOct 22, 20213 min readAugust 2021: WillingBooks read this month: Godspeed (Nickolas Butler, Faber, 2021), Panenka (Rónán Hession, Bluemoose Books, 2021). "For remember the soul of...
alansohareOct 20, 20214 min readJuly 2021: HyperlocalBooks read this month: A Pair Of Jesus Boots (Sylvia Sherry, Penguin, 1969); A Pair Of Desert Wellies (Sylvia Sherry, Jonathan Cape,...
alansohareAug 24, 20214 min readJune 2021: Addicted Books read this month: The Dark Stuff (Nick Kent, Faber, 1994/2017 updated edition); Apathy For The Devil (Nick Kent, Faber, 2010); Sing...
alansohareAug 20, 20213 min readMay 2021: The Searchers Books read this month: Roots, Radicals & Rockers: How Skiffle Changed The World (Billy Bragg, Faber & Faber, 2017); Highway Blue (Ailsa...
alansohareMay 20, 20216 min readApril 2021: ArchitectureBooks read this month: Music From Big Pink (John Niven, Bloomsbury, 2005/2018); The Night Always Comes (Willy Vlautin, Faber, 2021); The...
alansohareApr 21, 20216 min readMarch 2021: Busy Being BornBooks read this month: On The Road With Bob Dylan (Larry 'Ratso' Sloman, Three Rivers Press, 1978/2002); The Nigger Factory (Gil...
alansohareMar 4, 20215 min readFebruary 2021: Geography Books read this month: Ghost Town: A Liverpool Shadowplay (Jeff Young, Little Toller Books, 2020); should we fall behind (Sharon Duggal,...
alansohareFeb 11, 20214 min readFive Favourite Non-Fiction From News From NowhereIn the 'About' section, I've mentioned my favourite two bookshops are Forum Books in Corbridge and News From Nowhere in Liverpool. So, I...
alansohareFeb 10, 20214 min readFive Favourite Fiction From Forum BooksIn the 'About' section, I've mentioned my favourite two bookshops are Forum Books in Corbridge and News From Nowhere in Liverpool. So, I...
alansohareFeb 9, 20214 min readJanuary 2021: Orwellian Books read this month: George Orwell: A Life (Bernard Crick, Penguin, 1992 edition); Orwell's Victory (Christopher Hitchens, Allen Lane...