Books recently read:
* One Red Paperclip is an extraordinary tale of a Canadian who traded online up in steps from a paperclip to a house at 503 Main Strreet, Kipling, Saskatchewan in Canada. Great ingenuity and a modern-day fairytale of rags to riches - well, not quite, but a captivating story all the same.
* Narrow Dog to Indian River is the sequel to Narrow Dog to Carcassonne, written by an English canal boat owner (with a narrow dog, an essential part of the story, to match) who takes his unusual craft down the canals and rivers of the Eastern seaboard of the United States.
* Julie Walters's That's Another Story is a well-written autobiography of her immensely successful life as an actress, covering a path from her Oscar-winning performance in Educating Rita, via Petula Gordino in the wonderful TV series dinnerladies, Mrs Overall in Victoria Wood's Acorn Antiques and Molly Weasley in the Harry Potter movies, right through to Rosie in Mamma Mia!.. A truly funny woman and an entertaining read.
* Andrew Flintoff's Being Freddie - My Story So Far is not quite so brilliantly written(!), but takes us through the life of this injury-prone Lancastrian cricketer up until the vital part he played in England's amazing 2005 Ashes series win.
