Wood Green bookshop

Following the demise of Wood Green's Waterstones, there is good news!

Simon Key and Tim West are determined to bring a bookshop back to Wood Green. They have a blog, too, go visit it here.

I heard from them that it's National Children's Book Week next week and was asked to name my favourite children's book. That's easy, it's Where The Wild Things Are, probably the first book I remember being read to me and just brilliant. Have bought it for my nieces recently, and kept a copy for myself too.

Made me think, what are my favourite books? That's a tricky one. I don't get anywhere near as much time to read as I would like these days - and I have to admit I've been reading that Mao biography I've mentioned before for months now. I might give a bit of thought to my actual favourite books another time (don't get too excited), but there will definitely be some Steinbeck, a Jane Austen, probably a Haruki Murakami and certainly some Agatha Christie for old time's sake. I read all the Agatha Christie books when I was very little, when I should probably have been out playing football.

Anyway, if you live anywhere near Wood Green make sure you check out the bookshop blog and, most importantly, get ready for the opening. And if you don't live near Wood Green, go and have a look at the blog anyway, it's really interesting.