Not a short book person (Not a Games Person - Julie Myerson)

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Product:	Not a Games Person - Julie Myerson
Date:	09.07.08 (54 review reads)
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Advantages: Quick read

Disadvantages: Didn't really go anywhere - repeats the same things over and over

I hadn't ventured into my local library for a long long time. It was only by chance on a lunch break I thought about having a look to see if there was anything I fancied reading. Well then I thought hold on you only have a small bag and the weather is grim! So I walked round to the autobiography section and found the smallest book which looked interesting.

This is what I found:

Not a games person
Julie Myerson

I thought I hated school Physical Education lessons. It seems my fears were minuscule compared to the author (Julie). One also feels it's a bit over the top and dramatised.

The whole book focus on games lessons at school. I'm not an insensitive person, the complete opposite in fact. I just found the book repetitive making no progress. Very neutral the same feelings at the start as there were at the end. To be honest if the book wasn't so short. I would not have bothered finishing it.

It was nice that Julie was able to meet up with a couple of her old teachers. So she could discuss her days at school. Visiting the the school teachers tied into the book well.

I like Chapters! In this book they do not exist. Julie changes subjects from one Physical Education lesson to sports day or swimming quite frequently. So not one memory persists longer than two pages at a time.

To conclude I found the book an easy read. Only by the fact that it was a small book. 120 pages from memory - sorry book had to be returned before I was fined!

Would I recommend it? Probably not. Unless you had a huge phobia about games lessons and want to find someone like minded.

Next time I will look for something with a bit more substance, perhaps choosing such a short book was my downfall because it didn't really allow the opportunity to progress. Although some short books can be very good and informative.

Also by Julie Myerson

Fiction

Sleepwalking
The Touch
Me and the Fat Man
Laura Blundy
Something Might Happen

Non-Fiction

Home: The Story of Everyone Who Ever Lived
in Our House

Yellow Jersey Press
2005

Summary: Not my type of book but it could be yours!