Jimmy's Reads & Games

I saw this book at my local library and was first drawn in by this beautiful cover, Also the reviews  said this book was funny which sounded a nice change from the dark thrillers I had been reading up to this point. An Alien is sent to earth with one mission, To destroy evidence of a Mathematical discovery which will change the course of humanity. The alien is cast into the body of the Mathematician who made this discovery Professor Andrew Martin. After a very funny start involving the aliens ignorance of the human need to wear clothes in public, He is arrested  and his behaviour is put down to a mental breakdown.  Whilst carrying out his mission he has to live with Andrew's wife and his son. Both realise something is up. What we also realise as the book goes on Professor Andrew Martin was a bad father and an even worse husband. An alien species thrust into this dynamic without prior knowledge of what is right and wrong leads to many funny moments as well a...

Recently I decided to get back into the Harry Potter series. I watched the films as they came out growing up, however trying to watch them now i cringe at the child acting, which for me takes away the magic. This lead to me then wanting to read the complete series of books to re-indulge into this world.I was raised in a very strict Christian household so reading the books was a challenge growing up, so only really managed to get as far into the series as book 4. Now well into my adult life I thought it was time to read through the entire series which I was pleased to find out, I could still find enjoyment in. All though the quality of the writing isn't great I was still really impressed and taken in by the amazing imaginative world in which the stories are set. After completing and for the most part enjoying the complete series, I noticed that Harry Potter & The Cursed Child was a play script which continued directly from the ending of Harry Potter & The Deathly ...