Grandfathers House by Jon Athan

 

After a prank lands him in serious trouble, Malcolm Hernandez, a sixteen-year-old boy, is shipped off to live with his grandparents while his mother attempts to save him from expulsion and criminal charges. Malcolm believes the stay will be easy—a vacation with milk and cookies and tales from the past. His hopes, however, are shattered when he bumps heads with his grandfather, Ronald O'Donnell—a stern, violent man with a sinister past.

Ronald plans on disciplining his grandson in order to 'save' him from himself. He is not afraid of abusing him, either. He will physically, emotionally, and mentally break him.

This was a book I picked up after reading Brother by Ania Alhborn, and expected something similar. Well that was not the case. This was absolutely nuts. Poor Malcolm thinks he's going to have an easy time at his Grandparents house as a punishment for being a class clown, well he thought wrong indeed! His Grandfather, Ronald, is awful, like seriously disgusting. The abuse and torture he inflicts on Malcolm, I don’t want to believe anyone would do that to someone, never mind their own flesh and blood. This story was all kinds of horrible, I thought his Grandmother was going to be a shining light for him, well that turns out a bit freaking weird too!

The author writes books like this to shock you, well this one did the trick! I’ll be up for trying another of his! 

T.V. By Peter Kay

 The long-awaited return of the comedy national treasure.

Join Peter Kay on his incredible journey through the great and the good of TV: from tea-making in Granada, to behind the scenes on Phoenix Nights, Max & Paddy and his legendary performance as John Redmond in Car Share.

Charming, sidesplittingly funny and utterly unforgettable, T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen is Peter Kay at his vivid, nostalgic and hilarious best.

I absolutely love Peter Key, so when I knew this was coming out, I just had to pre order it on Audible with one of my credits. Peter Kay has long been a favourite of mine, I’m off to see him in 2025 (long time away I know!),and I knew his newest book would be hilarious. 

It had me laughing out loud in the kitchen with my headphones on. Oh the stories he has to tell about working on tv shows are brilliant. I particularly enjoyed the stores when they were filming Max and Paddy, and Phoenix Nights (2 beloved tv shows of mine), and laughed so hard at some of the ad-libbed stuff he mentioned. 

Another great story was the Ronnie Corbitt one, filming Is This The Way To Amarillo, oh I loved that song, and the video was freaking hilarious.

If you like Peter Kay, or just a laugh in general, listen to it, he is so funny.