Long bus rides in traffic and lots of waiting for late buses means another review, shortly after the other one.

The book is “Or is That Just Me?” by Richard Hammond. Yes Richard Hammond of Top Gear fame. I had previously read one of his books being “On the Edge” which follows his life threatening car crash a number of years ago and his road to recovery. That was a pretty sombre book looking at his life and the crash and how it affected all of those around him. This is definately a more light hearted book. Filled with lots more humour and random thoughts at times. The randomness of this book is actually kind of good.

“Or is That Just Me?” is all about Richard’s road to his 40th Birthday. All the big events (which for some reason or other tended to involve a hospital stay) leading up to his dreaded turn to be the big Four Zero. I am a long way off this mark myself but it did kind of make me think a few times “why am I actually scared of that age?” The book seemingly jumps from one tangent to the next and you can get lost easily. It is as though he is writing his own thoughts down and if something pops into his head, he just keeps writing it down. Kind of makes for interesting reading actually, as though he is actually talking to you. I would love to hear this book as an audio book with Hammond actually narrating it. Would probably be hilarious.

Some very good tales and a great light hearted read. Something I need right now after coming up to a rough time of the year!