Author: sroot
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How much do books weigh?
How much do books weight? Why would you want to know? Well, at work (www.rootskitchens.co.uk) we are frequently asked to supply book shelves. Remembering that every book is different, a typical selection of cookery books (at least, the selection I had to hand at the shop) weighed a total of 2.25Kg and occupied 100mm when…
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Almost two years! – Say hello everyone
Did you know it’s been almost two years since I created this site? Well, it has. About a year ago I revealed some of my top secret* page view statistics. Then the monthly page view totals looked like this: Month: Pages Viewed Nov 2005: 1599 Oct 2005: 1180 Sep 2005: 676 Compare and contrast the…
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Sharpe's Enemy (Bernard Cornwell) & Sharpe's Sword (Bernard Cornwell)
More Sharpe! This is a big series (21 Novels not counting 2 extra short stories) and I seem to be working my way through it. The trouble will be when I can’t remember which books I’ve read when I see them in the second hand book shop. I guess I’ll have to keep a list…