ANNUALS

Annuals may go on sale a few months beforehand but they’re really for Christmas. Seeing them in the shops as a child always began the hype for the festive season. Below is an introduction to this section of the blog, the book reviews themselves and an array of special features. Unsurprisingly, these will be rather slow real time read throughs but that just makes them all the more special. The reviews are listed in the order of publication rather than the order in which they’re reviewed, so you can enjoy a journey through the Christmases of the 1980s and 90s.