Sandi Toksvig

It’s probably a sign that a book is five stars when you go buy the audio version three chapters in because you know you’re going to want to read this again. This is the perfect format for Sandi to tell her life story: an unusual framework (the route taken by the Number 12 bus in London, with each chapter being one of the stops) that allows her the opportunity to tell selected bits of her life and a lot of history alongside. This book was published in 2019, so I have heard a few of Sandi’s stories before (e.g., how she was standing with Neil Armstrong’s secretary while the Apollo 11 crew were walking on the moon) because she’s since told them on QI. But I always enjoy hearing Sandi’s stories, no matter how many times she tells them.… (más)