The easy times are over, this is the last of the Young Bond books so tougher times lie ahead!

I’ve been reading these at quite a pace as they are relatively easy to speed through, but I’ve a feeling further updates on books finished may be spread a bit further apart.

By Royal Command is probably my favourite of the series.  Although it is the end as far as the series goes at the moment, I really hope Higson gets the go-ahead to continue.  Unlike Harry Potter, each novel is set over a couple of weeks rather than a complete school year so there is ample opportunity to churn out a good few books yet which hopefully they will do.

One of my resolutions this year was to try my best to read more books than I have lately.  The target is to get through 30 this year - just over one every two weeks or so which I reckon is possible.

I’ll be keeping a note here of each one I finish so I can keep track of how I’m getting on, though I won’t be reviewing each book as such (unless it’s a real cracker!).

I wasn’t going to mention anything publically just yet, but apparently the newspapers are onto the story so I feel it’s time to come clean.

I’ve been asked to record the theme for the next James Bond film, Quantum of Solace.

Hmm, maybe not but it seems everyone else has been linked to it!  First I seem to recall rumours of Take That having a pop at writing it, then it was Leona Lewis or Amy Winehouse and now apparently it’s going to be either Duffy or Jack White.

What a combination!

Is the production of the new Bond film, Quantum of Solace, jinxed?

In the last week, there have been reports of three accidents in the lead up to and during filming in Italy.  The first crash involved Bond’s Aston Martin DBS which ended up in Lake Garda after an engineer lost control while delivering the car to a media event.  I bet he felt a right muppet!

On hearing his story though, he is probably just glad to be alive.  After plunging into the water, he had to free himself from the car and head to the surface - a scene which wouldn’t be out of place in the Bond movie itself.