I don't know how you don't love Sandi. She writes with such humor, warmth and knowledge. It's wonderful to read her words and be able to hear her voice in your head. I really enjoyed this book, thank you approving me for a copy.

An unusual take on an autobiography, "Between the Stops" takes us on a tour of London on a bus as Sandi Toksvig tells us about her life along with interesting historical and social insights. As you'd expect from Toksvig, it is wry, witty and engaging, creating a delightful, entertaining book.

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC without obligation.

Loved this book If you love Sandi's dry humour, you'll love this. I found it witty, inciteful and everything I'd hoped a book by Sandi would be! I'd recommend this as a gift for anybody!

This is a great memoir from someone who is well known on British TV
This is an absolutely brilliant book with marvellous storytelling
This books talks about sexuality, race , politics and much more

What a great concept for a book. We join Sandi for a virtual bus journey and along the way we learn little titbits about her life and the history of London, each page is full of enough information to keep you riveted throughout. It's also full of interesting little factoids. One of my favourite being about the people that run the top hundred FTSE companies; In that, at the time, more men called John were running these companies than there were women. That's now my little party fact, to impress people.

Using the delightful conceit of being a long-established TV presenter instead of a wandering observer Sandi Toksvig uses the meanderings of a bus and the view from its top deck to trigger some delightful historical and social insights.

In contrast to most other books of the type it attempts to bring out the contribution of women in history and is all the better for it.

Carefully intertwined are the recollections of one of the most recognisable figures on TV and radio.

In all a gentle, delightful wander through the hidden histories of London and the author.

I really enjoyed this book. It was interesting how Sandi associated her journey through London to memories of stories through her life. It was also really interesting to hear the different stories of the development of different parts of London to where they are today, which helped me to understand the social history of the development of London. A really greet and interesting read.

At first, I was sceptical about this book, but once I got into it, it really is a gem. Sandi takes us on bus rides around London and tells tails of what each of the stops means to her, from her early childhood we learn that she was not interested in learning during boarding school, especially in America. her tour of the capital is very interesting and a fascinating insight into her life. Great biography and definitely a page-turner.

Between The Stops is a memoir but only in a very loose way. It's more accurate to describe this as a series of anecdotes joined together by destinations the authors views as she travels around London on the number 12 bus. We get snippets of the history of the places on this route which often neatly segue into an anecdote of her childhood, career, personal and political life. By the end you don't really feel you know much more about the author but have learnt a lot and had a laugh on the way. Very enjoyable and a delight to read.

I really enjoyed Sandi Toksvig's semi autobiographical, semi general knowledge book. Told in a unique format following her regular bus route, the reader is taken on a stream of consciousness prompted by the stop names and her extensive knowledge. We discover parts of her life and experiences all told in a frank and humorous way.

If you enjoy general knowledge, this book is for you.
If you enjoy sarcasm, candidness and an unapologetic tone then this autobiography is for you.

Personally, the meandering was a little tiring at times, as we jumped from historical fact to childhood memory but it would always result in an anecdote that was really very refreshing.

I love Sandi even more!

This was an enjoyable meander through London with Sandi as guide sharing stories from her life. I would have been just as happy to read a biography without the travel and history bits, truth be told, as I'm not that familiar with London so it was all a bit wasted on me. I am, however, very familiar with public transport so it was reassuring to see that bus passengers are the same the world over.

Not quite what I expected from Sandi Toksvig. After watching (and loving!) her on both QI and Great British Bake Off, I had great expectations of being thoroughly entertained by her memoir (set on a London bus of all places) but honestly, though there were some sparks of joy, I felt this fell a little flat. Not bad, not great, just more than a little forgettable for someone's whose celebrity presence is anything but.

This memoir is written in a wonderfully wiggly way! It’s a bus trip on the number 12 bus in South East London, over different days and mostly from the top deck at the front of the bus. She intersperses her personal history around her journeys as well as imparting wonderful, informative and interesting knowledge of local history of London. The bus route runs from Dulwich to the BBC's Broadcasting House in central London and ever stop has some historical information that I found really interesting.
The book is an easy and causal style that you can put down and pick up again with ease….. although I read it straight through as I loved it so much. It has lots of anecdotal conversation pieces that you would expect from Sandi along with wit and comedy that will have you smiling and laughing out loud. I found myself saying to my partner ‘’ listen to this bit’’ a lot.

Sandi has had a varied life from travelling with her family as her Father was a Danish journalist. She lived in America for most of her early childhood and then England when she was sent to boarding school. She talks about her varied career, including Bake Off and QI, as well as the many other different jobs she’s had. She also talks about her grown up personal life, including her romantic relationships and her children.

The history part of the book about London is more ‘off the beaten track’ than mainstream history as it were and makes for fascinating reading. There are lots of women’s history that has been ‘rubbed out’ and she points out that it was rare for woman to be recognised in the sphere of public spaces, and even rarer for black and ethnic minority women. This is something that Sandi, a feminist from an early age and a co-founder of the Women's Equality Party feels is a great slight on the intelligent women from history. She discusses the social and political history of London and also the more contemporary times of now in a none preaching way.

There is a lot of depth in this book and it feels like you get three books for the price of one with the subjects covered. It gives you an excellent look at Sandi’s life and a fascinating insight into London and a tour guide of the history of the twelve stops. I was unsure if I would like a trip around London to places I don’t know and that it might be uninteresting but I was wrong as it was told in an entertaining way. I learnt a lot.

This is one of the best memoirs I have read as it not only talks about the person in question but you get some interesting local history and facts about people you would not normally know about. It is skilfully written and is a book I would highly recommend or buy for friends and family.

This is exactly the sort of book you'd expect from the host of Q.I. combining her autobiography with loads of historical and cultural factettes prompted by her journeys from Dulwich on the number 12 bus. As she is a seasoned novelist, this is all excellent writing but I would have been happy to have the same material split down into 2 seperate books- one a genuine autobiography, and a second historical travelogueabout the route in question. Definitele one to read when stuck in lockdown - funny engaging and passes the time easily.

I thoroughly enjoyed travelling with Sandi on the number 12 bus through London. Her wit and insight into human behaviour ensured my attention to the end. Although I rarely read memoirs and biographies, I thoroughly recommend it.

This is a wonderful book.
It meanders through the reminiscences of Toksvig's life, history and career. It is a reading pleasure with wit, wisdom, some sadness and fear, hope, excitement and a host of other emotions.
I found myself learning new information, some of it is quite possibly useless, but fascinating nonetheless.
Toksvig's style is warm and endearing, and the pages pass by steadily and enjoyably. You never know what the next page will bring.
Rather like a good bus ride.

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As someone who doesn't read a lot of memoir, the format of this really worked for me.
Set around the views and stops on the bus route to work, we get local history interspersed with anecdotes from life and experience and world views.
Humbly told, Sandi Toksvig has had a wide and varied life - chock a block full of grand stories and hugely entertaining tales. We get glimpses of what made her the woman she is and how active she still is in making the world a better place.
Definitely worth a read.

Short snippets of Sandi Toksvig life told whilst travelling on th number 12 bus from her home to work. Thoroughally enjoyed this book and will recommend it to my book club.

Toksvig’s mildly entertaining autobiography is based on the premise of taking a bus journey and musing on her life; ‘Between the stops’. Some witty insights and poignant moments are presented but Toksvig is equally afflicted with an entitled arrogance that enables her to regard the other bus passengers with a kind of lofty contempt, imagining them to be playing Candy Crush on their phones rather than entertaining the possibility that they may be reading ‘War and Peace’. I expected more from an intelligent woman than to stereotype the working classes (Who take the bus through necessity not to pose as flaneurs), as pasty-munching knuckle heads. By the way, that passenger she fat-shamed was me, reading Derrida on my phone, munching a Greggs’ sausage ‘n’ beans slice at the same time. Go liberal elite!

Many thanks to Netgalley and Little Brown for my copy. I absolutely loved this book. Having recently read and thoroughly enjoyed Peas and Queues, I was excited to read this and it didn't disappoint. Sandi's writing is brilliant - moving, interesting and very entertaining. Some parts are hilarious. Such a great book.