You certainly knew who Sandi was by the end of this book! I used to travel to work at a charity near Burgess Park on the Number 12, so parts were quite nostalgic for me. I found this an interesting and enjoyable read, although their was a bit more local History and Politics than I really wanted. However these are obviously very important to Sandi and Are a big part of her story.

I confess to start, that I am an enormous fan of Sandi. I love her dry wit and enjoyable strory telling. This book and her anecdores did not disappoint. I could not put it down!!
Highly recommended

This is a series of information that Sandi finds on her travels on the number twelve bus route that she takes when she's working at the BBC. It's full of wit and knowledge. She tells of her observations that often trigger a memory from her personal life. Sandi is a very clever woman. She has achieved a lot in her life. I learned a lot from reading this very interesting memoir. If your a fan of Sandis' you will love this book of which I recommend.

I would like to thank NetGalley, Little, Brown Book Group UK and the author Sandi Toksvig for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

What a lovely idea to base a book on,a bus ride through London. All the sights and sounds of this busy city.
Sandi ,really brings it all to life with her knowledge of places passed on her journey.So much information, at times it reads like travelbook.

Would certainly recommend .Will give many laughs , also have the tissues ready.

A fascinating travel review of the No 12 bus into Central London. A bus journey will never be the same again as I wonder what happened at various stages. Oh in passing a great insight into Sandi's life with all its stresses and strains and happiness.
I really enjoyed the book and Sandi Toksvig's style of easy writing.

If I could give this book 10 stars I would. I’m love London and to hear it described by Sandi was a wonderful treat. As we join her on the top deck of the number 12, she regales us with tales from her childhood through to her career now. She also describes the places the bus passes en route and fills us in on the historical significance of road names and places. A perfect read!

I've been a huge fan of Sandi Toksvig since her Whose Line Is It Anyway days. She's scarily intelligent, funny, quick witted, and just lovely. This book reflects all those qualities and more. I could imagine sitting next to her as she travelled on the bus and told me these stories.

Just lovely.

Thank you to NetGalley and to the publishers for allowing me to read this lovely book in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to Virago and NetGalley for an early copy of Between the Stops.

This book was an utter delight from start to finish. Sandi has had such an interesting life and career and getting insights in to the more personal elements was a real treat.

A lot of great facts about London (and the world) were woven so beautifully in to this book and some of them will stay with me forever (the first year bananas were sold in Britain for example!).

I would highly recommend this to anyone who needs a good read!

4/5

I picked this book because I have enjoyed Sandi’s work on QI, Bake Off etc, and I thought it would make a change from all the other books I’ve been reading. It absolutely did, but not quite in the light hearted way I had anticipated.

In this book, we are taken on a journey with Sandi on the number 12 bus in London. As we go, Sandi tells us anecdotes associated with things she sees - both the history of London and her life. The result is alternately hilarious and sobering. Sandi’s humour and liking for facts shine through, and her observations on how much (or mostly how little) progress we have made towards equality are to the point. I feel like a have been both educated and entertained! There was slightly too much history for my taste (not a fan apart from medical history).

I’d recommend this to fans of Sandi’s, of London and of random facts. Just don’t expect it to be 100% humorous (because real life isn’t).

I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is not the normal run of the mill autobiography. Firstly there is no ghost writer involved and the author, the wonderful Sandi Toksvig is a multi-talented and fascinating polymath.

The premise is clever and original, using her regular bus journey from home to work as the starting point for a series of stories, strange facts and the background for her incredible life story.

I truly admire her for her talent and living her life in the way she has and she is a marvellous example to us all.

The book is lucid, fun and engaging and a great read.

Highly recommended.

One of the most adorable books I’ve ever read! Initially I wondered if I was going to get on with the structure of the book - it isn’t a traditional chronological autobiography. However, I very quickly discovered that the joy of the book is to give yourself up to the literal and metaphorical journey that the author takes you on. I wonder whether she’s made a mistake in writing this book though. She is now extremely likely to find that masses of people suddenly want to be her friend; I know I do! I rarely give five stars, I have to be blown away by a book to do so - I wish I could give this one six.

I love the wit of Sandi Toksvig and this book is full of it. I felt as if I have learned about Sandi as well as the history of London along the number 12 bus route. The book is full of details about so many things along the route as well as the passengers on the bus. It feels as if you are sat alongside Sandi on her journey and she is chatting to you as you travel along. There are many laugh out loud moments as well as some more serious moments and this book shows how far the attitudes of society have come, as well as how much more needs to be done. I highly recommend this book, it would make a brilliant gift for those interested in a slightly differently written memoir.

Many thanks to both the publishers and NetGalley for an advance copy of the book in return for an unbiased review.

What a clever idea. A series of musings and information sparked by places along Sandi's number 12 bus route to work at the BBC. What a mine of information Sandi has also g the way. Written as if she's sitting chatting with you on the bus, sometimes the narrative is punctuated with thoughts of her life so far or her beliefs.
A worthwhile read

Ooooh, this is a different sort of book for me and I would find it hard to say "if you liked *that* book then Between The Stops is for you because it is quite unique.

I travel to London in a regular basis but I must admit, I know very little of the history of the place other than what was drummed into us at school all those years ago so I found the book fascinating. I love how Sandi's own history was shoehorned in with London's and I bet the audiobook version of this would be absolutely brilliant.

I found myself losing track a little bit at times as the book isn't chronological which took me a little time to get used to, but instead is ordered after the stops the number 12 bus takes, which I came to see as an extra personal look into Sandi's life. No topic is off limits in this book and I'm glad that I gave it a chance.

A phenomenal woman, really. 4/5.

I really enjoyed this book.It's a memoir,with a bit of history thrown in and all sorts of interesting and amusing stories as you'd expect from Sandi Toksvig.It's not all fun and laughter though-she is disarmingly honest about her past and her family,about the trauma of coming out and about her views on feminism and politics.
She writes about her journeys through London on the number 12 bus,and that's where the history comes in as she talks about the places she passes on her way.She has had a really interesting life,from her childhood travelling with her parents to her time as a writer and presenter,encountering all sorts of people which she writes about in an amusing and sometimes thought-provoking way.
I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a memoir with a difference.

A great read! Hard to shoehorn this book into a particular category. It's sad, and thought provoking in places but also has some light hearted moments.

Good to have a memoir that's a bit different

I loved the bus observations. Also the tv titbits. But it made a great read about London, it's history and a great travel memoir.

If I worked in a bookshop, I'd struggle to find the right bookshelf home for this book.

I really hope we get Between the Stops Part 2!

Thank you to NetGalley, the author and the publishers for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I am incredibly selective about the memoirs I decide to read as many are not of interest to me, but Toksvig is a woman I have long admired for her unapologetic way she lives her life. This is a series of often moving, sometimes humorous reminiscences uniquely driven by the route she often takes on the number 12 bus to the Beeb. Sandi has written an engaging read with plenty of anecdotes and memories from the fascinating life she has lived thus far. It's like a warm, comfy and much-needed hug as the colder weather returns and her wit and kind-heartedness shines through on every single page. The topics she discusses are rich and varied and many are thought-provoking to the point that I was thinking about them long after finishing.

I loved the musings on modern issues, history and her own life and she reveals her opinion on some of the injustices of our time: homophobia and wider LGBTQ+ issues, mental health and the stigma faced by those suffering, racism and feminism, to name but a few. As a huge proponent of equality like myself, Sandi has penned a biography that features diverse subjects and creates a superb contrast of light and shade by addressing important and timely modern societal problems as well as lighthearted, entertaining ones. I must say that her intellect and compassionate nature is clear for all to see, and I feel lucky to have read such a delightful book. I admire Toksvig more so now than ever, and I simply cannot recommend this enough. Many thanks to Virago for an ARC.

I initally enjoyed the style of this memoir in which Toksvig uses the sights and sounds of the number 12 bus route to associate memories of her own life and to share stories and anecdotes about the locations she travels through. I liked the non-linearity of the narrative - she says that memories do.not arise to us in chronological order but rather randomly, - and of course that memory distorts our personal narratives.. Nevertheless it also means thst there is no sense of progression to the book - we just continually go around in circles with stories about the bus journey/ Sandi's life/ London history. After a while the formula begins to pale because the component parts are not equally interesting, and i longed for a little more personal history and a lot less London trivia.

A Series of Reminiscences.
Sandi Toksvig is a skilful raconteur. Her witty reminiscences meander gently along like the No. 12 bus in London traffic. I could practically hear her voice musing about this and that. With a ton of historical tidbits about the Dulwich area, this is a gentle and comfortable book to curl up on the sofa with a hot chocolate, or glass of wine on a lazy Sunday afternoon. There were so many anecdotes I loved that it is difficult to pick any favourites but I really loved the story of the audition with Noel Fielding for GBBO. Give this book a try, you won’t be disappointed.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thank you Sandi for writing about two of my favourite things, bus journeys and London. What a warm hearted thoughtful person she is, always ready to give a kind word or right a wrong.
The facts about London and its lack of recognition of women Is phenomenal, she uncovers little snippets and grave injustices. My nephew lives in Camberwell actually in one on the new apartments overlooking the green that Sandi mentions, it has certainly given me more places to see on my next visit