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Title: dayrealing
Subtitle: the trials and tribulations of a stressed-out teacher in a spaced-out world
Author: Mike Church
Narrator: Mike Church
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-01-16
Publisher: Mike Church
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Comedy, Satire
Publisher's Summary:
It is not so much that Colin's adult education class is a riot - although lippy Jack and snide Nicola do their best to make it so, and even that nice, demure, octogenarian Miss Tedley has been known to lend a hand - it is more that Colin's own mind is a riot of conflicting thoughts around the luscious Amanda, life, school politics, literature and the rules of English usage, grammar and syntax. And Colin does have an unfortunate name and a tendency to land himself in more trouble than he is already in or, at times, under, as the world comes crashing down on him.
Will he ever prepare a class, get the better of arch-enemies Simon and Dolores, or seduce Amanda into paying any attention to him whatsoever? And will he ever define 'dayrealing'? Ah, that. Yes, dayrealing is what this Colin does best.
Members Reviews:
Upside down, side splitting fun that goes a mile a minute
Well after finishing Dayrealing, I feel like I've fallen down the rabbit hole, looked through the looking glass, crashed the Mad Hatter's tea party and come out smiling. Wow, what a ride it was. Non stop is the first word that comes to mind. Non-stop entertainment from woe to go, with a touch of Looniversal learning along the way.
I'm glad I just finished a couple of university units specialising in linguistics, so I could grapple with, and giggle at the grammar puns.
Colin Rapper (craphead, list maker, song enthusiast, number cruncher) is one helluva main character to get to know. His constant musings interspersed with his quick quips and snappy insane dialogue, have your head head spinning and body jiggling.
But I think the one thing that made this book for me, was the constant asides to the wonderful profession of teaching. As tongue in cheek as many of the jibes are, there are the moments of truth that I loved. Being in the earlier years of teaching myself, my absolute favourite, was Colin's reminiscing about his Primary School days, when he could read what he liked and write what he liked and was always praised by his teacher for his talents. The Shangri la of his education. If only all our students looked upon their early days thus. We teachers can dream... or dayreal... as I now look at it.
And I wondered as I read, how it would all end up, and I'm still not really sure, but I'm glad all the gang rallied and we got to see some closure to their stories. As for Colin, well it's anybody's guess. I hope myself he found the stairway ( next to the lamppost, lamp-post) to sainthood. Cause at the core he was in his own mind a hopeless, yet saintly figure and found his own way in the end, the Colin daylrealing way of course.
So, if you're after something different and quirky, this book will grab you and won't let go till you finish. It certainly is a completely original narrative to anything I've read before, and completely brilliant in its execution. Give it a whirl and immerse yourself in some dayrealing. I did and I'm glad for the experience. This is one I'll be thinking about for a while and probably coming back to, looking for those clever quotes to sum up some of the simpler and more annoying things in life.
One example to make you smile: "Colin knew that for all his bravado he was quite incapable of harming a fly, the little bastards would never stay still long enough." ...
