Call Time: The funny and hugely original debut novel from Channel 4 F1 presenter Steve Jones

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A book about a small group of people where changes in their behaviour result in changes in their lives. I loved the "how" of the time-altering/changing the past thing with the phone, I thought that was really cool. At the party he decides to give his old family home landline number a ring, and when he does he is shocked at what happens next.To change an appointment online, you'll need to cancel the appointment you already have and book a new one.

From there he gained employment in a printing factory before setting off for distant shores to "find himself".For individuals, groups, families, young people, older people, students, tourists, one off journeys to travel as much as you need. You can use textphone 18001 or the NHS 119 British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter service if you have difficulties communicating or hearing, or if you are a BSL user. An interesting trope that is delivered quite well here, but way better in many other books and indeed films. It is marketed as Sliding Doors meets High Fidelity which I totally get but I also see shades of Christmas Carol but with way more twists! I really like watching Steve on the TV as a presenter especially on F1, so when I heard he was releasing a book, I was ecstatic.

It definitely worked for this book though and the story wouldn't have worked if it had been done differently. His exterior persona especially working at FitzSimmons and Bloomfield Entertainment is ruthless, detached, cutthroat and professional. Passengers who cannot transfer to a seat and need to travel secured in their wheelchair must travel in an approved wheelchairs that has been successfully crash tested with an Unwins 4 point strap securement using a wheelchair-anchored pelvic belt, and has successfully passed the tie down clear path and securement-point accessibility test.

Guide dogs, hearing or assistance dogs accompanying registered disabled persons are carried free of charge at any time. The dark humour in this story kept it alive for me and I was intrigued to see how it would pan out as we learnt more about Bob.

No shows are classed as a passenger who have requested, booked a bus journey and failed to be at the booked location at the agreed time. What we would ask is to just take a name and contact number so if we need to contact the person travelling for any reason, we contact the person travelling rather than the account holder.This almost gave me a bit of a Scrooge vibe, with our horrible main character Bob revisiting the past and realising he’s made a mess of his life. I think it can be difficult to get time travel books right but it all worked in a clever and satisfying way in this story. In fact, it took me a little while to get into the swing of the story, but when the phone appeared, I became more invested in it all. It's such a cool concept with some amazing twists and turns, the main character Bob/Rob/Robert redeemed himself throughout the book that the final few pages had me on the edge of my seat!