My enormous thanks to the wonderful Milly Johnson for giving me a copy of The Bungle Book. It’s my pleasure to share my review today.

The Bungle Book was published in paperback on 6th November 2025 and is available for purchase here.

The Bungle Book

This is a book that includes some of the most famous and infamous Trumpet entries.

From situations vacant to headlines, lonely hearts to the sadly passed. Heaps upon heaps of the Trumpet’s efforts to rectify wrongs and cocking stuff up even further.

It is a newspaper that rejoices in its inefficiency because it has earned a load of brass for Sir Basil despite being the bane of its editor’s life.

But cash is king and so he’ll have to lump it or b*gger off.

Enjoy the bloops, the errors, the typos, the in-yer-endos, they have been crafted from the best of wasted minds for your amusement – and also for charity.

NB: It’s a book for grown-ups so if any offence is caused: tough.

My Review of The Bungle Book

A compilation of errors from The Daily Trumpet.

What a little cracker of a book! I’ve been reading a few entries of The Bungle Book at bedtime over a series of weeks so that, regardless of the challenges of the day, I end it amused, uplifted and entertained. It’s a real treat of a book.

As Milly Johnson herself says, you won’t want to read it all in one go. It’s akin to eating your favourite food – you wouldn’t want it for every meal. I think it’s perfect to read a page or two when you’re feeling down because it’s impossible not to smile and feel the world is not so bad after all when you read the idiocy of The Daily Trumpet. I would, however, suggest reading The Bungle Book chronologically rather than dipping in because some of the bloopers build on previous entries so that they are all the funnier when you know what’s gone before.

Certainly there is adult humour here with sexual innuendo, but there’s nothing offensive. I think the only problem with The Bungle Book is that anyone with you is going to be sick of being interrupted as you read out another entry that you simply can’t help sharing. 

With typos, malapropisms, misquotes and inaccurate reporting, The Bungle Book is a smasher. It cheered me up. It made me snort with laughter and, in all seriousness, not only does The Bungle Book support a cat charity, it makes a frequently sad, selfish and cruel world a much brighter, funnier and happier place. What could be better than that? 

About Milly Johnson

Milly Johnson was born, raised and still lives in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. She is the author of numerous bestselling novels as well as various ebook novellas and a book of poetry. She was an erstwhile leading copywriter for the greetings card industry. She is also a performance poet, professional joke-writer, columnist and after dinner speaker.

She writes about love, life, friendships and the importance of community spirit. Her books champion women, their strength and resilience and celebrate her beloved Yorkshire. She has, this year, to add to her many accolades for literature and services to the county been given the Yorkshire Woman of the Year award from the Yorkshire Businesswoman organisation.

Her new Amazon First Reads novella Lift Me Up is available now.

You can follow Milly on X @millyjohnson and Facebook, or you can visit her website for more information. You’ll also find Milly on Instagram and on Bluesky.