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My Favourite Wife by Tony Parsons
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Having read and enjoyed “Man and Boy” and “One for my baby”, I was looking forward to reading this latest novel from Tony Parsons. Alas it was a major disappointment. Having just finished it, I am left with a sense of...
Reviewed by ManicMammy via
on 30 Mar 2008.
2 of 2 people found this useful.
The order of the phoenix park
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I noticed that Twenty Major's book got some bad reviews in the newspapers which didn't put me off buying it. As a regular reader of the blog I know what to expect and I wasn't disappointed at all. The same style of writing runs through the book as the...
Reviewed by JKP via
on 18 Mar 2008.
3 of 3 people found this useful.
In the Woods by Tana French
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My mother in law lent me this book a few weeks ago and it was a good read up to a point. My main gripe is its very disappointing ending which then tarred the whole novel as I wondered “why the hell did I bother reading that?” Its set in...
Reviewed by ManicMammy via
on 06 Mar 2008.
1 of 1 people found this useful.
The Artful Eater
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This is an unusual book made up of a collection of 18 discourses on individual ingredients which were originally distributed as a newsletter. It was first published in 1992 and I was given this 2004 edition by my sister. Initial impressions of the...
Reviewed by Conor O'Neill via
on 14 Feb 2008.
0 of 0 people found this useful.
The Artful Eater
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This is an unusual book made up of a collection of 18 discourses on individual ingredients which were originally distributed as a newsletter. It was first published in 1992 and I was given this 2004 edition by my sister. Initial impressions of the...
Reviewed by Conor O'Neill via
on 14 Feb 2008.
0 of 0 people found this useful.
Alice Munro - The View from Castle Rock
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Lovely writing in this collection of short stories based on her ancestors' lives. But unfortunately too worthy for me, and with ne'er a laugh. #book
Reviewed by famron via
on 08 Feb 2008.
2 of 2 people found this useful.
“Spilling the beans” by Clarissa Dickson Wright
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Interesting autobiography but lacking in emotion at times.
Reviewed by ManicMammy via
on 07 Feb 2008.
1 of 1 people found this useful.
The Sculptress by Minette Walters
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Well written, gripping crime novel, that keeps you guessing.
Reviewed by ManicMammy via
on 31 Dec 2007.
2 of 2 people found this useful.




