81 reviews tagged with "book, children, train"

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Double Fault by Lionel Shriver

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So Wimbledon was in progress, I was in my local bookshop and this novel caught my eye. Its the story of Willy, a low ranking tennis professional on the way up when we first encounter her. She's been playing tennis since aged four and is now...

Reviewed by ManicMammy via on 18 Jul 2008.

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Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

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Easy to read, page turner of a novel whose main character is Peter, a bullied teenager, who heads into high school one morning armed and kills ten people. I found many of the characters to be cliched and a bit one dimensional. But despite that the...

Reviewed by ManicMammy via on 03 Jul 2008.

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Enchanted

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Best Romcom I've seen in ages. Fabulous fairytale story sent me to fantasy land. Kids enjoyed it too. McDreamy. *SIGH*

Reviewed by Deborah via on 21 Jun 2008.

1 of 1 people found this useful.

Indiana Jones and the Lost Tomb Lego 7621

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One of the presents that Oscar received for his recent 9th birthday was the Indiana Jones and the Lost Tomb LEGO set. Thanks to Auntie Emer, this was perfect as it combined his love of LEGO and the hype of the moment that is Indiana Jones. I love...

Reviewed by ManicMammy via on 19 Jun 2008.

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AMT Coffee

*****

Replaces old horror in Cork train station. Shop looks great but staff only learning and latte burnt. Will try again tho

Reviewed by Conor O'Neill via on 14 May 2008.

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Legoland Windsor

*****

Where to start? We're just back from the weekend away with Saturday and Sunday spent in Legoland Windsor. Despite the really hot weather, the queues, the amount of people there, we all had a brilliant time and really enjoyed it. After two...

Reviewed by ManicMammy via on 13 May 2008.

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Lego Creator 4896 Roaring Roadsters

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Oscar bought this lego pack for himself last weekend. He recently got back into playing and building with lego and so after much of his imploringwe headed into the Art and Hobby shop in Douglas Court shopping centre last Saturday....

Reviewed by ManicMammy via on 16 Apr 2008.

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Clonakilty Model Railway Village

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I love finding something great almost on your doorstep that you've ignored for years. We finally took a trip to the Model Railway village last weekend and it was a resounding success. Kids, young and old will have some fun here. I've lost...

Reviewed by Conor O'Neill via on 13 Apr 2008.

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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.

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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.

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Andre Goichot Fleurie 2006

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A guilty pleasure. Best to dive straight in and enjoy singing along to the ABBA songs. Cast clearly had a laugh. (Though cd barely watch...

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