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Dissolution by C J Sansom

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Set in England at the time of King Henry VIII and his dissolution of the monasteries, this murder mystery starts with the sending of lawyer and reformist Matthew Shardlake to a Benedictine monastery where the previous commissioner had been found...

Reviewed by ManicMammy via on 25 Aug 2008.

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Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman

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Usual murder mystery fiction featuring psychologist Alex Delaware partnered with LAPD detective Milo Sturgis. Grand easy holiday read that raced along but the plot I shall probably have forgotten by vacation's end. #book #fiction

Reviewed by ManicMammy via on 20 Aug 2008.

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'The Summer Book' by Tove Jansson

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Lovely funny #book about the relationship betw a 6 yr old girl and her grandmother. Events take place over a summer spent on a tiny Finnish island.

Reviewed by famron via on 19 Aug 2008.

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The Ghost by Robert Harris

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I really enjoyed this novel, a total page turner that raced along. It's narrated by the ghost writer of the former British prime minister, who's brought in on the project after the sudden death of the first writer. The ex PM Adam Lang and his wife Ruth...

Reviewed by ManicMammy via on 03 Aug 2008.

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God Is Not Great

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I was expecting great things in this book from a thinker I deeply admire. Unfortunately it has nothing new to say and has no chance of convincing anyone on either side of the fence. I'm not a big reader, I rarely read anything approaching philosophy...

Reviewed by Old Baldy via on 25 Jul 2008.

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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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Renaissance Hotel

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This hotel was of a very high standard, ...

Reviewed by Roomex.com Customer via on 16 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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Babel Movie

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If it's a choice between watching this movie or watching paint dry, go with the paint. Another "worthy" mind-numbing waste of time and money. Tourist in Morocco is shot by gun used by two kids which was given to someone they know by Japanese tourist...

Reviewed by Old Baldy via on 04 May 2008.

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Apex European Hotel

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A lovely find in Edinburgh. The hotel ...

Reviewed by Roomex.com Customer via on 29 Apr 2008.

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