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Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman
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 Janssen
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
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
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
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
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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Tree leaves may have a bio-cycle
Among the many books in my library I have a little gem called Go make a Difference - over 500 daily ways to save the planet. Whilst the book relates mainly to mainland UK it is still quite a fine journal crammed with useful links and thins that can be...
Reviewed by peter donegan via on 28 Apr 2008.
1 of 1 people found this useful.
My Favourite Wife by Tony Parsons
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
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
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.
