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Advantages: great writing technique, gripping books
Disadvantages: hard to put down books!

I only know her for writing the fabulous teen girly books such as Princess Diaries and The Mediator series. I don't really know anything about her personally...but I plan to do some researching! Of course she is a successful writer as you can see by her book, Princess Diaries, being made into a very successful film. It's more of a 'chick flick' but I'm pretty sure anyone would enjoy it. As for her books-the first one I read, Teen Idol, belonged ...
...taken in by the eye-catching pink girly cover and was glued to the book 'til I finished. I then went on to read several other books by her such as the Mediator books. I don't know what it is that makes her books so great...maybe it's her writing style which shows she really understands her audience and can write in a way they acknowledge or maybe it's the gripping story lines, brilliant characters and suprising twists. I'm not going to ruin any ... Read review

Advantages: fairly short, easy to read
Disadvantages: ending becomes obvious after reading a few of her books

I have read several of Mary Higgins Clark's books and i found them all gripping. The books are easy readers and fairly short, which means that the story progresses rapidly keeping the reader entertained. The downside to Mary Higgins Clark's books is that after reading a few the ending becomes clear soon after starting a new story, but that doesnt stop the pages in the middle been gripping. I have often stayed up late into the night reading her novels ...
...books to anyone, even if you arent a fan of crime novels. I would specifically recomend where are the children, I found it to be slightly different from the other books I have read by Mary Higgins Clark but still interesting, and it kept me up late into the night. ... Read review

Advantages: lots of books available
Disadvantages: none

martina cole. she was born in essex in 1958 and has written and released thirteen novels since 2006, two of her novels have been adapted for television and she has acheived more than 3 million sales worlwide.some of her books can be purchased on audio but i prefer to read them myself as i feel i can lose myself completely. well what can i say she is a truely talented writer i started my relastionship with her by reading two women and i have to say ...
...book to escape to then martina cole is your lady almost all her books are based around a female who is just trying to survive like we all do, many of her books are based on the irish community living in london and as an irish girl myself i can relate to the fact that alot of the characters family values are shockingly true. very real yet very gritty. if you do choose to take on martina cole then i would highly reccomend starting with two women ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to use, home made sauces, no mess, healthy
Disadvantages: None

...We all know and love Jamie Oliver, the award winning Naked Chef, star of Jamie's school dinners and successful restaurants, books and cookery programmes. I am going to review today his Flavour Shaker. If you are not familiar with the Jaime Flavour Shaker it is actually one of his inventions. He modelled it on the process of a traditional pestle and mortar. A pestle and mortar grind ingredients together to make a nice paste or marinade but it a very ...
...strength and makes a lot of mess. The flavour shaker looks quite like a salt and pepper shaker and allows you to put in lots of different ingredients, shake it up with the help of a ceramic ball, and then turns it into a sauce. It has a lid on the top so no mess. My husband and I received one of these for a wedding present last year and have been using it all the time since. I like the fact that I can add my own fresh ingredients and that I am guaranteed ... Read review

Advantages: Hilariously funny and extremely engaging
Disadvantages: You might die of laughter

Jasper Fforde has to be one of the funniest people I've ever met. I met him at a book signing in Hey-on-Wye, where our friends, who run the local bakery, had sponsored him for several years, but hadn't this year due to a communications failure of some kind. Still, despite the fact that they weren't sponsoring him, he'd written them a jingle, which he read out at his presentation. Fforde is as good a stand-up comedian as he is an author, which is ...
...again after it gets the Jasper Fforde treatment. Every book he has written is a pleasure to read and will bring a smile to your face at the most random times, when you see a book sale, for example, or when you see a gingerbread man. If you want to know what I'm talking about, you'll have to read them, won't you? ... Read review