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Advantages: fab
Disadvantages: fab

Hi, Ms. Bosworth, I hope you won't be disappointed - I'm not writing a review of your biog. of Mr. Clift, though I do love him -- My name is Virginia Hammer. Somehow google revealed unto me that you're writing a book about said woman, fictionally. This is MOST weird, because I've already been fictionalized: my friend Nickty Siulver, a highly successful NY playwright - big piece on him recently in the NY Times -- went to undergrad NYU with me, and ...
...me in too many ways - in his "Free Will and Wanton Lust" in the early 1990's. I just created the Midlantic Theatre Company -- our website's undergoing big changes the next 2 weeks - in NYC -- we did "Henry VI" - Shakiesp. - to good reviews in May of this year. -- We're taking theatre into prisons and schools, as well as mounting productions. - blah blah. -- I do hope you get this msg., and I can find out what THIS Virginia Hammer's all about. Thanks, ... Read review

Advantages: All her books are believable, romantic and funny, just the thing to cheer you up!
Disadvantages: Books are expensive nowdays.. find them online or at charity shops!!

Jill Mansell is one of my favourite authors. The first book of hers i read was 'Kiss' and i originally picked it up because it centred around a woman called Izzy, whose passion was singing, just like me. I quickly devoured it, then passied it on to my friends, who enjoyed it just as much as me. Unlike some chick-lit (I love that generalisation) authors she has many main characters in her books instead of focusing on just one person. Even with multiple ...
...and you never have to turn back to remember whats going on. Another great thing about this is no matter what your age there is always someone you can relate to, whether you are a teenager, middle aged, or that little bit older. Even though you know there is always going to be a happy ending, she keeps you guessing and never makes it obvious how things are going to pan out. In a interview she once said she tried to write a tear jerker ending but, ... Read review

Advantages: great author with good insight into the criminal underworld
Disadvantages: most recent book-Faces, is a big let down

i own most of the Martina Cole books and each one is better than the last. If you enjoy crime mixed with a little reality, then she is the author for you. She writes with a clear understanding about the drug lords and gangs in london. I guarantee you will find any of her books hard to put down once you start reading. I am already looking out for her next book with great anticipation. Update - I have read, or tried to read a couple of Martina's more ...
...the story. Although all other books have been superb, her most recent work is quite a big let down. She seems to struggle to hold the story together in this book (Faces), and i found myself having to keep back-tracking to remember who the characters were - a big disappointment, but don't let that put you off her earlier novels as i stand by what i say - up until Faces, they were all fab! ... Read review

Advantages: mystery in maine
Disadvantages: expected slighly more on conclusion

...and couldnt but it down. Rosie Thomas's unique perceptions about the human character, whether young or old, male or female, kept me enthralled throughout. I love the mystery that she brings to her novels, and remember reading Potters House with equal enjoyment. However, this book just makes me want to spend my summers in a white clap boarded house on the untamed coast of Maine, and meet the characters that the author creates who seem to 'walk' out ...
...youth! How perceptive of Rosie Thomas to highlight the passions and dreams of first love that is evident in Doone. I loved the William/Sarah twist which was completely unexpected, although I worked out Marty from the first photograph of May playing volleyball. Overall, this was wonderful escapism and I shall miss it. Tomorrow I plan to go to the bookshop and buy another of Rosie Thomas's brilliantly crafted novels. ... Read review

Advantages: Her writing affects readers in ways so few books can
Disadvantages: It all becomes rather addictive

...encountered the first book by Stephenie Meyer quite by accident, I was browsing in Waterstones, looking for something easily digested and fantastical. I'm an adult, a mother in fact, but I don't rule out teen fiction as a potential genre. I read Twilight very quickly, entirely consumed by the power of the story and the depth of characters. I was impressed by her writing style, a fluid experience with vast emotive capacity which was entirely fulfilled. ...
...the already insane boundary but Stephenie Meyer handles it well, making reality of the character and effortlessly sliding the new character into every crucial element of the story arc. New Moon is harshly barren, devoid of the phenomenal depth of emotion for the majority of the book, reflecting events and keeping the reader on tenterhooks. This was shortly before the third book, Eclipse, was released and the UK date was somewhat later then the ... Read review