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Advantages: great read an absolute must have
Disadvantages: none

I purchased this book in November of 2006 from Asda at the price of £9.96, I loved Michael Barrymore in Big Brother and that is the reason why I opted for this book! (He should have won!!!!) Michael was once one of britans favorite entertainers; he regularly appeared on TV and was loved by the public for being so funny and so unique. We first saw Michael in 1975 when he won the talent show 'New faces' from then on he became a familiar and loved ...
...shows included Barrymore Strike it lucky My kind of people My kind of music And kids say the funniest things Michael Barrymore also won 13 national TV awards including best entertainment show, most popular comedy performer and even a special recognition award ...with a raft of other awards Despite all of his success he got heavily into drink and drugs and in 1997 he split from his wife of 18 years, this was when he admitted to being gay. Then ... Read review

Advantages: Inspiring, Inspring, Inspiring
Disadvantages: You whant to read it again and again

If you don't know who Richard Branson is...don't panic, you will soon discover one of the world's greatest business men ever! This book has a gripping and most inspiring influence once you start to read it. This is not the type of book you read to get a theory in business, this is the type of book that will release the zeal to do business and the need to be great! Reading this book will most certainly inspire you to action. The start of such a massive ...
...no for an answer. It is fun and astonishing to experience the way this man's head works. It is pure genius. The book is written in plain English and the integrity and honesty of the man shows on every page. By now you would have realised that Branson is one of a kind. Get the book! ... Read review

Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: Some parts can be sad

About the book: The book begins with Victoria's years at school and how she had trouble fitting in. Victoria knew what she wanted to do when she was older, to become famous so she begged her mum to let her got to dance classes. She tells us how she was one od the worst dancers at the dance school she went to and always ended up at the back and because of this she suffered grief from the teachers. Victoria gives us an insight to the years of being ...
...Victoria had the determination to make this successfull. She tells us how they could be in a few different countries in a day. Victoria then goes into talking about her life with David Beckham, when and how they met and why they had to be secretive from the Manchester united boss, who David was playing for then and from the spice camp. Victoria was protective over Brooklyn (one of her sons) when people threatened to kidnap him and how this affected ... Read review

Advantages: Beautifully written
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...when I spotted this book, Out of Africa by Karen Blixen. Of course I'd heard of it, and vaguely knew there was a movie, but it was one of those books I'd never got round to reading. I can't remember who defined a classic novel as a book no-one had read but everyone thought they ought to have, but they're pretty much right. So I bought it and read it, and am now wondering how on earth I never got round to it before. It is quite simply one of the ...
...come across. It is always a mystery to me why fiction writing is rated so much higher than non-fiction writing, as the latter is just as difficult to do well, and I challenge any novelist to produce work as clear and poetic, as passionate and flowing as this. So what's it all about? On the most simple level, it is Karen Blixen's account of the years she spent in Africa, Kenya to be precise, running a coffee farm with her husband. But much much more ... Read review

Advantages: Moving, intelligently written
Disadvantages: Not as absorbing as I hoped

It disappoints me to have to give such a sad story just three stars. But I have to be honest and for me, it just wasn't what I was hoping for. I bought this book as a present for my mum as I'd read great reviews about it and having gone through the terrible illness of Alzheimers with my grandma and now my grandad, I was interested to read about someone else's experience of it. I read the book and still can't quite work out how I feel about it, as ...
...is an extremely intelligent man but yet, there's just something missing. In this biography of a sort, John Bayley takes it upon himself to tell the story of his wife, Iris Muroch (1919 - 1999). The novel is split into two parts: "Then" and the substantially smaller "Now". Evidently, "Then" describes how they met and how they grew in their life together before Iris developed Alzheimers and in "Now", John attempts to explain how things are after Iris ... Read review