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A Very Faint Echo

Advantages: Very readable, some good storylines
Disadvantages: Very long and complex and need to have read previous books recently.

Way back in the mid-1990s I was staying at a Bed and Breakfast in Inverness and talking to the landlady about local historical sites, this led to a conversation about standing stones. She suggested I read a fictional book related to local stones called C ...

Meggysmum 10.05.2011 · Read full review
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Review of An Echo in the Bone - Diana Gabaldon

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"Alice's Adventures Under Ground", "Wonderland" but different

Advantages: Beautiful book, lovely Pictures, witty and entertaining story
Disadvantages: It's not as polished as "Wonderland", it's a little private and there isn't so much of it

"You probably know the story better as "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and it's sequel "Alice Through the Looking Glass" are two of the most renowned and the most loved works of children's literature. They are also ...

JadeSarah 31.05.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Alice's Adventures Under Ground - Lewis Carroll

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what do you do when someone thinks they know you?

Advantages: its a Meg Cabot book
Disadvantages: not everyone likes Meg Cabot

I bet you've been expecting me to have another review on a book by Meg Cabot, since I reviewed "The Mediator: Mean Spirits", and that was just 2 days ago. So I presume you'll be expecting another one sometime, well I'm sorry to disappoint you but you'll h ...

Jonni_boi 15.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Avalon High - Meg Cabot

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Perfect family read

Advantages: Lovely pictures, great story
Disadvantages: Repetitive

...The book We love Julia Donaldson and purchased a collection of her books from the book people for a very reasonable price. One of those stories was this wonderful book. To be honest when we first read this book we did not think too much of it. In f ...

xmum2fourx 26.01.2013 · Read full review
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Review of A Squash and a Squeeze Big Book - Julia Donaldson

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A Squash & A Squeeze - just like our house!

Advantages: easy to read with rhyming text, beautiful illustrations
Disadvantages: Nothing

...is overrun with books. If it isn’t my books taking the place up it is now my two young sons. I am bad enough at buying them a nice book every so often but their large family also buy them books at birthdays and Christmas. Half past six is story ...

claireylulu 02.01.2012 · Read full review
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Review of A Squash and a Squeeze Big Book - Julia Donaldson

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