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Advantages: funny, clever, original
Disadvantages: none

...giggling little audience. The Little Mole came to my attention thanks to my dearly beloved, who for some reason thought it might tickle me. And he was right: even just the title and the concept tickled me, so the next time I found myself in a bookshop with a fiver to spare I ventured into the kiddie section (which was like a journey back in time for me - I used to spend so much time in there begging my Mum to buy me all manner of books - shame the ...
...to locate a copy of the oversized book. I had been imagining something Mr.Men sized, but this is a landscape-A4. Curiosity could not be contained, and I whipped it out as soon as I was on the tube and proceeded to read - complete with giggles, snorts at snuffles at the delightful story, which goes something like this: Our little Hero - The Mole - pokes his head out one morning only to have something or someone deposit a sausage on his head. Not ... Read review

Advantages: good characters, interesting plot with lots happening
Disadvantages: men aren't going to want to read it, but they should give it a try

If you’re about my age, you’ll probably remember a band called Sleeper. They had a bit of success in the early 1990s, their biggest hit being ‘Inbetweener’. I personally liked their first album, and not much else, and will freely admit to finding their singer, Louise Wener, an annoying, skinny tart. Fast forward a few years later, and I spot a review of a book called ‘Goodnight, Steve McQueen’ by the erstwhile Ms Wener. Touted as a ‘Nick Hornby’ ...
...by his girlfriend, I was intrigued. Wener obviously had the inside knowledge needed to make a book about a musician believable (in much the same way as Hornby wrote believably about a music fan), and yet her feminine touch would no doubt make it a light, bedtime read on nights when I might have otherwise chosen something by Louise Rennison. **First shock** When I eventually got my filthy mitts on it, I realised this is no light read. It weighs ... Read review

Advantages: very insightful, hilarious
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