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Jimmy Mack, when are you coming back?

Advantages: An OK read, funny in places
Disadvantages: drags on quite a bit, much better chick-lit out there

...got given a huge carrier bag full of books from my dad months ago and have been very slowly making my way through them. The latest one is Stupid Cupid by Arabella Weir. I'd already read her book 'Does my bum look big in this?' several years ago and thou ...

pink_champagne 07.12.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Stupid Cupid - Arabella Weir

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Great read, albeit very different to her newer stuff!

Advantages: Story and writing
Disadvantages: Street language may be challenging for some

Author Dreda Say Mitchell is a broadcaster, journalist and educational advisor. She grew up in the East End of London on a housing estate. She took a degree in African History at the University of London and she later obtained an MA in education stud ...

KathEv 22.02.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Running Hot - Dreda Say Mitchell

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LANARK - a review in four parts

Advantages: It's dark, bleak, depressing, oppressive and sad. Apart from that you should enjoy it.
Disadvantages: It's dark, bleak, depressing, oppressive and sad.

It is probably safe to say that Lanark is not very much like any other Scottish novel. At almost 600 pages, it's by farAlisdair Gray's longest, and probably most ambitious work. Although it's his first novel, I wouldn't suggest it as the first ...

proxam 18.12.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Lanark - Alasdair Gray

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