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Red Pony- John Steinbeck

Advantages: Great Description and plot.
Disadvantages: Front cover could be more entreging apart from that its a great book.

...describes everything so fully and life like so you can really relate to whats happening. I would recommend this book to anyone from the age of ten - us long as you can read. It is truelly a great storey, you should really consider reading it if you haven't allready. ...

Jenny.Xx 08.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Red Pony - John Steinbeck

Operation Boring

Advantages: Some slight humour
Disadvantages: Characters and Plot is unrealistic and there isnt too much depth to it

...to expect when I read Operation Sunshine as I couldn’t compare it to any of her other books. Jenny Colgan has written quite a few books and from what I gather mostly all of her books are Chic Lit. Even although i had never read any of her books before I had heard of a few of her more popular ones such as Amanda’s Wedding, West End Girl’s and the most recent Diamond’s are a Girl’s best friend. Operation Sunshine was released in June 2008 prior to ...
...Operation Sunshine is a book about 20 something Evie, who is a pretty average girl from the way she is described in the book. She works as a receptionist for 2 plastic surgeons in a Harley Street Clinic, where there are lots of people of all ages coming and going for major/minor tweaks here and there. Evie feels as if she is pretty bland and fades into the background compared to the goings on of some of the people whom come into the clinic to see ...

just.bcoz 08.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Operation Sunshine - Jenny Colgan

Second book in the Twilight saga - loads of teen angst

Advantages: good follow up - easy to read
Disadvantages: none

New Moon is the second book in the highly successful Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer and soon to be a feature film released in cinemas. This book starts off where Twilight finished with human school girl Bella and the love of her life vampire Edward entwined in a romance. But as with most complicated relationships the path to true love is seldom easy, and this is particulalry true of vampire love and all the complications and life threatening dangers ...
...lifetime or more! I enjoyed New Moon more than Twilight and now look forward to reading the next two books in the saga - Eclipse and Breaking Down. For every teenage girl this is a must and for all of us who wish to remain youthful at least in spirit give it a go. Enjoy. ...

iallan 08.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of New Moon - Stephenie Meyer

A very sad and moving tale

Advantages: Great story
Disadvantages: Very sad

I was intrigued by the jacked description of this book although to be fair it wasn’t the happiest synopsis of a book I have read recently. This is Naseem Rakha’s debut novel and was released back in July 2009. Irene Stanley lives in Illinois with her husband Nate and her two children Shep and Bliss. Irene is very content with her life and likes things just the way they are. Her husband Nate is a police officer and her two children are thriving with ...
...up-sticks and makes the move to Oregon which proves to be unpopular with both the kids and Irene. However, as her role as dutiful wife she decides to make the best of her new home and try to settle the kids the best she can. Her family’s world is shattered shortly after their move when Daniel Robin, a young man who has spent nearly all of his youth in trouble with the police, shoots and kills Shep in their home. Shortly after Shep’s death Daniel ...

KathEv 07.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Crying Tree - Naseem Rakha

Gutted it Wasn't Better

Advantages: Well paced
Disadvantages: Unrealistic ending

There’s always a risk in taking on a new author, even in a genre that suggests you should enjoy the book. The quotes on the backs of books are usually unanimous in their praise and can’t be relied upon to be an accurate judge of the quality between the covers. But when an author is compared to others you already know are great writers, this does raise the expectation level a little. This is not always a good thing. Gus Dury is a former journalist, ...
...at the bottom of a bottle, and the rest at the bottom of a pint glass. He’s running his deceased friend’s pub, but not terribly well and he’s drinking more profit than he’s making. One night, hearing a commotion on a hill and going to investigate, he literally stumbles across a murder victim. Found at the scene with blood on his hands, he immediately becomes a suspect. His motive seems clear, as the victim was also robbed of a large amount of money, ...

Soho_Black 07.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Gutted - Tony Black