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Excellent First Novel

Advantages: Excellent story and characters, easy to read
Disadvantages: Did not need all of the sex

Margaret is determined to be a star. It is the 1970’s and she leaves home to move to London where she hopes to make her dreams come true. Maggie has a hard time finding work and with her money running out she luckily gets offered a job in a bar. She is ha ...

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Review of Revenge - Sharon Osbourne

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Connections

Advantages: A Good Read and Not too Heavy
Disadvantages: Not an addictive read

Sheila O'Flanagan is a popular Irish writer who has written a lot of popular novels. Her novels are normally one long continuous story. 'Connections' is different as it is a collection of stories, all based around a hotel - 'White Sands' - in the Carrib ...

jules.34 21.08.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Connections - Sheila O'Flanagan

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Women behaving badly!

Advantages: interesting story
Disadvantages: too long

...Sheila O’Flanaghan is a very successful Irish writer who has written numerous novels – most of which I have read and enjoyed. I was therefore looking forward to reading another of her novels – Bad Behaviour – which I have just finished. I did very much en ...

kingfisher111 06.01.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Bad Behaviour - Sheila O'Flanagan

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Bad Behaviour

Advantages: A brilliant read with excellent characters.
Disadvantages: Hard to put down.

Darcy and Nieve are best friends, and had been since they were young. Darcy was very clever, sensitive, and good with people while Nieve was determined and head-strong, determined to get her own way. They complemented each other. They went travelling t ...

jules.34 25.07.2009 · Read full review
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1984

Advantages: Brilliantly written
Disadvantages: May be too heavy for some

---Introduction--- Throughout the aeons come ideas. In the greatest examinations it’s been proven over and over again that material things can be destroyed, people’s crushed under the weight of superior forces but the enduring tenet that out lives all ...

Marandina 11.01.2004 · Read full review
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Review of 1984 - George Orwell

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