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Advantages: great read
Disadvantages: last book for a while

...not disappoint. Following on from shopaholic and sister Becky is pregnant and it's not going to be easy ! At times you forget she is going to be a mother as does she seem too ! She seems more interested in buying cots and prams and Gucci socks ! I think we all know people like Becky that you think 'do they actually care about being a mother or are they having a baby just to look cute ?' In the end as with these people in real life you realise Becky ... Read review

Advantages: Brilliant.
Disadvantages: -

...morning because I wanted to know what happened next! If you have read the rest of the Shopaholic series, then you will love this book! It is suitable for all ages but is extremely suitable for teenagers and women in their 20s as it relates so much to real life! ... Read review

Advantages: light but interesting read
Disadvantages: none!

Before you get into this review I have to warn you that 'Still Thinking of You' is a really light, easy read and definitely comes under the category of 'chick lit'! Having said this though, if this is your sort of read (even if only occasionally) then I would definitely recommend it! I had already read a couple of books by Adele Parks - both of which were very enjoyable, and I was definitely not disappointed by this book either. At the start of ...
...known each other long but already know that they are both 'the one' as far as the other is concerned! Rich has been down on one knee and the date for the wedding is set! All set for a happy ending then... There is only one problem which Tash is as yet unaware of - Rich's extremely close knit group of friends who have all known each other since university days. Right from the first meeting Tash is made to feel like the outsider - excluded from their ... Read review

Advantages: funny, realistic, real journey down memory lane
Disadvantages: bit long winded, began to hate the main character

...David Nicholls. His debut novel Starter For 10 is a witty, insightful comedy about university life including that television institution University Challenge. The year is 1985. Do you remember it? I sort of do. Brian Jackson our narrator and “hero” of the book certainly does. This was the year that the working class lad left behind his widowed Woolie's employee of a mum with his best friends from school Tone and Spencer back in f Southend to seek ...
...ideal woman Alice Harbinson.ha Starter for Ten has a similar quality to the wonderful “The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets” in the fact that it is time specific and timeless at the same time. I say this as the period of the 1980s is very specific. Nicholl's evokes the era so well in his description of films, fashion, political issues and music. However as I have already mentioned if you have left home to go to university or college you will really warm ... Read review

Advantages: Great characters, compelling story, well explored relationships, realistic
Disadvantages: None

...author of 7 books, and Some Kind Of Hero is her 4th book. She has won critical acclaim for most of her novels, and her debut novel called Waiting In The Wings won the Romantic Novelists Association's New Writer of the Year award. Ok, now back to this novel. Some Kind of Hero follows the lives of 2 people living in the same town, and living very similar lives. Tess Doyle is a teacher, and is the mother of a 17 year old boy called Dan who is her pride ...
...even their own happiness in some way or form. I very much liked the differences and also similarities between Dan and Emily, the children of Tess and Jack. Both feel that they are the most important thing to their parents, but it is interesting how Dan is wanting to introduce new people into his family, while Emily is doing the exact opposite and trying to push her dad's girlfriend away, even though it results in pushing her father away as well. ... Read review