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I Love Llewellyn!

Advantages: Great easy reading fun fiction
Disadvantages: Not for people who don't enjoy chick lit

...subsequently borrowed that book from the library and enjoyed it sufficiently to remember the author and look out for more of her novels. The Love Trainer is actually Llewellyn's debut novel which was first published in 2004. Sometimes reading the early work of an author you've enjoyed reading is a bit risky, as you can find that writing improves with age and experience. In this instance, I actually found The Love Trainer to be even better than The ...
...a go too. The Love Trainer is a story about Katie Wallace who, through a misunderstanding, ends up working as a cleaner for a glamourous publisher, Rebecca. As the story progresses, Katie turns out to be a pretty terrible cleaner (resulting in a few humourous episodes in the story) but does get to know Rebecca and starts to advise her on her disastrous love life. Eventually, Rebecca has the idea of marketing Katie as a 'love trainer' offering bespoke ...

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Review of The Love Trainer - Julia Llewellyn

Didn't shine brightly for me

Advantages: Well written, good idea
Disadvantages: Too mysterious, tries too hard to be something it isn't, too long

The residents of 66 Star Street in Dublin are all being watched… but by what? Maeve and Matt seem happy enough to anybody looking in, but behind the facade is a truth that neither of them wants to be made public. Katie and Conall have a love/hate relationship, but how will the arrival of TVgardener Fionn affect their relationship? Lydia lives with Polish men Andrei and Jan, but can’t stand either of them… not to mention the problems Lydia is having ...
...but is sure she feels the presence of something hanging around the house of 66 Star Street. Just what, or who, is watching these people? And will the secrets that bind them ever come out? Marian Keyes is one of the most successful chick-lit authors of all time, yet strangely I have only read 2 of her books. I loved Watermelon, one of her earliest books, but her last release This Charming Man just didn’t do it for me. So it was with trepidation that ...

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Review of The Brightest Star in the Sky - Marian Keyes

Yes Man - Book or Film

Advantages: Gets you thinking a lot
Disadvantages: Although based on a true story does make you wonder if its all possible

...can even say he played Yes Man very well in the movie and should be very proud, but in my opinion I think the book is a lot better. You get more of an insight of how Yes Man came about. It wasnt for a bet or a dare. No it was for one man who got so miserable with his life that he decided he wanted to change. Let's put it this way, when the movie was first released I went straight to the cinema to watch it. Although I wasnt hugely disappointed, I ...
...watched Yes Man three times since reading the book and now I am writing this review it is really making me want to read the book again. All in all I think the book is an excellent read whatever kind of genre you are into. My Review 8.5/10 ...

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Review of Yes Man - Danny Wallace

Commuting takes on a whole new meaning

Advantages: Very likeable characters, can relate to the commute, romantic and funny
Disadvantages: Sad ending, not as funny as more recent books by Matthews

Rushing to catch the 18.07 home from platform 8, Teri is literally knocked off her feet by Jamie Duncan. He comes to her rescue and is her knight in shining armour taking care of her bleeding knee and buying her some new tights. As well as being her hero and the perfect gentleman, Jamie is also unbelievably sexy and Teri can't help falling for him. The commute to work becomes something to look forward to and getting up so early in the morning becomes, ...
...be perfect and Teri can't believe she's finally met her Mr Right. That is until she finds out that he's also Mr Married. ~ My opinion ~ I found this book on offer in my local book shop, brand new, for only 25p so I couldn't pass it by at such a cheap price. Usually in a situation like this in a book, the reader gets a clear feeling of who should be together and usually one of the people in a love triangle is not so nice. But it isn't the case with ...

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Review of Let's Meet on Platform 8 - Carole Matthews

Can Long Distance Love Work?

Advantages: emotional, great characters and story, very easy to read
Disadvantages: Hours of sleep lost by not being able to put it down!

John Tyree was born in 1977 and grew up with his father in Wilmington. He had an unusual relationship with his father as they never really got on except for when his father talked about his coins. His father lived life by a strict routine and never remarried after his wife left him. John grew up to resent his father as he never had new toys and they never got new furniture of things for their house. They never found anything to talk about when John ...
...house but different lives. After John left school he spend his time going from job to job and living on the beach surfing or in the bars. Things changed for John when he signed up for the Army. He soon realised that he had a goal in life and something to be proud off. He settled into the ways of the army well and soon he had given up drinking and loved going home on leave so he could continue his surfing. It was on leave and the beach that he met ...

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Review of Dear John - Nicholas Sparks