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Advantages: Easy to Read, gentle storytelling
Disadvantages: Chapter topics chop and change a bit

...Southern Spain where they have a farm and a relaxed pace of life that comes across in the book. Occasionally the books seems a bit jumpy as he addresses different topics in each chapter, rather than writing of events in a chronological order, but this should not detract from Stewart's tales. Non-Alpujarras chapters cover sheep-shearing (and driving over ice) during a Swedish winter, not being in Genesis (whom he joined at 17, and was replaced by ...
...eco-pool and the arrival of a dam in the region. Regardless of the topic Chris tells you exactly as it is without dressing it up for comic effect, as Chris often sees the comedy in everything (apart from, possibly, the dam) and has no need to exaggerate. All the chapters are well-written and I enjoyed all of them in spite of their diversity. I have marked this book four stars as the sometimes random nature of the chapters can be a bit annoying, however ... Read review

Advantages: amazing, inspirational read
Disadvantages: plays on the heart strings

Firstly Id like to say a huge Thank you to Cupcake Brown for giving me back hope and helping me succeed in life. This is about a girl called Cupcake aged 11, Cupcake lives with her Mom in San Diego, while her brother Larry lives with her Dad. She and Larry don't get on at all, they fight continuously, one day Larry hit his mother, so she sends him to live with his father. Cupcake gets up one morning to the sound of her mother's alarm clock blaring, ...
...Californian law states that if a parent dies then the other biological parent gets custody if they want the children, the judge must uphold Mr Burns' request, and Cupcake's Daddy and uncle (Jr) lose custody of the children. Unfortunately, Mr Burns,only wants custody of the children so he can claim their insurance money that their mother has left in trust for them in the event of her death. As he's unable to access it, he leaves the children with ... Read review

Advantages: Objective, warts-and-all story of Abba and their manager as a group and individuals
Disadvantages: Too little about the actual music

...also written track-by-track notes for the insert booklet to 'Abba: The Definitive Collection', a 37-track double CD released October 2001. Bright Lights, Dark Shadows: The Real Story of Abba Carl Magnus Palm Omnibus Press, 2001, 554pp, 32pp of plates 0 7119 8389 5 £19.95 (high street); £15.16 (Amazon) ... Read review

Advantages: essential reading for women diagnosed or concerned about breast cancer
Disadvantages: none at all

...1883-1931 ~~Factfile~~ Courage, Brave Amazon: one woman’s spiritual journey through breast cancer by Christine Rayner Publisher: Lucas Books ISBN 1-903797-17-9 £8.99 Available from www.amazon.co.uk Price £7.19 The cover depicts an Amazon warrior with a spear and a longbow. There are two dogs at her side; one of which looks amazingly like Sky, Christine’s own dog. (For every copy sold, the publisher donates 50p to Breast Cancer ... Read review

Advantages: Well written, you felt you knew them all a little better when finished
Disadvantages: None

...(Cathy Glass) with an extremely damaged young girl that came into her care was truly harrowing. I was in tears after the first few chapters as the story unfolded, the mental damage that had been done to this young child was portrayed perfectly through the excellent writing of this book. Life is really put into perspective when you read about the awful things that this young girl had been subjected to from a young age. Cathy and her family had some ... Read review