a spot of light reading

Advantages: funny, touching
Disadvantages: quite short

...The novel is around 500 pages long, but it is split into short chapters, so it doesn't look too daunting and is an easy read. Having read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time , Mark Haddon's first novel I put his second novel 'A spot of bother' on my christmas list. I received the paperback version of the book from Amazon. The cover price is £7.99. Mark's second novel is very different from The Curious Incident of the dog in the night- time, but neverless draws on Marks clever insighful writting style and is equally as humourous and touching as the first novel. Dealing with a family where each member is trying to cope with various difficulties you quickly get to know and love each character as the story unfolds. The father in the story, George has recently retired and lives with his wife Jean. They have two...

mussonanna 11.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon

Spot The Dog!

Advantages: a great book
Disadvantages: none

...seem at all dated and neither does the story itself. Jack really does love this book as he is able to turn the pages and lift up the flaps all by himself. I have to be careful though because with the flaps being fairly thin and rather flimsy he finds great delight in trying to rip the flap off from the page. The RRP on the back of this board book is £3.99pence but I have seen these books selling for a lot cheaper than this price and you can pick up a real bargain on eBay and Amazon if you keep your eyes peeled. I think even for the RRP I would be very happy with this purchase. The Spot books are true classics and books that I myself hold dear. I hope one day that Jack will see these books in the same light. There are a few other books that are in this Spot Series and they are: Spot's first walk Spot goes to the farm Spot...

newby2 09.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of Where's Spot? - Eric Hill

wheres spot

Advantages: great fun
Disadvantages: none

...Spots mom is looking for spot everywhere but cant find him, he is hiding in the house somewhere, in this book you can join spots mom on her search for spot. This is a lift the flap book made from thin card so it wont spoil easily. One of the flaps i a door, mom thinks spot might be hiding in there but he isnt when you open the door there is a bear helping himself to a jar of honey. Is spot in the piano, no when you lift the flap on the piano there is a hippo inside. There are a few more lift up flaps to go before you will find spot. This book has lovely pictures and large simple writing which is great for teaching a young child to read, another educational point to this book is that it teaches the children objects around the home and animal names although i dont know many homes with a piano or grandfather clock or many who...

danniell 04.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Where's Spot? - Eric Hill

Hit the spot

Advantages: Minty freshness in one squirt
Disadvantages: Watch it doesn't hit the back of your throat!

...Gold spot Sometimes, it just has to be done?a bit of breath freshening especially after a night out! Sometimes I think that a quick blast with the freshener actually does something to stimulate wakefulness- probably the rush of mint. I had never used this one before, so decided to have a go, and see what it was like ~~WHAT IT DOES~~ This is going to instantly revitalise me with just one quick squirt, so I can be ready at all times to get close up and personal with anyone I want; assuming they want to as well, of course. I like the bit of marketing when it tells me that it will leave my senses soaring, because I am quite sure that after a festive "do", one quick blast of mint won't undo the over excesses of the previous night. ~~PRODUCT AND PACKAGING~~ Inside the box is a rather nifty little black spray bottle...

danielalong 18.12.2006 · Read review
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Introducing Spot the Dog

Advantages: Interactive, Well Designed, Appealing to Youngsters
Disadvantages: Slightly Expensive, Flaps can Tear Out

..."Where's Spot?" was the first book by freelance illustrator, graphic designer and art director Eric Hill. Hill created Spot as a bedtime story character for his son Christopher, who was born in 1976. In 1980, the book "Where's Spot?" was published for the first time and marked the start of the "baby interaction" publishing concept. "Where's Spot?" was the very first interactive lift-the-flap book of its kind. When it was first published, "Where's Spot?" was a paperback book but it's since progressed to board book to better suit very young children. The 2000 edition is a lovely chunky deep blue board book which is just right for babies and toddlers aged one to three years to hold easily and turn the pages. Each page features a simple caption revolving around Spot's Mum trying to find Spot. For example, page one asks "Is he...

Lizamabug 31.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Where's Spot? - Eric Hill

Spot The Treasure

Advantages: Flaps and clues to solve
Disadvantages: Flaps can get torn after a lot of use.

...***Background*** Spot books come in lots of different forms and Eric Hill has made this lovable character famous on television as well as in his fantastic books. There are lots of different board books, sound books and flap books available to keep differently aged children happy. ***The Story*** The story starts, ?Spot was playing in the garden with his friends Tom, Helen and Steve. ?My dad has a new game for us to play,? said Spot. Just then, Spot?s dad came into the garden. ?Are you ready to play my new game??? Behind the flap of the garden gate you can see Spot?s dad appear. He tells them that he has made a treasure hunt for them and gives them a list of 6 different clues for them to decipher. Throughout the book the friends hunt behind a variety of different flaps including flowers, sacks and even up in...

belfin 13.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Spot's Treasure Hunt - Eric Hill

Spot on The Farm

Advantages: a great book
Disadvantages: none

...Spot Goes To The Farm - by Eric Hill Everyone must surely be aware of the Spot books Eric Hill first created Spot back in 1980 and the cute dog character has been a firm favourite for pre-school children ever since. I have fond memories of my childhood when these books were pride of place on my bookshelf and today they are pride of place on Jack book shelf. Spot is a cute, chubby and friendly dog that gets up to all sorts of mischief. In this book I am reviewing Spot takes a trip to the farm. This particular book I have is a board book but the same book is available in hardcover with paper pages or indeed soft paper cover with paper pages. The book still costs the same though and that price is £4.99 pence. These books are widely available in every bookstore or they can be found easily online at places such as Amazon...

newby2 29.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Spot Goes to the Farm - Eric Hill

spot on

Advantages: works!
Disadvantages: expensive

...oxy on the spot is definitely spot on when it comes to combatting those zits. I had tries many things in the past but this seems to be the best yet. I may be older and less prone to 'them' now but when I do it zaps the little buggers. It contains an ingredient called benzol peroxide (if I spelt it wrong I know what I mean) which dries them up and really works. It could be due to this ingredient that it is expensive but although it is a small tube don't be alarmed. Unless you smother yourself inch thick in the stuff every night then it will last for a relatively long time-a few months maybe. It may not work for everyone as everyone has a different skin type which will react differently to differently creams. Due to the harsh agent in this cream it could cause irritation, but I found that rather than drying my skin like I would assume...

kslov 06.09.2000 · Read review
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Review of Oxy On The Spot Cream

Bothering About A Spot...

Advantages: Entertaining, interesting, well-observed
Disadvantages: None

...WHY THIS BOOK? I haven?t read much fiction this year. In fact, only five of the twenty-seven books I have read so far in 2007 have been fiction. But I did make an effort to read this one ? A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon. I bought it, because I enjoyed his previous novel ? The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time ? and was interested to see what this one would be like. But I was also attracted by its theme of depression, as I have suffered with that myself, on and off for five years. So I bought the paperback version of the book from Amazon for £3.99. The cover price is £7.99. It?s the sort of book you would probably notice on the shelves. It has a red front cover with a picture of a house, marquee and a man with an umbrella. This fits in well with the content of the story. The novel is around 500 pages long, but...

KarenUK 20.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon

ON THE SPOT TREATMENT FOR SPOTS

Advantages: it works
Disadvantages: very very very expensive for only 20g.

...I, being a long time sufferer of spots, thought that there was no such thing available as a cream that GETS RID of spots. I thought that you could only get the usual 'preventatives' such as Clearasil, and the others. So can you imagine my amazement when I saw 'OXY-ON THE SPOT' in my local Tesco's? Please read on.... ---WHAT IS THE NAME & WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?--- This product is called Oxy On The Spot. It comes in a tube that is about the length of the mouse on your computer (looking for something that you can easily compare the size of it to, thats the best i could do!) The tube is supplied in a silver box, when I say silver, you can almost see your face in this thing. On the box is the words 'OXY' in big pink capital letters, and then in yellow, 'ON THE SPOT' in yellow capitals on a blue background. It is very...

micjb 07.05.2003 · Read review
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