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Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
Synopsis from Amazon: The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did, before Death laid a bony hand on his shoulder, was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son of an eighth son. Unfortunately for his colleagues in the chauvinistic (not to say misogynistic) world of magic, he failed to check on [...]
Share on FacebookThe Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
Synopsis: Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. Across the moth-holed chest was a golden thunderbolt. [...]
Share on FacebookLook Who It Is! by Alan Carr
From the front cover flap: Hello and welcome to my life. Oh, and what a life! From the grimness of doing data entry for Mr Dog to the dizzy heights of `The Friday Night Project’ and performing for Her Majesty at the Royal Variety Performance. My life’s been like a long flume, up and down [...]
Share on FacebookThe Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
I picked this book to read as a quick, chick-lit book. However, it is too well written to be classed as that. There is a strong story, great characters and a bit of knitting that made this a lovely, exciting read. I thoroughly enjoyed this book: The Friday Night Knitting Club. Jacobs turned out to [...]
Share on FacebookGetting Rid of Matthew by Jane Fallon
I was drawn to this book by the cover: I think it those red shoes in contrast with the blue tie, it definitely draws the eye, and I am glad it did. What to do if Matthew, your secret lover of the past four years, finally decides to leave his wife Sophie and their two [...]
Share on FacebookThe Curious Incident…by Mark Haddon
Amazon synopsis: The title The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (or the curious incident of the dog in the night-time as it appears within the book) is an appropriate one for Mark Haddon’s ingenious novel both because of its reference to that most obsessive and fact-obsessed of detectives, Sherlock Holmes, and because [...]
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