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Jul 26 2010

Forever by Judy Blume

Published by Katie under Fiction,Library,Young Adult

Synopsis: Katherine and Michael meet at a New Year’s Eve party. They’re attracted to each other, they grow to love each other. And once they’ve decided their love is forever, they make love. It’s the beginning of an intense and exclusive relationship, with a future all planned. Until Katherine’s parents insist that she and Michael [...]

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Jan 25 2010

Beatniks by Toby Litt

Published by Katie under Brighton,Fiction

Synopsis from Waterstones: 1995, and at a party in Bedford, Mary meets Jack and Neal, a pair of hipsters and self-confessed Beats’ stuck (un)squarely in the sixties. After a Beat (not-quite) Happening’ at the local library, the three of them (and Neal’s cat Koko) set off in Mary’s Vauxhall on a road trip to Brighton [...]

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Aug 31 2009

Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller

Published by Katie under Crime,Fiction

Synopsis from Amazon: When the new teacher first arrives, Barbara immediately senses that this woman will be different from the rest of her staff-room colleagues. But Barbara is not the only one to feel that Sheba is special, and before too long Sheba is involved in an illicit affair with a pupil. Barbara finds the [...]

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Jul 31 2009

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

Published by Katie under Fiction,History

Synopsis from Amazon: For 15-year-old Michael Berg, a chance meeting with an older woman leads to far more than he ever imagined. The woman in question is Hanna, and before long they embark on a passionate, clandestine love affair which leaves Michael both euphoric and confused. For Hanna is not all she seems. Years later, [...]

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Jul 31 2009

The Chocolate Run by Dorothy Koomson

Published by Katie under Fiction

Synopsis from Amazon: Amber Salpone thinks in chocolate – talk to her for three minutes and she’ll tell you what kind of chocolate you’d be. In fact, most days, if she was asked to choose between chocolate and relationships, there’d be no contest. At least chocolate has never let her down. Unlike her family. Growing [...]

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Jun 26 2009

The Teahouse on Mulberry Street by Sharon Owens

Published by Katie under Fiction

Synopsis from FantasticFiction: The old tea house on Mulberry Street in Belfast hasn’t changed much over the years. But it’s about to bear witness to some significant transformations Daniel Stanley might make the most glorious deserts in the whole of Ireland, but he won’t support his wife Penny’s desire to have at least one bun [...]

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Jun 13 2009

Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris

Published by Katie under Charlaine Harris,Fantasy,Fiction

Synopsis from Amazon: Cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse isn’t happy. Her co-worker has been murdered and no one seems to care. If that wasn’t enough she’s got blood-poisoning and a raging fever. Luckily, some friendly vampires graciously suck the poison from her veins (like they didn’t enjoy it). But, seeing as they did save her life, [...]

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Jun 13 2009

Savage Tide by Glen Chandler

Published by Katie under Crime,Fiction

Synopsis from Amazon: This is a Steven Madden mystery. For Steve Madden, Brighton is no longer beaches, fish and chips and amusement arcades. It’s also a place of murder. Estranged from his son and grappling with the jealousy that comes from watching your ex-wife getting closer to another man, his world is thrown into turmoil [...]

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Jun 05 2009

Dying Unfinished by Maria Espinosa

Published by Katie under Fiction

Synopsis taken from information given to: www.bookclubforum.co.uk Using her own love-rage relationship with her mom as a catalyst, American Book Award winner Maria Espinosa weaves fact and fiction in her latest highly acclaimed novel Dying Unfinished. A novelist, poet, translator, and teacher, who has been reviewed in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, New York Review of [...]

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Mar 06 2009

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

Published by Katie under Classics,Fiction,Young Adult

Synopsis: The Catcher in Rye is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it’s relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Throughout, Holden dissects the ‘phony’ aspects of society, and the ‘phonies’ themselves: the headmaster whose affability [...]

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