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• Superfrog! by Michael Foreman
  |summary=A light-hearted superhero romp, with a frog as the star. There are a few nice touches, and this is good, solid picture book fare. W ...ter and watching the world pass by. However, come nighttime, things take a turn for the worse: the Big Boss oversees a crime wave. When the Big Boss' creep
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• I Want a Boyfriend! by Tony Ross
  ...wants a boyfriend, he is not your typical prince charming. Maybe, he will turn out to be her soul mate but, as this amusing story demonstrates, the course ...suitable boyfriend under bushes and in waste paper baskets. Of course, the star of the book is the Little Princess who is as determined and strong willed a
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• Possessed: The Life of Joan Crawford by Donald Spoto
  |summary=A biography of the film star, who according to the author was a contradictory human being but certainly ...ie Dearest' by her adopted daughter Christina, the enduring image of movie star Joan Crawford is one of an alcoholic, sadistic monster. Spoto clearly beli
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• Emma Hearts LA by Keris Stainton
  ...interested, great weather, and locations from movies and TV shows at every turn, maybe LA is actually a pretty good place to live...
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• The Submission by Amy Waldman
  Things then take an unexpected (and unwelcome for some) turn. The soon-to-be winning submission is by an architect by the name of - Moh ...potted history on Claire. Why? Because she's become the star member, the star 9/11 widow (dreadful phrase I know but that's how she's perceived by many)
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• English Gothic: Classic Horror Cinema 1897-2015 by Jonathan Rigby
  ...y, is it long and detailed – is immediately marked out as a sterling, five-star read, and yet the humble reviewer (like perhaps a victim of one of these go ...contemporary review, and the nearest thing to a nitpick is knowing when to turn to those while in the full swing of things. A symbol would have helped.
  5 KB (782 words) - 11:29, 27 February 2018
• Marooned in the Arctic by Peggy Caravantes
  ...should discover them for yourselves, and this book is the perfect place to turn. ...just in the small chapters each man has devoted to him) it does eventually turn into a book about just that, a remarkable female story.
  4 KB (741 words) - 19:07, 24 February 2018
• Old Macdonald had a farm by Pam Adams
  ...re of the farm with a hole right through to the back which shows the dog. Turn the page over and the hole which revealed the dog now reveals what he said, ...reativeASIN=0859539415&adid=1HDH6V6ME3X29JYNZ7EK& Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star], [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0859531414?tag=thebookbag-21&camp=1406&creati
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• A Song of Isolation by Michael J Malone
  |summary=Too many, too early clues turn what could have been a very dark thriller into something sadly less. May be Film star Amelie Hart throws up a career that is only beginning to hit the heights to
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• The Trains Now Departed: Sixteen Excursions into the Lost Delights of Britain's Railways by Michael Williams
  ...rtures and other factors that are dead or dying, however some of those can turn into lists too easily. I didn't find it a completely easy read, in fact, f ...e and transport just as any kind of train can today. I've given a healthy star rating for the book due to what it made me feel critically, but there will
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• Bedtime Without Arthur by Jessica Meserve
  ...r goes missing, and Bella has to face the monsters on her own. Will Arthur turn up? Will Bella ever get a good night's sleep again? Arthur is the star of the show. From the moment you see him doing karate against a shadowy dra
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• Still Life (DCI Karen Pirie) by Val McDermid
  ...It was, of course, the solution but if you don't spot it, this is a five-star book. ...at the writing is superb. There isn't a wasted word and the pages seem to turn themselves. I'm sure that if McDermid wrote a shopping list, it would be a
  5 KB (872 words) - 10:22, 29 March 2024
• Mr Wuffles by David Wiesner
  ...to alien beings. It’s their space ship, and they’ve clearly taken a wrong turn somewhere along the way to end up here, but they have ended up here and wit ...a family that contains a female astrophysicist and weans its children on ''Star Trek'' and ''Blake’s 7''. I think it would be especially good for junior
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• Under Your Skin by Sabine Durrant
  ...out the boyfriend? The housemates? A mystery lover?), it’s down to Gaby to turn amateur sleuth with the help of a friendly fellow journalist to try to clea ...’s writing, both for adults and for teens, for many years. She has a great turn of phrase – I still remember ''creamy with catches, like chocolate chip i
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• Tyranny by Lesley Fairfield
  ...re great in themselves, but they also keep the text to a minimum, which in turn allows Anna to be an everywoman. Readers won't find her threatening either ...htness of touch as it picks its way through difficult issues, and [[Second Star to the Right by Deborah Hautzig]], which is moving and intensely personal.
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• Doctor Who: Time Lord Fairy Tales by Justin Richards and David Wardle
  ...y the thoughts that while the book is inventive enough he doesn't actually star as the main role in many of these tales, as well as meeting a Beast with a ...reating such a book – nothing feels tacked together lightly. The Slitheen turn up as some of the forty thieves, there is one troll to three others, and we
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• The Summer of Kim Novak by Hakan Nesser
  ...pense in your mouth and as you get closer to the end you'll not be able to turn the pages quickly enough: Nesser is a master at playing with your emotions. Should you have been lucky enough not to read the blurb then this is a five star book, a delight. If, on the other hand, you ''did'' read the back of the b
  3 KB (550 words) - 13:00, 11 March 2018
• Lord of the Rams: The Greatest Story Never Told by Ronan Smith
  ...een a lad (of either sex), known one or feared that they might be about to turn into one this book will be hilarious. Punches are not pulled (even when it ...has tried to drink the world dry you might like to read [[Grumpy Old Rock Star by Rick Wakeman]].
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• Quillan Games (Pendragon) by D J MacHale
  ...Does acolyte equate to apostle? How messianic are the characters going to turn out to be? Do the ten planets and ten adventures here point us to the Deca ...umes. I guess it comes down to another four star adventure, but in a five star series. It is getting so delightfully convoluted. Anything and everything
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• Dreaming the Bear by Mimi Thebo
  ...my concerns were eradicated and tears welled in my eyes at the unexpected turn of events. I'd also like to thank the author for the light hearted laugh-ou ...erful storyline. For the right type of reader this will undoubtedly be a 5 star book and I fully expect it to be nominated for, and win, a large number of
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