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• The People Inside by Ray Fawkes
  ...ou can say a lot more about what is on these pages, and you still have all you need to know in those two words. This book takes the profound – which, o ...together. Another couple don't have babies – they're both male – but they do have a bakery. Other couples have break-ups, other couples have tragedies,
  5 KB (830 words) - 18:57, 21 February 2018
• To Rise Again At A Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris
  ...ng a dentist to confront his online presence. This is a book like no other you’ll know. ...s of TV shows about doctors and lots about lawyers, but other professions, say accountants or vets or dentists, get less of a look in. Just not as sexy, w
  3 KB (571 words) - 11:21, 6 March 2018
• Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
  ...ent debut novel, even if it's grounded firmly in the adage of writing what you know. Some elements sit awkwardly, but I can see why it'll be much loved b ...o goes along with the metaphor, even when we know what it exactly is. And what it is is bound to stir up the emotions of a book that can be really funny,
  4 KB (672 words) - 15:52, 17 March 2018
• Little by Little by Amber Stewart and Layn Marlow
  |summary=Scramble the otter can do everything but swim but with the help of his family he learns ''little by l ...with mud sliding, making sandcastles and slippery-rock hopping. The Can't-do list was very short. There was only one thing on it.
  3 KB (504 words) - 09:23, 7 August 2020
• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Gregory Hughes
  ...apper, some goddamn paedophiles, and the most entrancing central character you're ever likely to meet. Unsurprisingly, we jumped at the chance of asking G ...apper, some goddamn paedophiles, and the most entrancing central character you're ever likely to meet. Unsurprisingly, we jumped at the chance of asking G
  4 KB (736 words) - 18:10, 27 April 2010
• Alphabet (My First Bob Books) by Sue Hendra and John R Maslen
  ...do not need to buy the whole programme in one go. You can buy each set as you need it, and most sets will take at least one term to complete. ...vampires, naughty children and so many other fun topics. I honestly cannot say I have any books that are more effective for teaching the alphabet than the
  4 KB (800 words) - 12:42, 17 April 2018
• Night of the Veggie Monster by George McClements
  ...hough, the boy accidentally eats a pea - a whole pea - and doesn't notice. What's going to happen? ...it just isn't worth it at all as it's our anxieties they pick up. The more you worry about something they don't eat, the more likely they are to refuse (a
  3 KB (519 words) - 17:16, 4 April 2018
• Just What Kind of Mother Are You? by Paula Daly
  |title=Just What Kind of Mother Are You? ...ou take a closer look. So what was it with ''Just What Kind of Mother Are You?'' I'm not a particularly maternal person, so it wasn't the title. I didn
  4 KB (666 words) - 07:43, 12 August 2020
• Burnt Tongues: An Anthology of Transgressive Short Stories by Chuck Palahniuk, Dennis Widmyer and Richard Thomas
  ...Fiction, a collection of short stories that will have you questioning what you are reading. ...n of Burnt Tongue; an aftereffect of knowing what you said was wrong. Are you prepared to enter the world of Transgressive Fiction that aims to disturb,
  4 KB (700 words) - 11:19, 28 September 2020
• Grumpy Cat: No-it-All: Everything You Need to No by Grumpy Cat
  |title=Grumpy Cat: No-it-All: Everything You Need to No ...tions to be anything more. If you're a fan of Grumpy-Cat you might want to say 'No' to the world but 'Yes' to this book.
  3 KB (539 words) - 10:30, 23 March 2018
• The Killer's Daughter by Vivian Oldaker
  ...hop. It's not long before feelings grow, and they become an item. He would do anything for her, disobeying his uncle everyday to see her – she's a kill ...tches a plan – to go to Greece on a school trip and stay after to find out what really happened the day her Grandmother died and clear her Father's name on
  3 KB (516 words) - 09:40, 21 April 2018
• The Unwritten Laws of Business by W J King and James G Skakoon
  ...ous individual who says nothing is usually credited with having nothing to say.'' ...ou are ones like 'honesty' and 'dependability'. Take this advice as to how you should act when asked a question:
  4 KB (778 words) - 11:15, 10 April 2018
• Carnaby by Cate Sampson
  ...ashed out, finding it difficult to cope. What if the baby gets taken away? What if she and Jude are separated? Can Sarah manage to keep them all together? ...e many because ''Carnaby'' has skilled and clever plotting. I'd better not say more. I hate a spoiler.
  4 KB (636 words) - 12:04, 11 October 2020
• Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
  |summary=What happens when the girl who has it all loses everything over night? This is a ...rious Owen, with whom looks were very much deceiving. About Emily, who did what Annabel couldn't, about Clarke who was left behind once but was somehow bac
  4 KB (671 words) - 11:41, 25 February 2018
• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Naima B Robert
  * '''Bookbag: When you close your eyes and imagine your readers, who do you see?''' ...and Misha come from totally different sides of the tracks. Although I must say, I really enjoyed talking to myself in Dwayne's voice and that of his inner
  4 KB (661 words) - 14:45, 1 March 2013
• The Jelly Effect: How to Make Your Communication Stick by Andy Bounds
  ...'s just my personal opinion. That aside, I was keen to start reading, see what all the fuss was about ... ...y Too Much Irrelevant Stuff'' struck a wry chord with me and probably will do for many others so I was already engaged and keen to gobble up all chapters
  4 KB (683 words) - 16:02, 17 April 2022
• The Things We Do by Kay Pfaltz
  |title=The Things We Do |sort=Things We Do
  4 KB (644 words) - 11:25, 23 September 2019
• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Lydia Ola Taiwo
  * '''Bookbag: When you close your eyes and imagine your readers, who do you see?''' * '''BB: Did you find writing about your experiences as a child difficult?'''
  5 KB (956 words) - 15:47, 18 August 2011
• Thanks for the Trouble by Tommy Wallach
  ...lda and everything changes. Loved this honest, engrossing story that keeps you guessing until the very end. ...etty theft habit, which he indulges in well-heeled hotels. Oh dear, I hear you saying. It's not as though there aren't reasons for Parker's behaviour, the
  3 KB (530 words) - 18:12, 22 April 2018
• Jew by DO Dodd
  |author=DO Dodd DO Dodd creates a dark world of religious war in this book about identity and
  3 KB (472 words) - 14:07, 24 March 2018

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