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===[[Claudia Vera Magpie by Anthony TrevelyanLaura Solomon]]===
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When Claudia is called to the reception of her Manchester Office block to meet a visitor, she doesn't expect it to be her father figure – a man she hasn't seen for fifteen yearsI have murdered three husbands. Samson Glaze – otherwise known as Wild Samson, The Aztec and The Sun King, walked out of Claudia's life and into a world of success as a solar panel salesman – but now he's returned and he needs Claudia's help. Reggie, Samson's son, has joined a mysterious cult called ''Tarantula'', a group who prepare for the end of the world and encourage humanity to embrace their impending doom. Claudia's journey takes her far from her home in Manchester to the end of the world – where encounters with hammer-wielding assassins make things very difficult indeed… [[Claudia by Anthony Trevelyan|Full Review]]
As an opening line that must take some beating, but Vera's telling us the truth. The first two husbands, Gary and Harry were abusive, but Larry was a treasure, a keeper, and it's difficult to understand why Vera would have killed him, particularly when she was likely to get found out very quickly and now she's in prison with a mandatory life sentence. Her only friend is Shirley, a lesbian, but Vera's not one to let herself be a victim. She's not keen on having a sexual relationship with Shirley (she wouldn't risk the security of her life in prison for the sake of a fling), but she is keen on getting an education and she's studying for a degree in English Literature. [[Vera Magpie by Laura Solomon|Full Review]] <!-- Gayle Laura Solomon -->
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===[[The Man I Think I Know Black Light by Mike GayleLaura Solomon]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]]
[[imageJim is a university student and, as the saying goes, he hasn't got his troubles to seek. His father committed suicide when he was young and somehow he's never really managed to connect with his step-father. His younger brother would be kindly described as having learning difficulties: if you were being honest you'd just say that he was very difficult, but Jim does his best with and for him. Jim's in love with a woman, but she finds him repulsive and you can understand why:5starthe looks, the attitude, the (lack of) conversational ability and the clothing all leave a lot to be desired.jpg|link=Category Despite all that's he's not about to sit back and allow his life to drift:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] he's actually writing ''two'' novels and he reads excerpts from these to his friends in the pub. [[:Category:General FictionBlack Light by Laura Solomon|General FictionFull Review]]
James DeWitt and Danny Allen are both men in their early thirties whose lives haven't taken them where they were supposed to go. At an all time low time for both of them, the two men reconnect and slowly find they're exactly what the other needs. Together, they help each other put their lives back together. This is a beautiful story about friendship and what it really means to help another person. [[The Man I Think I Know by Mike Gayle|Full Review]]
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===[[The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae Redemptor Domus by Stephanie ButlandGamelyn Chase]]===
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Ailsa Rae has been sick her whole lifeA young boy arrives at an exclusive faith school on the scenic North Wales coast, and just as she was edging closer sent far from his family in the Far East. As the boy travels to death she finally, finally got the call that she neededschool, that a heart was available for her family tragedy causes the boy to have arrive at the school a transplant. Previously she had felt so helpless that she had used her blog to make decisions for hervulnerable orphan, running polls amongst her readers to decide on her actionswith an uncertain future. But with her new heartPlunged into a school full of danger and betrayal, she has been given the boy is seen as a new lifetrophy by friends and enemies alike. Can Ailsa manage With them locked into their scheming and plotting, it comes to the boy to start attempt to live on her own, and will her mother let her do clean up the pit of filth that? the school has become. [[The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae Redemptor Domus by Stephanie ButlandGamelyn Chase|Full Review]]
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===[[My Turn Will Come The Long Path To Wisdom by E G SmartJan-Philipp Sendker]]===
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Things are changing in the pharmaceutical research company, CooksonPalmer. With On my travels around the retiring boss on his way outworld, I have a new CEO is on his way tendency to end up the ladder to in any bookshop that post. But bad man Steven Langham knows, because he bugs the offices in his path to gloryis selling English-language books, that good guy and exwhile I buy as many second-researcher James Truman has got hand escapist tales as the job. That decisionnext person, as what I'm really looking for is the 'local' – the prologue (and cookbook maybe, the blurb) provesmaps definitely, can lead to a lethal amount of jealousy – but can nice-guy James above all: the folk tales. If I ever get revengeto Burma, I won't need to hunt, even from the other side? I can read before I go. [[My Turn Will Come The Long Path To Wisdom by E G SmartJan-Philipp Sendker|Full Review]]
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===[[Falling Leaves Katalin Street by Stefan MohamedMagda Szabo]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]]
[[image:5starThis is a story about the past. A specific past, certainly, in the form of pre-war Budapest, but also a story about how that past can impact on the present and the future.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]]In this book, the first of three Magda Szabó wrote on the same theme between 1969 and 1987 and now newly translated and reissued, we witness a heart-rending nostalgia for happier days, guilt about those who did not survive, and a dogged but doomed determination to cling to long-gone times, feelings and experiences which mark the here and now, staining and warping it into another, subtler misery. [[:Category:FantasyKatalin Street by Magda Szabo|FantasyFull Review]],
When your best friend vanishes, how can you begin to move on? How can you live your life not knowing whether they're okay? And what would you do if they reappeared in your life? – all questions that Vanessa faces every day, even seven years after her best friend Mark vanished. When he reappears, she's shocked not only by his presence back in her life, but also by the fact that he hasn't aged a day – for him, no time has passed since his disappearance. Shocked, confused and emotionally reeling, Vanessa must return to her home town in order to help Mark find the answers he so desperately craves. But what's waiting for them is far more surprising than either of them could ever have dreamt… [[Falling Leaves by Stefan Mohamed|Full Review]]
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The USA, early 1980s. Charlie (or Charles, if he's feeling belligerent, and he often is) is being taken back to his home by his drop-out, slutty mother. The home is called a Cottage, and while the book doesn't guide us to understand it perfectly, it seems to mean he has a private room in a large self-contained bungalow, on a gated compound with round-the-clock adult supervision. There's a paddock with horses for the kids to ride, their own school – and all the adults are armed with Thorazine to calm the kids down. Charlie, despite his obvious bookish intelligence, is struggling to get to grips with why and how he's ended up where he is, but it must have something to do with his single parent mother being violent, and the fact he is no longer allowed to stay with his grandfather. This book is a slightly woozy look at his thoughts, as he tries to build a relationship with a girl in a different Cottage, and work out his lot. He certainly has a lot on his plate for a thirteen-year-old. [[Dyed Souls by Gary Santorella|Full Review]]
Something's gone horribly wrong. It's Christmas Eve and everything is very busy in Santa's grotto. The presents are all ready and waiting to be loaded onto the sleigh and the reindeer are itching to get going. But Santa? Santa is just not in the mood. He is tired of delivering the latest toys to children who only play with them for five minutes. He wishes people would remember what Christmas is really about - a time for families to come together for love and friendship and goodwill to one another. [[Santa Goes on Strike by Jem Vanston|Full Review]]<!-- Simsion Mandeville -->
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===[[Two Steps Forward Every Colour of You by Graeme Simsion and Anne BuistAmelia Mandeville]]===
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When I read the blurb for this book, I found myself instantly interested Zoe believes in its premise of two people trying adding life to years as well as years to start their lives again following serious life changes. The book did not disappointHer world, like her name, is bursting with life and colour. She is the sort of girl who would sing a rainbow is she could. Tristan (or ''Tree'' as she calls him) is the opposite. Fresh out of hospital following a prolonged stay in a psychiatric unit, he sees a world as a grey place. [[Two Steps Forward Every Colour of You by Graeme Simsion and Anne BuistAmelia Mandeville|Full Review]]
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===[[I Have Lost My Way A Spark of Light by Gayle FormanJodi Picoult]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]] The Center is the last remaining abortion clinic in the state of Mississippi and is the source of great controversy when it comes to the Pro-Life versus Pro-Choice debate. It is at The Center where one man, George Goddard, takes it upon himself to get revenge for the loss of his grandchild, in the form of a mass-shooting. What arises is a novel that details the lives of the remaining hostages, as well as other characters central to the story. One of these characters is Hugh McElroy, a hostage negotiator called in to help deflate the situation, who soon discovers that his sister and daughter, Wren, happened to be at the clinic that day. [[A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult|Full Review]] <!-- Vincent -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1471168239.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1471168239/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 
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''I Have Lost My Way'' tells the story of three individuals who have each lost something important to them leading to them losing their way[[image:4star. Freya has lost her voice, Harun has lost his love and Nathaniel has lost everything. However, these three elements do not give justice to the extent of what each character has lost. In this expertly written noveljpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]], Gayle Forman writes about how these three dissimilar individuals each came to lose what was most important to them, causing them to all meet one fateful day in New York City. [[I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman:Category:Crime|Full ReviewCrime]]
Dr Jess Castle, the self proclaimed failure of the prestigious Castle family has returned home to the sleepy, idyllic chocolate box town of Castle Kidbury. Rather than being delighted, her family are suspicious, especially her father, the judge. Luckily for Jess, she doesn't have to try too hard to dodge her family's suspicions as a series of gruesome local murders are taking place and that's all anyone is talking about. Jess accidentally finds herself in the thick of the investigation, and to her delight finds that she can actually be useful. But with the small population dwindling and the sense of danger moving ever closer to home, has Jess made a grave mistake getting involved? [[Jess Castle and the Eyeballs of Death by M B Vincent|Full Review]]<!-- Schimmelpfennig Stone -->
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===[[One Clear Ice-Cold January Morning at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century by Roland Schimmelpfennig and Jamie Bulloch (translator)]]===
===[[What's Left Unsaid by Deborah Stone]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]]  Sasha has a lot on her plate. Husband Jeremy is distant and absent and the marriage needs work. Son Zac is entering a rebellious adolescent phase and it's hard to know how to redirect him. Mother Annie, an alcoholic, is beginning the journey into dementia and has never been an easy person at the best of times. Thank heavens for her lovely dog, Sebastian, and his unconditional love. [[What's Left Unsaid by Deborah Stone|Full Review]] <!-- Ellis -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1789014204.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1789014204/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21
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First, forgive me if I don't refer to this book with its full title often. It's pointedly precise, accurate, and rather ungainly – when in fact the book it describes has only the former two attributes in any quantity. What happens in January is that a wild wolf walks across the frozen river separating Poland and eastern Germany. Which means that, when the book starts properly, mid-February, it has had time to get a lot closer to Berlin – within 80 kilometres, to be precise, for that is the road marker where one of our main characters sees it. He is trying to get back to work in Berlin for the first time in a month, and to be with his girlfriend, not knowing she has had an infidelity while he was away. Also fancying the bright lights and big city are a teenaged pair of love-birds, the boy and girl next door to each other in an eastern village, who flee an unhappy lot on the off-chance of a better one. You just know there is a chance that these characters – human and lupine alike – are sucked into one combined narrative, but you won't know quite what that will entail…
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===[[The Amber Maze by Christopher Bowden]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]]
On Hugh Mullion goes away to Dorset for the slopes weekend and, while waiting for his wife to arrive, finds a mysterious key down the back of Mt Hood in Oregon, an 1000-year old Viking antique chair. The grubby and torn label to which is discovered frozen - three thousand miles further west than any previously known Viking explorationattached reads. Josh Kinninger is inspired by the Viking discovery - three personal catastrophes having left him angry, unmoored and with his world in turmoil. Beginning a journey westward, he's filled with a desire to wreak vengeance on the individuals he finds morally corrupt. [[W The Amber Maze by John BanksChristopher Bowden|Full Review]]
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===[[The Family Next Door Water Thief by Sally HepworthClaire Hajaj]]===
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Pleasant Court Nick is a cul-de-sac a few minutes from the beach in Melbourne. Kids play in the street and it's the sort middle of place people aspire wedding preparations when he decides to. Certainly that's how the families who live there feel leave his fiancée behind in London and there's take up a good sense post in some un-named west African country providing engineering support for the building of community. Ben and Essie are glad that Essie's mother is living next door as Essie had a mental breakdown three years ago when her first daughter was having difficulty sleeping. Mia's come through that stage, but now there's Poppy, whochildren's been the perfect baby for the first six months of her life, but is just starting to be difficulthospital. Ben, in particular, He has no idea what he is pleased that he can rely on Barbara to keep an eye on the situation whilst he's out at workgetting himself into. [[The Family Next Door Water Thief by Sally HepworthClaire Hajaj|Full Review]]
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===[[Ask For Blues Landslide by Malcolm WaltonMelissa Leet]]===
[[image:3.5star4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:AutobiographyGeneral Fiction|AutobiographyGeneral Fiction]], [[:Category:EntertainmentWomen's Fiction|EntertainmentWomen's Fiction]]The area where Jill and Susie lived wasn't highly populated so it was fortunate that they became such good friends, despite the fact that Susie was a year older than Jill. Susie lived with her mother, an alcoholic, and Jill lived with ''her'' mother, who dedicated herself to her garden. Jill's father was Jay Tutle, the photographer, but he spent much of his time working away - often for months on end. In reality there was little difference between the two families: Mrs Smith's alcoholism caused serious illness whilst Susie was still young. Joy and tragedy would visit Jill's home. ''Landslide'' is the story of how what happened determined the course of Jill's life and how great tragedy can breed resilience and hope. [[:Category:General FictionLandslide by Melissa Leet|General FictionFull Review]]
Malcolm Walton's book is clearly a memoir about his introduction to the Trad Jazz scene of the late 1950's and early 1960's, but he has chosen to write it in the form of a novel, claiming in his prologue that this would give the book a different approach to the music memoir. His protagonist 'Martin' takes on Malcolm's mantle, and begins with his first discovery of the Salvation Army band with his grandfather. This catapults him into a love of music, initially taking piano lessons, and later delving into his true love – the trumpet. [[Ask For Blues by Malcolm Walton|Full Review]]<br><!-- Bala Wilson -->
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===[[The Boat People Aftershocks by Sharon BalaA N Wilson]]===
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Among In a country very much like New Zealand, but at the 500 Sri Lankans in a rickety boat making its way to Vancouver Island are Mahindan and his six-year-old son Selliansame time most avowedly not, two women will find love. When Strong love too, for our narrator will say that her first attraction for her partner was the boat arrives the Canadian authorities take only thing to make sense of all the passengers into custodythose exaggerated songs she'd heard, and books and poems she'd read, placing the women and children plays she'd acted in a separate facility – works of art that had until then seemed sheer hyperbole. It was entirely unrequited love for quite some time, but it does burgeon, or so we're promised from the men. A gruelling series off, because of hearings will decide on something quite drastic – a major earthquake very much like the fate of each individual or family: whether they will be allowed to stay in Canadaone that hit Christchurch, or deported back to Sri Lankabut at the same time most avowedly not. The government fears that up to half This book then is the combined exploration of the lovers and the story of these asylum-seekers may have links to the Tamil Tigers, a terrorist group, so judges are instructed to have a firm handquake. [[The Boat People Aftershocks by Sharon BalaA N Wilson|Full Review]]<br>
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===[[The Hoarder Hell's Unveiling by Jess KiddLaura Solomon]]===
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Cathal Flood is an oldA little while ago I really enjoyed [[Marsha's Deal by Laura Solomon|Marsha's Deal]] and I was delighted by the opportunity to read the sequel, belligerent man''Hell's Unveiling''. It's probably not much of a spoiler to say that Marsha bested the devil in ''Marsha's Deal'', living but the devil is not one to take defeat lying down. He's out to wage war on Planet Earth and particularly on Marsha (who's thought of as a 'goody two shoes' in Hell). Although a filthystrong person, crowded house that was once she's vulnerable where her foster children are concerned. Daniel is framed for a family home. When Maud Drennan – underpaid carer crime he didn't commit and sent to juvenile detention and unintentional psychic is employed refused permission to return to look after live with Marsha. Then, of course there are all the ancient Cathalother children who are not only targeted, she assumes she'll just be the next in a long line but - worst of shortall -term dogsbodies for subverted to the old mandevil's evil ends. Instead, Maud finds herself drawn into the mysteries concealed within Cathal He's once great house – out to prey on their fears and weaknesses and as Maud begins to clean and sort the rooms she uncovers secrets about the old man that awaken longwith many foster children, their self esteem is very fragile. This is no small-scale operation, either -hidden memories within Maud herself. With the aid of her highly glamourous yet utterly agoraphobic landlady and devil has set up a troop of holy ghoststraining complex on earth, Maud must uncover the secrets at the heart of the house – and exactly why they were buried… complete with an elevator to Hell. [[The Hoarder Hell's Unveiling by Jess KiddLaura Solomon|Full Review]]<br>
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===[[Kintu Staying On by Jennifer Nansubuga MakumbiC M Taylor]]===
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Tony Metcalfe is a Yorkshireman through and through and being honest, Yorkshire's where he'Kintud really like to be. You suspect that Scarborough would be perfect, but he's living in a mountain village just beyond the Costa Verde and running a pub. The Viva Espagñe isn' opens t flourishing: Tony would really like to sell it and return to the UK, what with unbridled authority the uncertainty of Brexit and mercilessness. In just everything, but there are a few pages a man has been hunted down by an angry mob in Ugandacouple of problems. He is then brained with a concrete slab; First off, his woman is left in widowhood and has wife - Laney - refuses to go back to the hard task of dealing with her manUK. She'd have you believe that she's not well, but there's a backstory there that's debtnot being talked about. Blood flows easilyThen there's the pub, which isn't doing well enough to sell. In fact Tony's cleaning the swimming pools of expats who have left Spain and quicklyreturned home, when your family's steps are haunted by in order to make a curse that spans generationsbit of money to try and make ends at least come in sight of each other, even if they never meet. [[Kintu Staying On by Jennifer Nansubuga MakumbiC M Taylor|Full Review]]<br>
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===[[Anatomy The Day of a Scandal the Orphan by Sarah VaughanDr Nat Tanoh]]===
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Sophie had been married to James for twelve years Saga is eighteen and two children: to be honest she was more than a little bit in awe of him. James Whitehouse was an MP and junior minister: perhaps most importantly he was a friend of the , like many eighteen-year olds, his prime minister, so when he had concerns are listening to admit that hewhat his mum calls ''hop-hip'd been having an affair he was confident that some contrition, a public admission that he'd been wrong, that he was not perfecteating copious amounts of food, would soon have his career back on trackand learning about girls. And it seemed as though that was the way it was goingLiving in an affluent, liberal and protected suburb, until he has a friend of the 'other woman', parliamentary researcher Olivia Lytton, persuaded her to go to the policegood life. There was no dispute that the relationship had been consensualHowever, but after James had finished the affair there was an incident suburb is in a lift Africa, where childhoods can be snatched in House of Commons and the police an instant. When his friends and family are dragged into the Crown Prosecution Service were both of conflict raging around the opinion dictatorship that this amounted Saga lives under, he is forced to rapebecome an unlikely revolutionary. The prosecuting counsel is Kate Woodcroft and she's very determined that Whitehouse is going Can chubby Saga really stand up to be brought a murderous regime? And can he stay one step ahead of the soldiers desperate to book. stop him? [[Anatomy The Day of a Scandal the Orphan by Sarah VaughanDr Nat Tanoh|Full Review]]<br>
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===[[Dark Pines Murmuration by Will DeanRobert Lock]]===
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Tuva Moodyson works for ''Murmuration'' follows the lives of a local paper in small town Sweden - there host of characters from 1863 to be near an ailing Mother, but desperate for the big break that will have her moving on present day. From a risqué comic to pastures new. Just outside of her town, Gavrika fortune teller, two bodies lie deep in we see the forest - brutally murdered birth of Blackpool and their eyes ripped outits steadily fading glamour. They bring back dark memories for There is a town that has seen this crime before - and Tuva is desperate hint of mysticism to find the killer. At firsttale, she's just out to write a good story - but with the mesmerising dance of starlings over the pier acting as an anchor throughout the crimes continue she finds herself drawn deeper and deeper into distinct narratives here, drawing together disparate stories of lives captivated by the forests outside of Gavrik, filled with stranger characters and dark secretssea. Will she find the killer before they find her? [[Dark Pines Murmuration by Will DeanRobert Lock|Full Review]]
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===[[Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece Smoking Kills by Stephen FryAntoine Laurain and Louise Rogers-Lalaurie (translator)]]===
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The Greek Myths areMeet Fabrice Valantine. He's a headhunter, and a successful one too, arguablyin an office in Paris. All around him however his world is changing – yes, the greatest stories ever toldthere is a new ban on smoking in all workplaces. So old and influential Goaded by his non-smoking wife, even though they cast a shadow met over western tales and traditionsan ashtray, of sorts, yet remain relatable and readable millennia laterhe sees a hypnotist who had success with a mutual friend in stopping their nicotine habit. Here comedianThe session seems to have been successful, actor, television presenterhowever he faces the prospect of having such a change to his own personality, actor and author Stephen Fry brings his considerable talent to these special stories imbued habits and recreates them lifestyle, with a witfear, warmth and humanity when he realises it will never again grant him any pleasure. He needs this pleasure when further changes at work come about – but it's what he replaces the habit with that brings them into the modern age whilst still giving will surprise the honour and respect that such ancient and influential stories deservemost. [[Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece Smoking Kills by Stephen FryAntoine Laurain and Louise Rogers-Lalaurie (translator)|Full Review]]
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Something has happened, something very nasty and on a submarine a pregnant elephant is one of only a handful of animals living below the waves[[image:5star. We follow Nerissa Crane, a vet, as she remembers recent eventsjpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Teens|Teens]], looks after the animals and falls into a world of intrigue.[[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]]
It A contemporary take on the savage classic ''Lord of the Flies'': a group of mismatched, modern-day teenagers must fight to survive on a deserted island. Link is difficult a fish out of water. Newly arrived from America, he is finding it hard to properly review this book without giving too much awaysettle into the venerable and prestigious Osney School. There will Who knew there could be so many strange traditions to understand? And what kind of school ranks its students by how fast they can run round the school quad - however ancient that quad may be mild spoilers throughout this right from ? When Link runs the slowest time in years, he immediately becomes the start but I will try butt of every school joke. And some students are determined to avoid the main onesmake his life more miserable than others... [[Water & Glass The Island by Abi CurtisM A Bennett|Full Review]]
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===[[Strange Weather The Lost Letters of William Woolf by Joe HillHelen Cullen]]===
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Strange Weather William Woolf is a collection letter detective, working in the Dead Letters Depot in East London. He spends his days deciphering smudged addresses, tracking down mysterious people and reading endless letters of four short novels all linked bylove, unsurprisinglyguilt, strange and cataclysmic weather. Each novel is distinct and showcases Hill's restrained yet vivid style which takes everyday events and makes them bitinglydeath, acerbically macabre or blindingly beautifulhope, often switching from one sentence to the next. As Hill himself says ''the beauty of the world and the horror of the world were twined together'', never is this truer than in Strange Weather where moments of abject horror are coupled with raw beautyeveryday life. [[Strange Weather The Lost Letters of William Woolf by Joe HillHelen Cullen|Full Review]]
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