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{{newreview|authorclass-"wikitable" cellpadding= David Jester"15" <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE--> |title= Forever After: a dark comedy<!-- Coulton -->|rating= 4-|genrestyle= Paranormal"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1473669588.jpg|summarylink= Michael Holland is a cocky and brash young man who dies and gets made the offer of his lifetimehttp://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473669588/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; immortality"|===[[Falling Short by Lex Coulton]]=== [[image:4star. We follow Michaeljpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]], [[:Category:Humour|Humour]], [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] Lex Coulton's debut novel is a story about mistakes, failures, a grim reaper and his friends Chip (a stoner tooth fairy) and Naff (relationships. The main protagonist, Frances Pilgrim, is a stoner in the records department) as they grapple sixth form English teacher who has recently fallen out with their long lives her best friend Jackson, a work colleague, and finding a clean surface to sit on in their flatis grappling with the increasingly eccentric behaviour of her mother.|amazonuk= This relationship is complicated by the fact that Frances's father disappeared at sea when she was five years old. [[Falling Short by Lex Coulton|Full Review]] <amazonuk!-- van LENTE -->1510704361</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Nina Stibbe-|titlestyle=An Almost Perfect Christmas"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1683690346.jpg|ratinglink=4http://www.amazon.co.5uk/dp/1683690346/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] |genre=Humour |summarystyle=Christmas – the time of traditional trauma"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Con Artist by Fred Van Lente]]=== [[image:4star. You only have to think about the turkey jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]], [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] Comic-Cons are a place of wonder and sanctuary for that – once upon a time it was leaving it sat on the downstairs loo to defrost overnightmany people, and if when Comic book artist Mike Mason arrives at San Diego Comic-Con, he's looking for both that failed and sanctuary with other fans and creators, plus the hair-dryer shoved inside it treatment was your next best betchance of maybe, just maybe reuniting with his ex. Nowadays it's all having However, when his rival is found dead, Mike is forced to make sure it's suitably free-range navigate every dark corner of the con in order to clear his name – from cosplay flash mobs and organic intrusive fans to zombie obstacle courses – but not too organic that you can go Mike must prove his innocence and visit it, and get too friendly with it to want to eat it. Christmas, though, is of course also in doing so, may just unravel a dark secret behind a time of great boonslegendary industry creator. It's cash in hand for a lot of plump people who can hire red suits and beards, it was always a godsend for postmen with all the thank[[The Con Artist by Fred Van Lente|Full Review]] <!-- Curran --you letters to aunties you saw twice a decade that your parents made you write out in long>|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-hand as a child, and as for the makers of Meltis Newberry Fruits – well, did they even try and sell them any other time of the year?align: center;"|[[image:1683690133.jpg|amazonuklink=<amazonuk>0241309824<http://amazonuk>www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1683690133/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]}}{{newreview|authorstyle=Ian Doescher"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"||title=William Shakespeare==[[My Lady's the Force Doth AwakenChoosing by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris]]=== [[image: Star Wars Part the Seventh4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating=4.5}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|genre=Science Humour]], [[:Category:Historical Fiction|summary=A long time agoHistorical Fiction]] You are a lass of twenty eight. Plucky, penniless and in a galaxy far away, there was a man called William Shakespeare, who was able Regency era London the race is on to create find a series of dramatic histories full of machinations most foulsuitable suitor - or else doom yourself to life as an eternal spinster. Along your journey you'll be accompanied by Lady Evangeline Youngblood - a fiesty noble eager to save you from a life alone, rulers most evil and rebellious heroes and heroines most sturdyfired by a rogueish sense for adventure. You may or may not When it comes to suitors though, you'll have noticed to make the cinematic version of his original stage play for ''The Force Doth Awaken''ultimate decision between witty, pretty and wealthy Sir Benedict Granville, wholesome, rugged and caring Captain Angus MacTaggart, but here at last we get or the actual scriptmad, bad and terrifyingly sexy Lord Garraway Craven. With orphans, werewolves, complete with annoying-in-differentlong lost lovers and ancient Egyptian artifcats along the way, it's clear this isn't going to be an easy decision... [[My Lady's Choosing by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris|Full Review]] <!-ways-toJester --before droids anew, returning heroes from elsewhere in his oeuvre, and people keeping it in the family til it hurts>|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Jester_Forever. And if you need further encouragement, don't forget his audience only demanded three parts of Henry VI – here the series is so popular we're on to part seven – surely making this over twice as good…jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1510704361?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1510704361]] |amazonukstyle=<amazonuk>159474985X</amazonuk>"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|}}===[[Forever After: a dark comedy by David Jester]]==={{newreview[[image:4star.jpg|authorlink=James Goss and Russell T DaviesCategory:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]], [[:Category:Horror|title=Doctor WhoHorror]], [[: Now We Are Six HundredCategory: A Collection of Time Lord Verse (Dr Who)Fantasy|rating=4.5Fasntasy]]|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse |summary=Consider the Doctor. Just how many birthday Michael Holland is a cocky and Christmas gifts must he have to hand out each year, were he to keep in touch with even half brash young man who dies and gets made the offer of his companions? He would certainly need a few novelty gifts for some of them, saylifetime; immortality. We follow Michael, for example, whimsical books of verse that pithily encapsulate the life of a Time Lord grim reaper and that of some of his friends Chip (a stoner tooth fairy) and enemies. As luck would have it, he has Naff (a stoner in the space in his TARDIS records department) as they grapple with their long lives and finding a clean surface to stock up sit on in advance, so my advice to him – sorry, her – would be to pop along to his local Earththeir flat. [[Forever After: a dark comedy by David Jester|Full Review]] <!-- Stibbe -->|-based book emporium and get himself ready. And if you're working on a shorter timescale, with a shorter lifespan, and thinking perhaps just one gift season ahead, well my advice is pretty much the same| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Stibbe_Xmas.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.|amazonukuk/gp/product/0241309824?ie=UTF8&tag=<amazonuk>1785942719</amazonuk>thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0241309824]]}}{{newreview|authorstyle=Annie Ingram"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|title=Conversations with Kammie|rating=4|genre=Pets|summary=It was something of a relief when I encountered Annie Ingram and her cocker spaniel Kammie[[An Almost Perfect Christmas by Nina Stibbe]]=== [[image:4.5star. You see, Annie knows something which has been self-evident to me for a long timejpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|Humour]], [[: dogs are perfectly capable of communicating with humans and not just on a level Category:Short Stories|Short Stories]] Christmas – the time of ''food!'', ''walk!'' or ''play!''. You do require extensive training traditional trauma. You only have to think about the turkey for that – once upon a time it was leaving it sat on the downstairs loo to become fluentdefrost overnight, but most dogs will be perfectly willing to give their time to teach you and all you have to do is listen. Annie has studied hard: Kammie has trained her well and the pair have allowed us if that failed the hair-dryer shoved inside it treatment was your next best bet. Nowadays it's all having to share some of their conversations.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1785451995</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Charles Harris|title= The Breaking make sure it's suitably free-range and organic – but not too organic that you can go and visit it, and get too friendly with it to want to eat it. Christmas, though, is of Liam Glass|rating= 3|genre=Crime|summary= A flawed but reasonably entertaining swipe at modern mediacourse also a time of great boons. ThereIt's plenty here to like, cash in hand for a lot of plump people who can hire red suits and plenty not to. But good structure and scramjet pace keep this one flying beards, it was always a godsend for postmen with all the thank-you letters to aunties you saw twice a decade that your parents made you write out in long-hand as a child, and as for the final page.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1908943823makers of Meltis Newberry Fruits – well, did they even try and sell them any other time of the year? [[An Almost Perfect Christmas by Nina Stibbe|Full Review]] </amazonuk!-- Doescher -->}}{{newreview|author= Fred Van Lente-|titlestyle= Ten Dead Comedians"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: A Murder Mysterycenter;"|rating= 4[[image:Doescher_Will.jpg|genre= Humourleft|summarylink= Nine comedians are invited to a remote Caribbean island under the guise of working with Dustin Walker, a comedic legendhttps://www.amazon.co. Each fits neatly into one of the archetypal comic stereotypes: Steve, the washeduk/gp/product/159474985X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-up has21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=159474985X]] | style="vertical-been who has fallen far from his early daysalign: top; Zoe, the rising female star with a new stand-up special coming soontext-align: left; Dante, who went from being a kid on "|===[[William Shakespeare's the streets to Force Doth Awaken: Star Wars Part the hardest working road comic in the business; Oliver, the child-like prop comic who can't get any respect from his peers; JanetSeventh by Ian Doescher]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]], the insult comic who is past her prime; TJ[[:Category:Humour|Humour]] A long time ago, the nightly variety show host with in a reputation for harassing his female colleagues and guest acts; Ruby, the ultra-feminist YouTuber and Blogger with galaxy far away, there was a chip on her shoulder; and man called WilliamShakespeare, whose redneck character ''Billy the Contractor'' is who was able to create a far cry from his real personality as a posh millionaire. Of courseseries of dramatic histories full of machinations most foul, all nine agree because rulers most evil and rebellious heroes and heroines most sturdy. You may or may not have noticed the cinematic version of his original stage play for ''The Force Doth Awaken''when God almighty walks down on a beam of light and asks for your help, what but here at last we get the hell else are you going to say?''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1594749744</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=S Lynn Scott|title=Elizabethactual script, complete with annoying-in-different-ways-to-before droids anew, returning heroes from elsewhere in his oeuvre, William... and Me|rating=4people keeping it in the family til it hurts.5|genre=Humour|summary=Ally is an ordinary woman with teenage children And if you need further encouragement, a husband and a job. Then comes don't forget his audience only demanded three parts of Henry VI – here the day when ordinariness flies out of the window. Itseries is so popular we's not a coincidence that itre on to part seven – surely making this over twice as good… [[William Shakespeare's the same day she finds Queen Elizabeth I in Force Doth Awaken: Star Wars Part the pantry and the Bard of Avon in her bath. What's she going to do? Well, Elizabeth and Will have their own ideas about thatSeventh by Ian Doescher|Full Review]] <!-- Goss -->|-|amazonukstyle=<amazonuk>1788037006</amazonuk>}}{{newreview"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Goss_600.jpg|author= E G Rodfordleft|titlelink= The Surgeon's Casehttps: George Kocharyan Mystery 2//www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1785942719?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1785942719]] |ratingstyle= 4"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|genre= Crime |summary=In the second instalment ==[[Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of this series, Private Investigator George Kocharyan has been hired Time Lord Verse (Dr Who) by a well-known local man to track down some missing valuablesJames Goss and Russell T Davies]]=== [[image:4.5star. Bill Galbraith, a world-famous surgeon at Cambridgejpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's AddenbrookeRhymes and Verse|Children's Hospital who hosts a popular medical television programmeRhymes and Verse]], has had his briefcase stolen by his live-in domestic servant[[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]], Aurora[[:Category:Humour|Humour]] Consider the Doctor. According to Galbraith, this briefcase contains confidential notes concerning an important patient Just how many birthday and Christmas gifts must he have to hand out each year, were he to keep in touch with even half of his at the hospital. George agrees to look into the theft, assuming it will be companions? He would certainly need a relatively easy and straightforward case – little does he knowfew novelty gifts for some of them, he's about to enter say, for example, whimsical books of verse that pithily encapsulate the life of a world Time Lord and that of some of deceit his friends and dysfunctionenemies.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178565005X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Toni Jordan|title=Our TinyAs luck would have it, Useless Hearts|rating=5|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=As predicted by Caroline and Janicehe has the space in his TARDIS to stock up in advance, so my advice to him – sorry, her – would be to pop along to his local Earth-based book emporium and get himself ready. And if you's mother re working on Caroline and Henry's wedding daya shorter timescale, their marriage is overwith a shorter lifespan, albeit 15 years and two daughters further along than predicted. Indeedthinking perhaps just one gift season ahead, this well my advice is definitely not a good weekend for Janice to be babysitting at Caroline's housepretty much the same. There's the split and the awkwardness of the girls' schoolteacher being the other woman for a start. Then there's that mistaken identity moment involving the neighbours. At least Janice is well adjusted and over her ex[[Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse (Dr Who) by James Goss and Russell T Davies|Full Review]] <!-- Ingram -->|-husband Alec. She still dreams of him, yes, but it's so over! Just as well really… guess who's at the door?|amazonukstyle=<amazonuk>1760293814</amazonuk>}}{{newreview"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|author=Colin Taylor[[image:Ingram_Kammie.jpg|title=The Life of a Scilly Sergeantleft|ratinglink=4https://www.amazon.5co.uk/gp/product/1785451995?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1785451995]] |genrestyle=Travel"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"||summary=Meet the Isles of Scilly==[[Conversations with Kammie by Annie Ingram]]=== [[image:4star. (I know they should be called that – the author provides jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]], [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] It was something of a handy guide to the etiquette of their name, their nature relief when I encountered Annie Ingram and location, etcher cocker spaniel Kammie.) For our more distant readers, they're several chunks of granite rock out in the Atlantic, where Cornwall is pointingYou see, Annie knows something which has been self-evident to me for a long time: dogs are perfectly capable of communicating with humans and not just 2on a level of food!,200 permanent residents. They're big on tourismwalk! or play!. You do require extensive training to become fluent, but most dogs will be perfectly willing to give their time to teach you and big on growing flowers in the tropical climate the Gulf Stream bequeaths them – although the weather all you have to do is bad enough to turn any car to a rust bucket within yearslisten. They're so wee, Annie has studied hard: Kammie has trained her well and so idyllic-seeming, especially at night, you can be mistaken for thinking there would be no need for a police presencethe pair have allowed us to share some of their conversations. But there is – at least two working at any one time[[Conversations with Kammie by Annie Ingram|Full Review]] <!-- Harris -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Harris_Glass. And one of them in recent years has been Colin Taylor, who has done his official duty – alongside maintaining a welljpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1908943823/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-known online existence, which has brought to life all the whimsical comedy of his work.21]] |amazonukstyle=<amazonuk>178475515X</amazonuk>"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|}}{{newreview===[[The Breaking of Liam Glass by Charles Harris]]===|author=Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees[[image:3star.jpg|titlelink='Twas the Fight Before ChristmasCategory: A Parody{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|rating=3.5Crime]], [[:Category:Humour|genre=Humour]]|summary=It's Christmas Eve Teenager Liam Glass is mugged and Mum has arranged everythingstabbed yards from his Camden flat. All she now has to do is await As the arrival of boy lies comatose, desperate journalist Jason Worthington scrabbles for the relatives inside scoop, tired police officer Andy Rockham searches for a missing tape, harried politician Jamila Hasan fights for re-election, distraught mother Katrina Glass waits by her son, and gym-owner Royland simply finds himself in the wrong place at the food shopping delivery. Little does Mum know that those two elements alone have the potential to ruin everythingwrong time.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472125118We follow this host of ensemble characters in a bleak, kaleidoscopic satire of modern media. [[The Breaking of Liam Glass by Charles Harris|Full Review]] </amazonuk!-- LENTE -->}}{{newreview|author=Ryan North-|titlestyle=Romeo and/or Juliet"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Lente_10.jpg|ratinglink=3http://www.amazon.co.5uk/dp/1683690222/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] |genre=Humour|summarystyle=For all those who think tragedy plots are too restricted and prescribed, read on"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Ten Dead Comedians: A Murder Mystery by Fred Van Lente]]=== [[image:4star. In these pages you too will see that Romeo had lots of options en route jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] Nine comedians are invited to hitting a remote Caribbean island under the bottle. Likewise, she could have turned away from her predestined path at no end guise of junctures. And to what result? Wellworking with Dustin Walker, happy marriage and a kid called Ben, because comedic legend. Each fits neatly into one of the archetypal comic stereotypes: Steve, the washed-up has-been who has fallen far from his early days; Zoe, the leads rising female star with a new stand-up special coming soon; Dante, who went from being a kid on the streets to the hardest working road comic in the business; Oliver, the child-like prop comic who can't get any respect from his peers; Janet, the insult comic who is past her prime; TJ, the nightly variety show host with a reputation for harassing his female colleagues and guest acts; Ruby, the ultra-feminist YouTuber and Blogger with a chip on her shoulder; and William, whose redneck character ''Billy the Contractor'' is a far cry from his real personality as a posh millionaire. Of course, all nine agree because ''when God almighty walks down on a beam of light and asks for your help, what the hell else are you going to say?'' [[Ten Dead Comedians: A Murder Mystery by Fred Van Lente|Full Review]] <!-- Scott -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Scott_Eliz.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1788037006/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Elizabeth, William... and Me by S Lynn Scott]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] Ally is an ordinary woman with teenage children, a husband and a job. Then comes the day when ordinariness flies out of the window. It's not a coincidence that it's the same day she finds Queen Elizabeth I in the pantry and the Bard of Avon in her bath. What's she going to do? Well, Elizabeth and Will have just banged people's heads together and stopped the quarrelling, or Death by Tybalt (him) or a long life running an establishment curing murderous women, such as a Lady M (her). their own ideas about that! [[Elizabeth, William... and Me by S Lynn Scott|Full Review]] <!-- Rodford -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Rodford_Surgeon.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/178565005X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Surgeon's Case: George Kocharyan Mystery 2 by E G Rodford]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]], [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] In the second instalment of this series, Private Investigator George Kocharyan has been hired by a well-known local man to track down some missing valuables. Bill Galbraith, a world-famous surgeon at Cambridge's Addenbrooke's Hospital who hosts a popular medical television programme, has had his briefcase stolen by his live-in domestic servant, Aurora. According to Galbraith, this briefcase contains confidential notes concerning an important patient of his at the hospital. George agrees to look into the theft, assuming it will be a relatively easy and straightforward case – little does he know, he's about to enter a world of deceit and dysfunction. [[The Surgeon's Case: George Kocharyan Mystery 2 by E G Rodford|Full Review]] <!-- Jordan -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Jordan_Tiny.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1760293814/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Our Tiny, Useless Hearts by Toni Jordan]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]], [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] As predicted by Caroline and Janice's mother on Caroline and Henry's wedding day, their marriage is over, albeit 15 years and two daughters further along than predicted. Indeed, this is definitely not a good weekend for Janice to be babysitting at Caroline's house. There's the split and the awkwardness of the girls' schoolteacher being the other woman for a start. Then there's that mistaken identity moment involving the neighbours. At least Janice is well adjusted and over her ex-husband Alec. She still dreams of him, yes, but it's so over! Just as well really… guess who's at the door? [[Our Tiny, Useless Hearts by Toni Jordan|Full Review]] <!-- Taylor -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Taylor_Scilly.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/178475515X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Life of a Scilly Sergeant by Colin Taylor]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Travel|Travel]], [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] Meet the Isles of Scilly. (I know they should be called that – the author provides a handy guide to the etiquette of their name, their nature and location, etc.) For our more distant readers, they're several chunks of granite rock out in the Atlantic, where Cornwall is pointing, with just 2,200 permanent residents. They're big on tourism, and big on growing flowers in the tropical climate the Gulf Stream bequeaths them – although the weather is bad enough to turn any car to a rust bucket within years. They're so wee, and so idyllic-seeming, especially at night, you can be mistaken for thinking there would be no need for a police presence. But there is – at least two working at any one time. And one of them in recent years has been Colin Taylor, who has done his official duty – alongside maintaining a well-known online existence, which has brought to life all the whimsical comedy of his work. [[The Life of a Scilly Sergeant by Colin Taylor|Full Review]] <!-- Lloyd -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Lloyd_Twas.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1472125118/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[['Twas the Fight Before Christmas: A Parody by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] It's Christmas Eve and Mum has arranged everything. All she now has to do is await the arrival of the relatives and the food shopping delivery. Little does Mum know that those two elements alone have the potential to ruin everything. [['Twas the Fight Before Christmas: A Parody by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0356508536</amazonuk>}}Full Review]]
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Christmas in our house is the time we tend to get on a plane and head to either sun or snow, anywhere that is far, far away from the madness at home, last minute dashes to the shops on Christmas Eve, and food cupboard stockpiles that would imply supermarkets are shutting for a month, nor a mere 36 hours. But I do remember the feeling of Christmas when I was younger, back when it was magical, and back when you knew exactly what the season would bring with carol concerts and school nativities and Christmas parties. This book is an anthology of those moments, and it took me right back to the wonder of Christmas as a child. [[The Virgin Mary's Got Nits by Gervase Phinn|Full Review]]
