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{{newreview|authorclass-"wikitable" cellpadding= David Jester"15" <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE-->|title= Forever After: a dark comedy<!-- van LENTE -->|rating= 4-|genrestyle= Paranormal"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1683690346.jpg|summarylink= Michael Holland is a cocky and brash young man who dies and gets made the offer of his lifetime; immortality. 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You only have to think about the turkey wonder and sanctuary for many people, and when Comic book artist Mike Mason arrives at San Diego Comic-Con, he's looking for both that – once upon a time it was leaving it sat on and sanctuary with other fans and creators, plus the downstairs loo chance of maybe, just maybe reuniting with his ex. However, when his rival is found dead, Mike is forced to defrost overnight, and if that failed navigate every dark corner of the hair-dryer shoved inside it treatment was your next best bet. Nowadays it's all having con in order to clear his name – from cosplay flash mobs and intrusive fans to make sure it's suitably free-range and organic 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. Christmasin doing so, though, is of course also 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]] <!-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 makers of Meltis Newberry Fruits – well, did they even try and sell them any other time of the year?Coulton -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1473669588.jpg|amazonuklink=<amazonuk>0241309824<http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473669588/amazonuk>ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]}}{{newreview|authorstyle=Ian Doescher"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"||title=William Shakespeare's the Force Doth Awaken==[[Falling Short by Lex Coulton]]=== [[image: Star Wars Part the Seventh|rating=44star.5jpg|genrelink=Science Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|summary=A long time agoGeneral Fiction]], [[:Category:Humour|Humour]], in [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] Lex Coulton's debut novel is a galaxy far awaystory about mistakes, failures, there was a man called William Shakespeareand relationships. The main protagonist, Frances Pilgrim, is a sixth form English teacher who was able to create has recently fallen out with her best friend Jackson, a series of dramatic histories full of machinations most foulwork colleague, rulers most evil and rebellious heroes and heroines most sturdyis grappling with the increasingly eccentric behaviour of her mother. You may or may not have noticed This relationship is complicated by the cinematic version of his original stage play for fact that Frances''The Force Doth Awaken'', but here at last we get the actual script, complete with annoyings father disappeared at sea when she was five years old. [[Falling Short by Lex Coulton|Full Review]] <!-in-differentvan LENTE -ways-to>|-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:1683690346. 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|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1683690346/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"||amazonuk=<amazonuk>159474985X</amazonuk>==[[The Con Artist by Fred Van Lente]]===}}[[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{newreviewrating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|author=James Goss and Russell T Davies|title=Doctor WhoCrime]], [[: Now We Are Six HundredCategory: A Collection of Time Lord Verse (Dr Who)Humour|rating=4.5Humour]]|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse |summary=Consider the Doctor. Just how Comic-Cons are a place of wonder and sanctuary for many birthday people, and Christmas gifts must he have to hand out each yearwhen Comic book artist Mike Mason arrives at San Diego Comic-Con, were he to keep in touch 's looking for both that and sanctuary with even half other fans and creators, plus the chance of maybe, just maybe reuniting with his companions? He would certainly need a few novelty gifts for some of themex. However, saywhen his rival is found dead, for example, whimsical books Mike is forced to navigate every dark corner of verse that pithily encapsulate the life of a Time Lord con in order to clear his name – from cosplay flash mobs and that of some of intrusive fans to zombie obstacle courses – Mike must prove his friends innocence and enemies. As luck would have it, he 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 Earthin doing so, may just unravel a dark secret behind a legendary industry creator. [[The Con Artist by Fred Van Lente|Full Review]] <!-- Curran -->|-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.|amazonuk| style=<amazonuk>1785942719<"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1683690133.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1683690133/amazonuk>ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]}}{{newreview|authorstyle=Annie Ingram"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"||title=Conversations with Kammie|rating=4=[[My Lady's Choosing by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris]]===|genre=Pets[[image:4star.jpg|summarylink=It was something Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|Humour]], [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] You are a lass of a relief when I encountered Annie Ingram twenty eight. Plucky, penniless and her cocker spaniel Kammiein Regency era London the race is on to find a suitable suitor - or else doom yourself to life as an eternal spinster. You see, Annie knows something which has been selfAlong your journey you'll be accompanied by Lady Evangeline Youngblood -evident a fiesty noble eager to me for save you from a long time: dogs are perfectly capable of communicating with humans life alone, and not just on fired by a level of ''food!''rogueish sense for adventure. When it comes to suitors though, you''walk!'' ll have to make the ultimate decision between witty, pretty and wealthy Sir Benedict Granville, wholesome, rugged and caring Captain Angus MacTaggart, or the mad, bad and terrifyingly sexy Lord Garraway Craven. With orphans, werewolves, long lost lovers and ancient Egyptian artifcats along the way, it's clear this isn'play!''. You do require extensive training t going to become fluent, but most dogs will be perfectly willing to give their time to teach you an easy decision... [[My Lady's Choosing by Kitty Curran and all you have to do is listen. Annie has studied hard: Kammie has trained her well and the pair have allowed us to share some of their conversations.Larissa Zageris|Full Review]] |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1785451995</amazonuk!-- Jester -->}}{{newreview|-|authorstyle= Charles Harris"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|title= The Breaking of Liam Glass[[image:Jester_Forever.jpg|rating= 3left|genrelink=Crimehttps://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1510704361?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1510704361]] |summarystyle= A flawed but reasonably entertaining swipe at modern media. There's plenty here to like, and plenty not to. But good structure and scramjet pace keep this one flying to the final page."vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"||amazonuk=<amazonuk>1908943823</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Fred Van Lente|title= Ten Dead Comedians[[Forever After: A Murder Mystery|ratinga dark comedy by David Jester]]=== 4|genre= Humour[[image:4star.jpg|summarylink= Nine comedians are invited to a remote Caribbean island under the guise of working with Dustin WalkerCategory:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]], [[:Category:Horror|Horror]], [[:Category:Fantasy|Fasntasy]] Michael Holland is a comedic legendcocky and brash young man who dies and gets made the offer of his lifetime; immortality. Each fits neatly into one of the archetypal comic stereotypes: SteveWe follow Michael, the washed-up has-been who has fallen far from a grim reaper and his early days; Zoe, the rising female star with friends Chip (a new stand-up special coming soon; Dante, who went from being stoner tooth fairy) and Naff (a kid on the streets to the hardest working road comic stoner in the business; Oliver, the childrecords department) as they grapple with their long lives and finding a clean surface to sit on in their flat. [[Forever After: a dark comedy by David Jester|Full Review]] <!-- Stibbe --like prop comic who can't get any respect from his peers>|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; Janet, the insult comic who is past her primetext-align: center; TJ, the nightly variety show host with a reputation for harassing his female colleagues and guest acts; Ruby, the ultra"|[[image:Stibbe_Xmas.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0241309824?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0241309824]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-feminist YouTuber and Blogger with a chip on her shoulderalign: left; and William, whose redneck character ''Billy the Contractor'' is a far cry from his real personality as a posh millionaire"|===[[An Almost Perfect Christmas by Nina Stibbe]]=== [[image:4.5star. Of coursejpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|Humour]], all nine agree because ''when God almighty walks down on a beam [[:Category:Short Stories|Short Stories]] Christmas – the time of light and asks traditional trauma. You only have to think about the turkey for your help, what the hell else are you going that – once upon a time it was leaving it sat on the downstairs loo to say?defrost overnight, and if that failed the hair-dryer shoved inside it treatment was your next best bet. Nowadays it's all having to make sure it'|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1594749744</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=S Lynn Scott|title=Elizabeths suitably free-range and organic – but not too organic that you can go and visit it, William... and Me|rating=4get too friendly with it to want to eat it.5|genre=Humour|summary=Ally Christmas, though, is an ordinary woman with teenage children, of course also a husband and a jobtime of great boons. Then comes the day when ordinariness flies out It's cash in hand for a lot of the window. It's not plump people who can hire red suits and beards, it was always a coincidence godsend for postmen with all the thank-you letters to aunties you saw twice a decade that it's the same day she finds Queen Elizabeth I your parents made you write out in the pantry long-hand as a child, and as for the Bard makers of Avon in her bath. What's she going to do? WellMeltis Newberry Fruits – well, Elizabeth did they even try and Will have their own ideas about thatsell them any other time of the year? [[An Almost Perfect Christmas by Nina Stibbe|Full Review]] <!-- Doescher -->|amazonuk-| style=<amazonuk>1788037006</amazonuk>}}{{newreview"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Doescher_Will.jpg|author= E G Rodfordleft|titlelink= The Surgeon's Casehttps: George Kocharyan Mystery 2//www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/159474985X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=159474985X]] |ratingstyle= 4"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"||genre= Crime |summary=In the second instalment of this series, Private Investigator George Kocharyan has been hired =[[William Shakespeare's the Force Doth Awaken: Star Wars Part the Seventh by a well-known local man to track down some missing valuablesIan Doescher]]=== [[image:4.5star. Bill Galbraithjpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]], [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] A long time ago, in a world-famous surgeon at Cambridge's Addenbrooke's Hospital who hosts a popular medical television programmegalaxy far away, has had his briefcase stolen by his live-in domestic servantthere was a man called William Shakespeare, Aurora. According who was able to Galbraithcreate a series of dramatic histories full of machinations most foul, this briefcase contains confidential notes concerning an important patient rulers most evil and rebellious heroes and heroines most sturdy. You may or may not have noticed the cinematic version of his at the hospital. George agrees to look into original stage play for ''The Force Doth Awaken'', but here at last we get the theftactual script, assuming it will be a relatively easy and straightforward case – little does he knowcomplete with annoying-in-different-ways-to-before droids anew, returning heroes from elsewhere in his oeuvre, he's about to enter a world of deceit and dysfunctionpeople keeping it in the family til it hurts.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178565005X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Toni Jordan|title=Our Tiny, Useless Hearts|rating=5|genre=Women 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… [[William Shakespeare's Fictionthe Force Doth Awaken: Star Wars Part the Seventh by Ian Doescher|Full Review]]|summary=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<!-- Goss -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Goss_600.jpg|left|link=https://www. Indeed, this is definitely not a good weekend for Janice to be babysitting at Caroline's houseamazon. There's the split and the awkwardness of the girls' schoolteacher being the other woman for a startco. Then there's that mistaken identity moment involving the neighbours. At least Janice is well adjusted and over her exuk/gp/product/1785942719?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-husband Alec. She still dreams of him, yes, but it's so over! Just as well really… guess who's at the door?21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1785942719]] |amazonukstyle=<amazonuk>1760293814</amazonuk>}}{{newreview"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|author=Colin Taylor|title=The Life of a Scilly Sergeant|rating=4.5|genre=Travel[[Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse (Dr Who) by James Goss and Russell T Davies]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|summarylink=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 Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and locationVerse]], etc.) For our more distant readers[[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]], they're several chunks of granite rock [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] Consider the Doctor. Just how many birthday and Christmas gifts must he have to hand out in the Atlanticeach year, where Cornwall is pointingwere he to keep in touch with even half of his companions? He would certainly need a few novelty gifts for some of them, say, with just 2,200 permanent residents. They're big on tourismfor example, whimsical books of verse that pithily encapsulate the life of a Time Lord and big on growing flowers in the tropical climate the Gulf Stream bequeaths them – although that of some of his friends and enemies. As luck would have it, he has the weather is bad enough space in his TARDIS to turn any car stock up in advance, so my advice to a rust bucket within yearshim – sorry, her – would be to pop along to his local Earth-based book emporium and get himself ready. TheyAnd if you're so wee, and so idyllic-seemingworking on a shorter timescale, especially at nightwith a shorter lifespan, you can be mistaken for and thinking there would be no need for a police presence. But there perhaps just one gift season ahead, well my advice is – at least two working at any one timepretty much the same. 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 [[Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of his work.Time Lord Verse (Dr Who) by James Goss and Russell T Davies|Full Review]] |amazonuk=<amazonuk>178475515X</amazonuk!-- Ingram -->}}{{newreview|-|author=Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Reesstyle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"||title='Twas the Fight Before Christmas[[image: A ParodyIngram_Kammie.jpg|rating=3.5left|genrelink=Humourhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1785451995?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1785451995]] |summarystyle=It's Christmas Eve and Mum has arranged everything"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Conversations with Kammie by Annie Ingram]]=== [[image:4star. All she now has to do is await the arrival jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]], [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] It was something of the relatives a relief when I encountered Annie Ingram and the food shopping deliveryher cocker spaniel Kammie. Little does Mum know that those two elements alone have the potential You see, Annie knows something which has been self-evident to ruin everything.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472125118</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Ryan North|title=Romeo me for a long time: dogs are perfectly capable of communicating with humans and/or Juliet|rating=3.5|genre=Humour|summary=For all those who think tragedy plots are too restricted and prescribednot just on a level of food!, read onwalk! or play!. In these pages you too You do require extensive training to become fluent, but most dogs will see that Romeo had lots of options en route be perfectly willing to give their time to hitting the bottle. Likewise, she could teach you and all you have turned away from to do is listen. Annie has studied hard: Kammie has trained her predestined path at no end well and the pair have allowed us to share some of juncturestheir conversations. And to what result? Well, happy marriage and a kid called Ben[[Conversations with Kammie by Annie Ingram|Full Review]] <!-- Harris -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Harris_Glass.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1908943823/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Breaking of Liam Glass by Charles Harris]]=== [[image:3star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]], because [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] Teenager Liam Glass is mugged and stabbed yards from his Camden flat. As the boy lies comatose, desperate journalist Jason Worthington scrabbles for the 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 leads 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). wrong time. We follow this host of ensemble characters in a bleak, kaleidoscopic satire of modern media. [[The Breaking of Liam Glass by Charles Harris|Full Review]] <!-- LENTE -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Lente_10.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1683690222/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Ten Dead Comedians: A Murder Mystery by Fred Van Lente]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] Nine comedians are invited to a remote Caribbean island under the guise of working with Dustin Walker, a 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 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 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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===[[The Virgin Mary's Got Nits by Gervase Phinn]]===
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]]
