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[[Category:New Reviews|Humour]]__NOTOC__ {{Frontpage|author=Stephen Clarke|title=The Spy Who Inspired Me|rating=4|genre=General Fiction|summary=This is a spoof spy story, that isn't about James Bond. <Or Ian Fleming. But it features a man called Ian Lemming, who dresses well and 'likes the ladies' and who works for the secret service, but in the planning side of things more than the active service. Lemming finds himself put on a mission with a female spy called Margaux, and the pair end up stranded in Normandy, with Margaux on a desperate mission to unearth traitors in the resistance network, and Lemming desperately trying to keep up with her!|isbn=2952163855}}{{Frontpage|author=Afonso Cruz and Rahul Bery (translator)|title=Kokoschka's Doll|rating=2.5|genre=Literary Fiction|summary=Well, this looked very much like a book I could love from the get-- Remove -->go, which is why I picked my review copy up and flipped pages over several times before actually reading any of it. I found things to potentially delight me each time – a weird section in the middle on darker stock paper, a chapter whose number was in the 20,000s, letters used as narrative form, and so on. It intrigued with the subterranean voice a man hears in wartorn Dresden that what little I knew of it mentioned, too. But you've seen the star rating that comes with this review, and can tell that if love was on these pages, it was not actually caused by them. So what happened?|isbn=1529402697}}{{Frontpage|isbn=B08KKQ85FN|title=But Never For Lunch|author=Sandra Aragona|class-"wikitable" cellpaddingrating=4|genre=Short Stories|summary="15" <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE-->''If a woman approaching the menopause can be likened to a Rottweiler in lipstick, an Ambassador nearing retirement resembles a pampered peacock about to be released into the company of carrion crows or, more to the point, about to discover the real world of bus timetables and paying his own gas bills.''
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=S Lynn Scott168369094X|title=Elizabeth, William... and MeShakespeare's Get Thee Back to the Future!|author=Ian Doescher
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|summary=Ally is an ordinary woman with teenage childrenA long time ago, in a husband publishing house far away, [[:Category:Ian Doescher|someone]] thought it wonderfully wacky to rewrite the story of Star Wars in Shakespearean pentameter, colliding two entirely different genres and styles in such a jobclever way they seemed perfectly suited. Then comes It was then duly repeated for all the day when ordinariness flies out of other films in the window. It's not a coincidence that itmain Star Wars cycle, and clearly someone's buffing their quills ready for Episode Nine, the title of which became public knowledge the same day she finds Queen Elizabeth before I in write. In the hiatus, however, the effort has been made to see if the pantry same shtick works with other texts, and the Bard of Avon to riff on other seemingly unlikely source materials in her bathiambs. What's she going And could we have anything more suitably unsuitable-seeming than Back to do? Wellthe Future, with its tales of time travel, bullying, Elizabeth and Will have their own ideas about that!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1788037006<parent/amazonuk>child strife like no other?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= E G Rodford1473669065|title= The SurgeonQueenie Malone's Case: George Kocharyan Mystery 2|rating= 4|genre= Crime |summary=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.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178565005X</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewParadise Hotel|author=Toni Jordan|title=Our Tiny, Useless HeartsRuth Hogan
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|genre=Women's FictionHumour|summary=As predicted by Caroline and Janice's Tilda returns to Brighton, to tidy away the remains of her mother on Caroline and Henry's wedding daylife after her death. Whilst there, their marriage is overshe returns to the Paradise hotel, albeit 15 years a haven for eccentrics and two daughters further along than predictedmisfits. IndeedA place where people can be themselves, this is definitely not a good weekend for Janice to be babysitting at Caroline's house. There's the split and the awkwardness let go of the girls' schoolteacher being the other woman thoughts that torment them elsewhere. Little wonder that Tilda cannot forgive her mother for banishing her as a startchild, from this place of wonder. Then there's that mistaken identity moment involving With the neighbours. At least Janice is well adjusted and over her ex-husband Alec. She still dreams help of himQueenie Malone, yescaring, but it's so over! Just as well really… guess who's at and gregarious, Tilda begins to pick apart the door?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1760293814</amazonuk>tricky and uncertain relationship she had with her sometimes cruel and distant mother.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Colin Taylor1683690346|title=The Life of a Scilly SergeantCon Artist|author=Fred Van Lente|rating=4.5|genre=TravelHumour|summary=Meet the Isles of Scilly. (I know they should be called that – the author provides Comic-Cons are a handy guide to the etiquette place of their namewonder and sanctuary for many people, their nature and locationwhen Comic book artist Mike Mason arrives at San Diego Comic-Con, etc.) For our more distant readershe's looking for both that and sanctuary with other fans and creators, they're several chunks plus the chance of granite rock out in the Atlantic, where Cornwall is pointingmaybe, just maybe reuniting with just 2,200 permanent residentshis ex. They're big on tourismHowever, and big on growing flowers in the tropical climate the Gulf Stream bequeaths them – although the weather when his rival is bad enough to turn any car to a rust bucket within years. They're so wee, and so idyllic-seemingfound dead, especially at night, you can be mistaken for thinking there would be no need for a police presence. But there Mike is – at least two working at any one time. And one forced to navigate every dark corner of them the con in recent years has been Colin Taylor, who has done order to clear his official duty name – alongside maintaining a well-known online existence, which has brought from cosplay flash mobs and intrusive fans to life all the whimsical comedy of zombie obstacle courses – Mike must prove his workinnocence and, in doing so, may just unravel a dark secret behind a legendary industry creator.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178475515X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees1473669588|title='Twas the Fight Before Christmas: A ParodyFalling Short|author=Lex Coulton|rating=3.54
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|summary=ItLex Coulton's Christmas Eve debut novel is a story about mistakes, failures, and Mum has arranged everythingrelationships. All she now The main protagonist, Frances Pilgrim, is a sixth form English teacher who has to do recently fallen out with her best friend Jackson, a work colleague and is await grappling with the arrival increasingly eccentric behaviour of the relatives and the food shopping deliveryher mother. Little does Mum know This relationship is complicated by the fact that those two elements alone have the potential to ruin everythingFrances's father disappeared at sea when she was five years old.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472125118</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ryan North1683690133|title=Romeo My Lady's Choosing|author=Kitty Curran and/or JulietLarissa Zageris|rating=3.54
|genre=Humour
|summary=For all those who think tragedy plots You are too restricted a lass of twenty-eight. Plucky, penniless and prescribed, read in Regency-era London the race is onto find a suitable suitor - or else doom yourself to life as an eternal spinster. In these pages Along your journey, you too will see that Romeo had lots of options en route 'll be accompanied by Lady Evangeline Youngblood - a fiesty noble eager to hitting the bottlesave you from a life alone, and fired by a rogueish sense for adventure. LikewiseWhen it comes to suitors though, she could you'll have turned away from her predestined path at no end of junctures. And to what result? Wellmake the ultimate decision between witty, pretty and wealthy Sir Benedict Granville, wholesome, happy marriage rugged and a kid called Bencaring Captain Angus MacTaggart, because or the leads have just banged people's heads together mad, bad and terrifyingly sexy Lord Garraway Craven. With orphans, werewolves, long lost lovers and stopped ancient Egyptian artefacts along the quarrellingway, or Death by Tybalt (him) or a long life running it's clear this isn't going to be an establishment curing murderous women, such as a Lady M (her)easy decision... |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0356508536</amazonuk>
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{{Frontpage<!-- Phinn -->|isbn=Stibbe_Xmas*[[image:Phinn_Virgin.jpg|lefttitle=An Almost Perfect Christmas|linkauthor=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1444779400/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]Nina Stibbe ===[[The Virgin Mary's Got Nits by Gervase Phinn]]==|rating= [[image:4.5star.jpg5|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|Humour]], [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] summary=Christmas in our house is – the time we tend of traditional trauma. You only have to get think about the turkey for that – once upon a time it was leaving it sat on a plane and head to either sun or snow, anywhere that is far, far away from the madness at home, last minute dashes downstairs loo to the shops on Christmas Evedefrost overnight, and food cupboard stockpiles if that would imply supermarkets are shutting for a month, nor a mere 36 hours. But I do remember failed the feeling of Christmas when I hair-dryer shoved inside it treatment was younger, back when your next best bet. Nowadays it's all having to make sure it was magical, 's suitably free-range and back when organic – but not too organic that you knew exactly what the season would bring with carol concerts can go and school nativities and Christmas parties. This book is an anthology of those momentsvisit it, and get too friendly with it took me right back to the wonder want to eat it. Christmas, though, is of Christmas as course also a childtime of great boons. [[The Virgin MaryIt's Got Nits by Gervase Phinn|Full Review]]<br> {{newreview|author= Kieran Crowley|title= Shoot|rating= 4|genre= Crime|summary= I make something of cash in hand for a habit lot of being late to discover good writersplump people who can hire red suits and beards, in this case getting to Crowley after he is no longer with us. The result is that what is billed as ''an F.X. Shepherd mystery'' it was always a godsend for postmen with all the optimism of there being more thank-you letters to come has the poignancy of being, if not the last of aunties you saw twice a short line, certainly one of decade that your parents made you write out in long-hand as a few. F.X. Shepherd – he doesn't like his first name and prefers just "Shepherd" is, technicallychild, a columnist. He's been sacked by one New York newspaper and is writing a weekly column as for another. I don't know much about journalism, but I'm guessing one column a week doesn't pay much as a rule…which explains why Shepherd's soap-washed-foul-mouthed editor (read the book, you'll see what I mean) expects him to turn in some genuine journalism as makers of Meltis Newberry Fruits – well: front page, seat did they even try and sell them any other time of your pants stuff. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783296518</amazonuk>the year?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Gray JolliffeDoescher_Will|title=The First Ever ChristmasWilliam Shakespeare's the Force Doth Awaken: And Who to BlameStar Wars Part the Seventh|author=Ian Doescher|rating=4.5
|genre=Humour
|summary=If I tell you A long time ago, in a secretgalaxy far away, will you promise not to tell anyone? Wellthere was a man called William Shakespeare, I really don't like Christmas: it's my least favourite time of year and whilst some people count down to the day itself, I look forward who was able to that point when I can say that it's all over for another year. It's all too commercialised for me, with create a coating series of faux religiondramatic histories full of machinations most foul, rulers most evil and rebellious heroes and heroines most sturdy. I've never found it in You may or may not have noticed the least funny - that is, until I found Gray Jolliffecinematic version of his original stage play for 's 'The Force Doth Awaken'The First Ever Christmas: And Who's , but here at last we get the actual script, complete with annoying-in-different-ways-to Blame''-before droids anew, returning heroes from elsewhere in his oeuvre, and people keeping it in the family til it hurts. AmazinglyAnd if you need further encouragement, Idon'd never encountered Gray Jolliffe either, but It forget his audience only demanded three parts of Henry VI – here the series is so popular we'm a convert re on to his skills part seven – surely making this over twice as a cartoonist (if not to the idea of Christmas) after reading this collection of Christmas-themed cartoons from his archive.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445663503</amazonuk>good…
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jonathan PughGoss_600|title=Pugh's New Year's ResolutionsDoctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse (Dr Who)|author=James Goss and Russell T Davies
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|genre=Humour
|summary=If there's one thing that's for certain, it's that Consider the world is changingDoctor. We're dating onlineJust how many birthday and Christmas gifts must he have to hand out each year, we're communicating were he to keep in ways touch with even half of his companions? He would certainly need a few novelty gifts for some of them, say, for example, whimsical books of verse that make email seem redundant, pithily encapsulate the life of a Time Lord and when we're shopping we just tell a website where that of some of his friends and when enemies. As luck would have it can be delivered, and how much leeway they have he has the space in his TARDIS to swap our wishes for whatever it is they do bring us. But those changes are also supposed stock up in advance, so my advice to him – sorry, her – would be affecting us – we're supposed to use a smart watch pop along to tell us his local Earth-based book emporium and get himself ready. And if weyou're moving or notworking on a shorter timescale, we have to keep up with the latest fadsa shorter lifespan, and we're supposed to prick our ears up and take note when thinking perhaps just one gift season ahead, well my advice is pretty much the proverbial 'they' change their minds about what we're supposed to eatsame.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780722885</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Luke RhinehartIngram_Kammie|title= InvasionConversations with Kammie|author=Annie Ingram|rating= 4.5|genre= Humour |summary=SuperIt was something of a relief when I encountered Annie Ingram and her cocker spaniel Kammie. You see, Annie knows something which has been self-intelligent furry aliens suddenly appear from another universe. And they've come evident to earth to have fun. Alien Louie follows fisherman Billy Morton home one day, me for a long time: dogs are perfectly capable of communicating with humans and he and his family quickly come to love the playful aliennot just on a level of food! walk! or play!. But when Louie starts using their computer You do require extensive training to hack into government and corporate networksbecome fluent, stealing millions from banks but most dogs will be perfectly willing to give their time to others, they realise that Louie teach you and his friends mean troubleall you have to do is listen. As Billy and his family begin a roller coaster ride of fame and fortune, as Annie has studied hard: Kammie has trained her well as a ranking high on the FBI's most wanted list, the Government soon decides that these aliens are terrorists, and must be eliminated. Whilst the aliens are playing games they hope will help humans pair have allowed us to see the insanity share some of the American political, economic and military systems, they soon come to realise that the Powers that Be don't play games: they make wartheir conversations. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1785651757</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rod GreenHarris_Glass|title=Only Fools and Horses: The Peckham ArchivesBreaking of Liam Glass|author=Charles Harris|rating=43|genre=Entertainment Humour|summary=We are in Teenager Liam Glass is mugged and stabbed yards from his Camden flat. As the world of one of boy lies comatose, desperate journalist Jason Worthington scrabbles for the country's most famous and well-loved sitcoms – even if it was sortinside scoop, tired police officer Andy Rockham searches for a missing tape, harried politician Jamila Hasan fights for re-of killed off for Christmas 2003. Yeselection, there have been specials sincedistraught mother Katrina Glass waits by her son, and more repeats to clog up gym-owner Royland simply finds himself in the BBC schedules than is really pukka, but very few people failed to succumb to its charms wrong place at one the wrong time or another. I'm sure there have been books before now celebrating the stony-faced reception We follow this host of ''that'' drop through the open bar hatch, and ''that'' chandelier scene, but this is much more meaty. Purporting to be the family archives, found dumped in Nelson Mandela House, the documents here were passed from pillar to post, from one council worker ensemble characters in a department with a clumsy acronym to anotherbleak, from them to the police – and now here they are being published for their social history worthkaleidoscopic satire of modern media. Will enough readers find them of worth, as the series quietly celebrates its 35th birthday?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849909245</amazonuk>
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