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|title=Other People's Husbands
|author=Judy Astley
|rating=3.5
|summary=[http://twitter.com/Judyastley Judy Astley's] choice. Bookbag said: Conrad, a famous and successful artist is 25 years older than his wife and he wonders if he really wants to be there for his forthcoming seventieth birthday. A heart-warming and gentle look at the relationships between husbands and wives. Recommended.
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0552774642</amazonuk>|genre=Women's Fiction
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|title=The Complete Cosmicomics
|author=Italo Calvino
|rating=5
|summary=[http://twitter.com/EliseBlackwell Elise Blackwell] and [http://twitter.com/RayBeckerman Ray Beckerman's] choice. Bookbag said: Join Qfwfq as he narrates, from its very conception to its eventual dissipation, the course of the universe, the development of forms of life, and the tragedy of loneliness.
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1846141656</amazonuk>|genre=Literary Fiction
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|title=Valeria's Last Stand
|author=Marc Fitten
|rating=4.5
|summary=[http://twitter.com/agnieszkasshoes Agnieszka's Shoes'] choice. Bookbag said: An appealing, earthy fairy tale from the heart of Eurovision Song Contest land. Two women fall in love with the widowed village potter... which will he choose?
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1408800225</amazonuk>|genre=General Fiction
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|title=Tender Morsels
|author=Margo Lanagan
|rating=5
|summary=[http://twitter.com/ninadouglas Nina Douglas'] choice. Bookbag said: Stunning retelling of the Snow White and Rose Red fairy tale. It's ambitious and difficult with multi-layered prose that will work its way into your very soul and repay your effort a hundred times over.
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0385613237</amazonuk>|genre=Teens
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|title=Revolver
|author=Marcus Sedgwick
|rating=5
|summary=Another pick from [http://twitter.com/ninadouglas Nina Douglas]. Bookbag said: Densely written and chilling in every sense of the word, ''Revolver'' is a rare little gem for teens and adults alike. Marcus Sedgwick was kind enough to be [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Marcus Sedgwick|interviewed by Bookbag]].
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1842551868</amazonuk>|genre=Teens
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|title=The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
|author=James Patterson
|rating=3
|summary=[http://twitter.com/steveemecz Steve Emecz's] choice. Bookbag said: A fast paced thriller that feels a bit rushed at times. Good if you want a bit of light reading.
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1846052777</amazonuk>|genre=Teens
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|title=Seeing Spells Achieving
|author=Olive Hickmott and Andrew Bendefy
|rating=4.5
|summary=Another pick from [http://twitter.com/steveemecz Steve Emecz]. Bookbag said: A simple method aimed at overcoming the disadvantages of dyslexic symptoms, delivered in a user-friendly book. Highly recommended.
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1904312209</amazonuk>|genre=Home and Family
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|title=Everlost
|author=Neal Shusterman
|rating=5
|summary=[http://twitter.com/TamsynTweetie Tamsyn Tweetie's] choice. Bookbag said: Completely gorgeous fantasy adventure set in a kind of afterlife limbo for children. It's exciting and pacy, but it's also irresistibly humorous and utterly serious. The final pay-off is superb. How you get all that into 384 pages, Bookbag doesn't know, but it does stand in awe.
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1847385044</amazonuk>|genre=Teens
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|title=The Secret
|author=Rhonda Byrne
|rating=1
|summary=[http://twitter.com/BenjaminGlover Benjamin Glover's] choice - because he likes the review, not the book. Bookbag said: Even the normal devotees of self-help and devourers of New Ageish pseudo-scientific, pseudo-spiritual advice should keep away from this one: it contains about 4 points of advice on positive thinking repeated in a sequence of tautologies ad nauseam and wrapped in an astonishingly stupid amount of utter balderdash. Calling it pseudo-scientific is an insult to pseudo-science. Most 'scientific sounding' sentences there are not only not true, they don't even make sense. Keep away.
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1847370292</amazonuk>|genre=Home and Family
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|title=Rowan the Strange
|author=Julie Hearn
|rating=5
|summary=[http://twitter.com/JasonMarkCurley Jason Mark Curley's] choice. Bookbag said: Diagnosed with schizophrenia, a young teenager is sent to a psychiatric hospital at the very start of World War II.
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0192792156</amazonuk>|genre=Teens
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