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{{newreview
|author=Jane Robins
|title=The Magnificent Spilsbury and the Case of the Brides in the Bath
|rating=4.5
|genre=Crime
|summary=During the early months of 1915, Britain was fighting for her life during the First World War, and newspaper headlines were preoccupied with the army's exploits and outrages by the enemy. For a time, only one event at home could compete with them on the front news pages – the unhappy fate of two or three brides who had been drowned, in separate incidents, in their baths, and the fact that one man was probably responsible.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848541074</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|summary=Many of us would love to be married to a successful, wealthy and attractive businessman and for Dominique Delahaye it becomes a reality. Not only does she get to live in luxurious houses, go on expensive holidays and wear glamorous clothes, she also gets to organise and attend wonderful charity events and has her photo in nearly every magazine and newspaper. Once a spotty and unpopular school girl, she is now the centre of everyone's attention. Her husband, Brendan Delahaye, starts out as a builder but soon has his own construction business, Delahaye Developments. The couple become known as the "Dazzling Delahayes" and whilst their lives seem perfect to the outside world, it hasn't always been that way. Brendan and Dominique, who gets given the nickname 'Domino' from her husband, are quite literally forced to marry through unforeseen circumstances. Their marriage suffers a number of problems and as the title "Stand by Me" suggests, both of them are faced with the decision of whether to stay or leave. However, their greatest challenge comes when the perfect life they've built is destroyed. Domino must face an uncertain future and take control of her life but first she has to make some heartbreaking decisions.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0755343824</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Gail Carriger
|title=Changeless: The Parasol Protectorate
|rating=4.5
|genre=Fantasy
|summary=I recently read (and reviewed) the first book [[Soulless: The Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger|Soulless]] in this trilogy and thoroughly enjoyed it. Therefore I had high hopes for this book. But will it be as good? I crossed my fingers and started reading ... The feisty and fiery Alexia had left a bit of a lasting impression on me. I had no problem in picking up where I had left off. Carriger chooses not to share with her readers details of the wedding but I can picture the scene in my mind's eye, all the same.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1841499749</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Rachel Sargeant
|title=Long Time Waiting
|rating=2.5
|genre=Crime
|summary=Pippa Adams is determined to do well on her first day as a CID detective, especially when she is plunged straight into a murder case. However, an unfortunate comment about Agatha Christie plunges that into disarray and she becomes known as 'Agatha'. There is little time to dwell on this though; there is a murder to solve. Two men broke into the Brocks' home late one night, took Carl Brock away and killed him, and chained his wife, Gaby, to a chair. Carl Brock was a teacher and presumably above reproach - but as Pippa and her colleagues investigate, all sorts of issues come to the surface and it seems that Carl was not as innocent as they first presumed. Can Pippa find out the truth and persuade her disdainful colleagues that she is a capable detective?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0709091060</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz
|title=ABC Animal Rhymes For You And Me
|rating=3
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Repackaging some rhymes found in ''Rumble In The Jungle'' and [[Commotion In The Ocean by Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz|Commotion In The Ocean]], ''ABC Animal Rhymes For You And Me'' takes us through the alphabet, with rhymes about the angelfish, boa constrictor, crocodile, and so on.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408306808</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Nadia Aguiar
|title=Secrets of Tamarind
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=The Island of Tamarind is once again under threat, from the evils of the Red Coral. Once more Simon and his sisters Maya and Penny (but mostly Simon) must save the island that only they can reach, as it lies in some exotic Bermuda Triangle. For a second book running they must breach the barriers, solve mysteries surrounding their native friend Helix's legacy, and the native magical element ophalla, and put the island to rights.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141384336</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Francesca Simon and Tony Ross
|title=Horrid Henry Rocks
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=''Horrid Henry Rocks'' brings us four more stories from the delightfully horrid little boy, Henry. Here we see him battle with his sappy little brother Peter, sabotage his neighbour, Moody Margaret's, sleepover, write his autobiography and finally he's evicted by security from the Dancing Daisies children's stage show where he stands on stage singing songs by The Killer Boy Rats!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842551345</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Thomas E Sniegoski
|title=The Fallen: Fallen and Leviathan
|rating=4
|genre=Teens
|summary=Thousands of years ago, a bunch of angels fell in love with human women. For their sins, they were cast out of Heaven. Their children are the Nephilim. They are hunted by Verchiel, leader of the Powers, hell-bent (excuse the pun!) on destroying them, especially the leader who prophecy says will lead them. On his 18th birthday, Aaron Corbet has a strange dream of weapons clanging and angels descending on a battlefield... and wakes up able to speak and understand any language, including that of his dog Gabriel. We can see where this is going, can't we?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857071211</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=John Boyne
|title=Noah Barleywater Runs Away
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Noah Barleywater gets up very early one morning. He's eight years old and he's decided to leave home in search of adventure. Off he goes through the forest and villages until he sees a marvellous tree. As he gazes at it, he meets a friendly dachshund and a (very) hungry donkey who tell him all about the toyshop behind the marvellous tree. And so Noah opens the door and goes in.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0385618956</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Kurt Vonnegut
|title=Look at the Birdie
|rating=4
|genre=Short Stories
|summary=Kurt Vonnegut died a couple of years ago after a sci fi writing career spanning
over fifty years; he was well-known for his humanist views. This collection of
unpublished short stories shows Vonnegut at his dark best, his theme,
individuals out for themselves in an uncaring society. A colleague at The
Bookbag [[Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut|recently wrote]] that Kurt Vonnegut's early writing is his strongest. If that is so, then this collection, illustrated with cartoons by the author, will be good news for his many fans.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099548852</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Andrea Newman
|title=A Bouquet of Barbed Wire
|rating=2.5
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=For those of you who've never heard of it, A Bouquet of Barbed Wire was most famous as a landmark 70's TV series based on this 1969 novel by Andrea Newman. I'd never read the book before - in fact I'm not even sure I knew there ''was'' a book - or seen the TV series but I was aware of the controversy it created at the time of
release so lapped up the chance to read the rerelease, accompanying the remake of the TV series which has just started.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846687721</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=David Williams
|title=11:59
|rating=4|genre=General Fiction
|summary=The back cover blurb informs the reader that this novel was a semi-finalist in the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. And the front jacket is stylish and a bit Hitchcock-esque. All the signs looked promising for a decent read. But did it deliver?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0956373356</amazonuk>
}}