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Thanks for the Memories

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by: Cecelia Ahern

April 01, 2008
After reading or rather dragging my way through this book I felt I had to comment. I adore her other books but this was so slow, dull and how she got a novel out of what should have been a short story I'll never know. If you are thinking about buying this, don't, I'd have given you my copy but I wouldn't want you to waste your time and, anyway, I've placed it somewhere environmentally friendly!!

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Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life

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by: Jamie Oliver

September 06, 2007
an amazingly inspirational book. i have since planted veggies and nowonly buy seasonal produce. a beautiful book with recipes that work.
when will we see a full veggie cook book?

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Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart

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by: Tim Butcher

January 03, 2008
A brilliant book mixing adventure travel with history, geography and anthropology. The author describes his brutal journey across the enormous expanse of land that is the Democratic Republic of Congo. Tracking Stanley's exploratory expedition, the book is shocking and horrifying in what it reveals about this destitute country. It is a great read that's filled with humour and compassion for the Congolese people. As someone about to travel to the DRC, this was an insightful introduction to an amazing country - all of its wonders and dangers. Now that I have safely returned from the Congo I have recommended this to all my family and friends.

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Notes from an Exhibition

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by: Patrick Gale

January 07, 2008
I'm sorry to say that this one didn't light my fire. It centres on a schizophrenic artist recently deceased and the lives of her family. The central character (the artist) presented as an inconsiderate and self absorbed person (not withstanding the severity of her illness) and the lives and concerns of those around her were simply not that interesting. Left me cold, I'm afraid.

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Giraffes Can't Dance (Orchard Picturebooks)

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by: Giles Andreae

July 12, 2001
This is an absolutely charming book, my son loves listening to the rhyming verse and spotting all the different animlas in the book. A fantastic book to generate your childs love for books, highly recommended.!

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Down River

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by: John Hart

June 16, 2008
There isn't much product information available on Amazon so to give you an idea what it's about, Adam Chase lives in New York having left his home town five years following an acquital from a murder charge - all this is revealed within first and second chapter so it isn't a plot spoiler - but his friend from home calls him and he has to go back. When he gets home people start turning up dead and unfortunately Adam looks like number one suspect with only him being able to clear his name.

The writing style took me a little while to settle into. The sentences are disjointed in places and there is no descriptive narrative as such. The only thing I can compare it to is Gordon Ramsey when he does his recipes and he simply says the bog standard ingredient ... Read More:

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Ottolenghi: The Cookbook

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by: Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi

May 01, 2008
How many times have you bought a cook book and only end up using two or three recipes from it. Having opened Ottolenghi I started at the beginning and read through all the recipes and have not found one that I don't want to do. I haven't been to the restaurant but the pictures in the book certainly whetted my appetite.

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Fractured

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by: Karin Slaughter

July 03, 2008
Not a Grant County/Sara Linton book, and if you've read the last one, Skin Privilege, you may agree with me that Slaughter's bold character and plot decisions make for something a bit rare and wonderful in this genre -a sense of realism in the 3-dimensional characters so that you really care about their pathway through the narrative far more than the nasty stuff - and can't put the book down!(Hence the breathtaking ending to Skin Privilege -see linked discussion). Will Trent, who we met in Triptych, is even more compelling in this book and manages to be a real hero rather than a fairytale. Just as excellent as the other Slaughter books. If you've not read any Karin Slaughter yet - get them all, amazing. In fact they convinced me that here was a genre I was missing out on but on trying ... Read More:

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Engleby

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by: Sebastian Faulks

March 27, 2008
This is a book that will make you think (a lot) and will successfully draw you back into the 70s. Written as a diary entry, this is a very humourous, although in an ironic, pessimistic sort of way, and dark novel. The story of Michael Engleby - a boy from Reading trying to fit in among his peers at Cambridge University, is ultimately one of the best books I've read this year, with an extraordinary twist and a cliff-hanger ending.

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Annabel Karmel's New Complete Baby and Toddler Meal Planner

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by: Annabel Karmel

January 24, 2008
I was quite apprehensive about weaning before I started; I didn't have a clue how or what to start with. So I decided to purchase this book, and was so glad with my purchase. It gives great guidleines on the weaning process, which many simple to cook recipes and ideas. I don't know how I would've coped without this book!