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    Horse Play by Jo Carnegie 

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    Bitza
     Number of Views: 375 
    Categories:
    1. Fiction
    2. Chick-Lit
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    I love a good bonk buster when on holidays. And as I am on holiday I was pleased to see that I would get to review a book that was not going to require the use of too much grey matter! Billed as ‘The new SATC – Sex and the Countryside!’ by Heat magazine, I looked forward to an easy fun read.
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    Old Enemies by Michael Dobbs 

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    Auld_Yin
     Number of Views: 244 
    Categories:
    1. Adventure/Thriller
    2. Non-Military
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    Michael Dobbs will be well known to many of you through his “House of Cards” books which were also made into a highly successful TV series. Here Dobbs returns to Parliament as his background but he does not bring the same urgency of writing and plausibility that he did with House of Cards. Also, this is the first book I have been sent in which the publicity blurb included the CV of the lead character; Harry Jones MP, ex SAS, millionaire and general all round good guy!! However Harry Jones is no Francis Urquhart!
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    Tiny Sunbirds Far Away by Christie Watson 

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    sluice_dweller
     Number of Views: 227 
    Categories:
    1. Fiction
    2. Chick-Lit
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    This is the story of a young girl who is abandoned by her father and then forced to move with her family from the city back to her grandfather's village.

    Sounds a tad dull, but the story is based in Africa! The family are forced to move from Lagos to a poor country village which is torn apart by gangs and fighting. It tells the story of Blessing, her mother and brother in Blessing's words.
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    21st Century Dodos by Steve Stack 

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    Boldnotold
     Number of Views: 329 
    Categories:
    1. History
    2. Humour
    3. Non-Fiction
    4. Non-Military
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    What do Spangles, Polaroid Cameras, Green Shield Stamps and the ITV Seven have in common? Readers under 35 years of age may have to ask a grownup.

    The answer is, they are all things that were created, blazed across our culture, and disappeared forever during the 20th Century.

    This book is a gentle romp through a lost world of Petrol Pump Attendants, Rag and Bone Men and Lighthouse Keepers, all trades sadly passed into history by the march of progress. Each item has a paragraph about its invention, lifespan and decline, and has a Dodo rating, similar to our Wine Glasses. Even the Technology section recalls some lost items - Commodore Vic 20 anyone? Laser disc? Betamax video player? Sooooo last century, darlings!
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    The Case of the Missing Boyfriend by Nick Alexander 

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    teacher_lady
     Number of Views: 282 
    Categories:
    1. Fiction
    2. Non-Military
    3. Chick-Lit
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    Before beginning this review it is only fair to say that the book has already been an electronic success having been downloaded over 60,000 times and securing the author a publishing deal. Arguably 60,000 readers can’t be wrong!

    C.C. is a thirty-nine year old woman she has everything, a great job, a lovely flat and a fabulous bunch of (mainly gay) friends, however as is often the case with career woman over thirty the thing missing from her life is a significant other ,in this case, a boyfriend. For C.C. her dream of raising a family out in the country with the man of her dreams is beginning to fade ,due to her rapidly ticking biological clock and her missing boyfriend.
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