Most popular opening extracts 20 – 27 Nov 2008
Lovereading.co.uk Top 10
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Girls are Best Sandi ToksvigFeatured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 13 November 2008. Women gladiators, women in the Bayeaux Tapestry, women inventors, Sandi Toksvig uncovers them all in her light hearted approach to the serious message of this book – women have … |
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Slapstick Roger Mcgough Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 30 October 2008.The poems of Roger McGough are always a joy to read and accompanied by fantastic illustrations this is a book you will want to open up again and again … |
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The Fidelity Files Jessica Brody A sexy, entertaining American debut about a professional honey-trap (a woman who tests men’s potential for straying) finally finding love herself. Comparison: Leonie Fox, Jennifer Weiner, Hester Browne. … Download free opening extract |
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The Other Queen Philippa GregoryFeatured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 20 November 2008. A former Author of the Month on Lovereading Philippa Gregory is back with another fantastic historical novel, this time the focus in the “other queen” Mary Queen of Scots. … |
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The Almost Moon Alice Sebold Alice Sebold’s second novel is as moving and beautifully written as her first,The Lovely Bones. She takes some very sad and disturbing subject matter and writes about it in a way that completely captivates the reader. This is a story of mental illness … Download free opening extract |
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A Quiet Belief in Angels R J Ellory January 2008 Book of the Month. I am championing this author. I think he is very special. His publisher claims he writes crime novels, and there certainly always is a crime, but his tales are so much bigger … Download free opening extract |
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The Business Martina Cole Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 13 November 2008. Another gem from the queen of gritty East End crime novels. Set at the end of the 70’s and moving up to the present day following the Dooley family. … |
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The Spellman Files Lisa Lutz This book has some of the funniest dialogue and wackiest characters we have come across in a long time. The Spellman’s are a dysfunctional family firm of private investigators who sadly can’t leave the tools of the trade outside the … Download free opening extract |
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Ferney James Long April 2008 Book of the Month. I fell in love with this book when it was first published in 1997. It did moderately well but not as well as it should. I think one of the problems was that up …Download free opening extract |
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The Rose Labyrinth Titania Hardie November 2008 Book of the Month. Usually known for her books of spells and potions as a white witch, Titania Hardie has written a charming novel. A dual-time tale of a secret world of Shakespearean legacy and dangerous revelations. The book … |
Lovereading4kids.co.uk Top 10
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Midnight for Charlie Bone Jenny Nimmo Since his father died, Charlie Bone has lived with his mother and her mother, in the house of his other grandmother, Grandma Bone. Looking at a picture of a couple with a baby and a cat, he suddenly discovers he … Download free opening extract |
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The Meaning Of Life Joanna Nadin Laugh out loud funny from the first page, The Meaning of Life, will be devoured by teenagers and adults in equal measure just as the Diaries of Adrian Mole hit the spot for a different generation. A spot-on teenage voice … Download free opening extract |
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The Birthday Book Michael Morpurgo This is a sumptuous collection of stories and verse compiled by Michael Morpurgo, beautifully illustrated by Quentin Blake and published in aid of The Prince’s Foundation for Children and Arts and to celebrate the Prince of Wales’s 60th birthday. It’s … Download free opening extract |
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The Magic Thief Sarah Prineas This is an absolutely captivating debut fantasy adventure. Full of magic and trickery, this is the story of a wizard and his new apprentice trying to discover why the magic in their city is fading and how they must … Download free opening extract |
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Kaspar Michael Morpurgo A wonderfully emotional but heart-warming tale from the pen of one of the foremost writers for children. Brilliantly interwoven in historical fact at the time of the sinking of the Titanic is the story of Kaspar the Savoy cat, who … Download free opening extract |
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The Knife of Never Letting Go Patrick Ness Winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2008 and Booktrust Teenage Prize 2008. The electrifying and unflinching young adult debut novel about the impossible choices of growing up by award-winning fiction writer Patrick Ness. This title is part of Walker Books’ … Download free opening extract |
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Before I Die Jenny Downham Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2008. This is a haunting yet truly amazing read but don’t read it too young. Definitely not for someone less than 14 years old. If you knew you were going to die what would … Download free opening extract |
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Young, Loaded And Fabulous Katherine Kingsley Addictive, scandalous and glamorous fiction from a brand new author writing for sophisticated teens! As its title implies this is not for the faint-hearted. If you’re up for a wild read where clubbing or holidaying in St Tropez is the … Download free opening extract |
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The Number 7 Shirt Alan Gibbons This is an action-packed story involving a boy who dreams of being a football pro. Because fiction and non-fiction are interwoven together, it’s likely to attract less keen readers but readers who may have a passion for football. His heroes … Download free opening extract |
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Airhead Meg Cabot From the creator of Allie Finkle and The Princess Diaries comes a brand new novel featuring two very different girls, one a superbrain and the other a supermodel. They have absolutely nothing in common until something extraordinary happens. … Download free opening extract |
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