Lovereading.co.uk TOP 10

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 Living in Perhaps Living in Perhaps Julia Widdows August 2009 Debut of the Month. There is a sinister undertone throughout this book, it is the way that children can be innocent and yet so manipulative at the same time. This is a real page turner, well structured, engaging, intriguing ... Download free opening extract
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 The Scent of Your Breath The Scent of Your Breath Melissa P. The follow-up to One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed.  If Melissa P's poetic prose fails to grab you then her x-rated exploits will. ... Download free opening extract
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 Passion Passion Louise Bagshawe August 2009 Book of the Month. After 13 top selling glitz and glamour novels, this talented author has changed tack and written an adventure yarn, a sort of James Bond for girls, and it’s terrific.  Fast moving, lots going on, bags ... Download free opening extract
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 The Time Traveler's Wife The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger Destined to become a classic. It is in essence a love story but it travels back and forth in time in a unique way which gives you glimpses of time before the time is due and although you may ... Download free opening extract
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 Under Fishbone Clouds Under Fishbone Clouds Sam Meekings August 2009 Debut of the Month. From the opening pages you know that this is going to be a magical book. Beautifully written and intricately blending the story of a marriage with Chinese history and folklore makes this a debut not ... Download free opening extract
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 Corduroy Mansions Corduroy Mansions Alexander McCall Smith His fans will love another wittily observed gem of a book. With McCall Smith, the places change – you could be in Botswana or Scotland or, now, London - but the sheer humanity is the same. Here, a new group ... Download free opening extract
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 Season of the Witch Season of the Witch Natasha Mostert Winner of the World Book Day 2009 Book to Talk About. A creepy tale of passion, seduction and mind-reading. The known phenomenon of ‘remote viewing’ – a psychic talent allowing the perpetrator to ‘see’ things that are far separate from ... Download free opening extract
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 The Not So Invisible Woman The Not So Invisible Woman Suzanne Portnoy The follow up to her highly successful first book The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker, Suzanne Portnoy is back with more tales of her sex life. Whether you approve of her lifestyle choice or not it certainly makes for ... Download free opening extract
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 The Crossing Places The Crossing Places Elly Griffiths August 2009 Book of the Month. This is the author’s first venture in to crime writing, and this will be the first in a new series which looks set to be gripping and engaging stuff. Ruth Galloway makes a great lead ... Download free opening extract
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 The Lazarus Project The Lazarus Project Aleksandar Hemon August 2009 Book of the Month. A Bosnian, living in Chicago with his American wife, stumbles on an old news story about the death of Lazarus, a Jewish immigrant at the beginning of the twentieth century.  He becomes intrigued, obtains a ... Download free opening extract

KIDS SITE TOP 10

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 Timewalker Timewalker Justin Stanchfield Full of intrigue, this is a terrific time-twist adventure with a dramatic plot that keeps its tension to the end. When sleepwalking along a lonely road near the quiet town of Antler, Sean meets a strange girl who is being ... Download free opening extract
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 Threads Threads Sophia Bennett Fresh, witty and wholly contemporary, prize winning Threads won The Times/Chicken House writing competition in 2009. How three teenage friends with completely different interests – one’s into fashion, one plans to save the world and one is a budding young ... Download free opening extract
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 Ghost Hunter: Book 6 Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Ghost Hunter: Book 6 Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Michelle Paver Dazzling entertainment, seamless storytelling, this is the stunning 6th and final episode, bringing the bestselling ‘The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness’, which began so dramatically with Wolf Brother, to a close. Now it is Torak’s last adventure; he must travel up into ... Download free opening extract
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 Angel Cake Angel Cake Cathy Cassidy Friends and relationships are the hallmarks of Cathy’s novels as she portrays her characters and their friendships particularly well.  The plot lines are easy to get into, there’s always a subliminal message too and in Angel Cake it’s don’t judge ... Download free opening extract
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 Boom! Boom! Mark Haddon Everything about this deliciously improbable adventure is almost completely daft – and that’s the fun of it all. When Charlie sets up his walkie-talkie in the staff room he doesn’t hear gossip about the pupils as he had expected. Instead, ... Download free opening extract
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 Nelson Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela, Chris Van Wyk Nelson Mandela’s inspirational life story has been adapted into a wonderfully child-friendly version. It tells of his childhood as an ordinary boy in a village and how his belief in democracy was already strongly developed while a student. Mandela’s fight ... Download free opening extract
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 Bob and Barry's Lunar Adventures: The Disappearing Moon Bob and Barry's Lunar Adventures: The Disappearing Moon Simon Bartram Exciting moon adventures for Bob, the man on the moon, and his dog Barry. Bob’s job is to look after the moon but it isn’t always easy especially when the magician Alacazamo suddenly makes it disappear! Can Bob and Barry ... Download free opening extract
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 Missing, Believed Crazy Missing, Believed Crazy Terence Blacker Fun to read, this is a cleverly constructed narrative of different voices all telling their version of the same story. Students at Cathcart College, an exclusive boarding school, plan a novel way of raising money for charity. The kidnapping is ... Download free opening extract
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 The Rabbit Problem The Rabbit Problem Emily Gravett An outstandingly original and entertaining book packed full of rabbitty details and a feast of novelty features that makes it all the more fun to read again and again and again. The Rabbit Problem shows what happens after Lonely sends ... Download free opening extract
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 Grass Grass Cathy Macphail A thrilling, fast-paced, high octane story that is brilliantly spun out by the queen of teen thrillers Cathy Macphail as she captures how Leo gets caught up in the terrifying gang warfare that rules his town in Scotland. Leo and ... Download free opening extract