Kids book which has been around for some time.
Ok, but dated and a bit simplistic. Has something though.
Score 4.5/10
Date read January 2009
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Comments Off on The Secret Life of Polly Flint by Helen Cresswell
The Secret Life of Polly Flint by Helen Cresswell
2009
01.10
01.10
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No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
2008
09.10
09.10
A page turning thriller.
American family 25 years ago and present day. The daughter wakes to find her parents and brother have disappeared.
It does what it intends and makes you turn the pages but this is no Deaver or Coben novel.
Score 4.5/10
Date read September 2008
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A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif
2008
09.10
09.10
Long listed for this years Booker and I don’t see it reaching the shortlist.
Everyone is out to get Pakistan’s General Zia (this was true), he is ruling the country but not very well. Amusing and annoying in turns.
Is it aimed at those that like thrillers or literary fiction, either way you would be disappointed.
Score 4.5/10
Date read September 2008
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Ghostwalk by Rebecca Stott
2008
08.10
08.10
First novel and has good reviews.
Typical of critics to like this when it misses the mark. For me it tries to be to many things…is it a ghost story, a romance, a crime mystery or a historical novel? In parts this is good.
The story in a nutshell, A women is writing a biog of Isaac Newton, she believes he may have been a murderer who stands to gain rank as the top man in Cambridge University. So bring on a murderer in 1660 and you have historical literary thriller, don’t believe the hype or the blurb.
Score 4.5/10
Date read August 2008
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