All You Need Is Covers - Various Artists

Advantages: Very well written
Disadvantages: Cannot think of any

...very well off. Unfortunately, he does not bond with Charlie, so the book has a very good message that money is not everything. Sally decides that she is fed up living in her neighbourhood, where it is so bad that nobody has any respect for it. She decides to do something about it. She applies to the Council and gets a grant, then gets the community together to redo the place up. All her efforts are rewarded - as well as now living in a nice area, the people have bonded over their efforts, and she is in line for a prize for her efforts, as well as thinking of setting up her own business. The book has a real community feel about it, and makes you want to get up off your bum and do something in your neighbourhood with neighbours and friends, just because of what you feel Sally gets out of what she does. Whether things work out... Read review

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Advantages: Good storyline involving Billy, good by the end
Disadvantages: Didn't warm to the main character

...more mature and chic. Well, I wasn't too annoyed as I did enjoy her books but I was unsure whether she would have changed her writing style as well as her name.... All I Want Is You tells us the story of Poppy Furlong. Poppy has grown up in a wealthy family, always having the best of whatever she wanted and never having to work for it either. But Poppy gets a shock when her husband Pete comes home one day with a shocking revelation about his successful Architects business. Poppy's life is thrown into disarray as she has to give her beautiful house, settle in to a more surburban area than she is used to, as well as coping with her wild and difficult 6 year old. Poppy isn't used to being challenged, but she's about to face some pretty big ones... After reading a couple of chapters of the book, I was a bit unsure about how the book was... Read review

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Advantages: a light easy read
Disadvantages: some parts are unbelievable

...On my recent trip to the library I didn?t have a lot of time to choose any books with my toddler in tow, so I went to some authors I could remember on the spot and grabbed a couple of books to keep me going. This particular choice was All you Need is Love by Carole Matthews. I have read some of Matthews before and they have been hit and miss as to whether I have enjoyed them. Sally Freeman is a single parent living with her ten year old son Charlie in a high rise block of flats in Liverpool. Sally hates her life that is going nowhere with no prospects unless she is able to do something about them. Sally has recently split from her long term boyfriend Johnny that also lives on the same estate. Charlie adores Johnny despite him not being his Dad, but he has been more of a father figure to him than his own Dad ever was. Even though... Read review

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