Birds - Collections Of Colonies Of Bees

Advantages: Memorable, bouncy and infectious-sounding songs, gorgeous vocals
Disadvantages: Might not be mainstream enough for some

...The Bird and the Bee are an American West Coast duo consisting of the honeyed-vocals of Inara George (the "Bird"!) and the instruments of Greg Kurstin (the "Bee"). This, their eponymously-titled debut album, dates from January 2007 but they had already released an EP ("Again and Again and Again" - the tracks from which featuring on this CD), and they went onto putting out a couple more EPs ("Please Clap Your Hands", "One Too Many Hearts") before the end of 2008. A second full-length album is expected imminently - "Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future". It's safe to say that I go in for slightly more quirky artists at times in addition to the usual batches of female singer-songwriters - The Bird and the Bee have their quirks, true, but also manage to deliver some rather interesting and dare I say it, fairly memorable songs on their debut... Read review

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Advantages: Wonderful characters to love and hate
Disadvantages: Predictable

...Before you all groan and tell me off for reading yet another book about pregnancy or getting pregnant, let me just say that in this book 'The Birds and the Bees' refers to a scottish reel. This dance is supposed to be lucky and help to find your perfect mate, it involves changing partners throughout. Yes, I did read the title and get all excited and yes, I thought it was about conception but was I disappointed? NO! Milly Johnson is actually a genius, she is now, after only 2 books, my favourite author. I read 'The Yorkshire Pudding Club' a few weeks ago and fell in love with that. This book however is quite possibly even better. Book number three 'A Spring Affair' is due out in April this year. For the first time in a long time I will be one of the first to buy that book, in fact I think I'll book a day off work! Stevie Honeywell is... Read review

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Advantages: Easy reading, really enjoyable, well written
Disadvantages: None

...I have an enormous To-Be-Read pile of books in my bedroom, but I can't seem to stop getting other books from my library when I desperate to read them! So when the library called to say that they had got this book in for me at last, it sent it straight to the top of my list as obviously I have to read library books straight away! After reading this authors debut novel 'The Yorkshire Pudding Club' and loving it, I was really looking forward to reading this and enjoying it as much as the first one! The Birds and The Bees , I'll start with saying, is actually a Scottish dance, and this appears in the book, hence the books title! It tells the tale of Stevie Honeywell, a romance writer who lives with her fiance Matthew and son Danny. However, Stevie's life is shattered when Adam MacLean bursts into her life one afternoon with proof that her... Read review

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