Right Out Of Nowhere - Kathy Mattea

Advantages: Full of humour and pathos
Disadvantages: You may need Northern humour to appreciate it

...I have an affinity with Willy Russell as he was born in the same hospital as me In Whiston !!! I also saw one of his earlier plays about the Beatles (John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert) in The Everyman Theatre in Liverpool. It is hard to say which of his plays he is best known for - personally I would say 'Blood Brothers' but others may go for 'Educating Rita' or 'Shirley Valentine'. It is very hard to choose as all his work is full of his wonderful 'scouse' wit. Russell's works so far have been :- *Keep Your Eyes Down on the road (play 1971) *Sam O'Shanker (Play 1972, musical 1973) *Blind Scouse (1972) *John, Paul, George, Ringo ...and Bert (musical 1974) *Death of a Young Man (play 1974) *Breezeblock Park (play 1975) *Our Day Out (made-for-TV film 1976, musical stage version, 1983) *One for the Road (play... Read review

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Advantages: Fun, Sassy, Entertaining and Real.
Disadvantages: None.

...I had a shortage of books to read before Christmas and my train journeys to and from work were getting very boring indeed. Imagine my delight then when I opened up all of my presents and there lying among them was a Belinda Jones novel. As you may know Belinda Jones is one of my favourite girly authors who provide the reader with some extremely fun and most of the time wacky reading. I finished this book this morning so I thought I would share with you all just how brilliant 'On the Road to Mr Right is'. ----- So what is the book about? (Reading from the back of the book) Belinda loves America. Her best friend Emily loves men. So when they decide its time to shake up their lives, they combine their two greatest passions in a fantastic road trip taking them from Eden to Valentine - via Climax - in pursuit of the American dream... Read review

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Advantages: A fanstatic read
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...Kathy Reichs has been described as "another Patricia Cornwall." This is unfair on Kathy Reichs because, unlike Patricia Cornwall, Kathy Reichs is a real forensic scientist. Because, after all, Patricia Cornwall only ever typed up the notes of a forensic scientist, whilst working as a secretary in a pathology laboratory. In Monday Mourning the skeletons of three young girls are found in the basement of an old building that is currently a pizza parlour. Yet a mysterious 'phone call from an old lady soon tells Tempe Brennan (the forensic anthropologist heroine of Kathy Reich's novels) that the building was not always a pizza parlour. Some years ago it was a very different type of a parlour. With a rather unsavoury reputation. Detective Luc Claudel dismisses the three skeletons as historic and of no interest to the police. But Tempe... Read review

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