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 Life's Too Short to Frost a Cupcake Life's Too Short to Frost a Cupcake Rosie Wilde A great, laugh out loud, romantic comedy. Alice is a PA at a music company who is offered the opportunity of a lifetime to go and work in America from the New York office. What this actually means is she ... Download free opening extract
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 Ex-Girlfriends United Ex-Girlfriends United Matt Dunn A highly amusing page-turning tale of a serial womaniser mystified as to how he is suddenly girlfriendless. His best friend discovers that some 47 of his exes are slating him on a mysterious website! Time to seek them ... Download free opening extract
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 The Private Patient The Private Patient P D James Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 23 October 2008. ... Download free opening extract
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 Testimony Testimony Anita Shreve October 2008 Book of the Month. Appearing on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 30 October 2008.A sex scandal rocks the sheltered world of a private Vermont school, affecting students, parents and teachers alike. The story moves quickly as Shreve ... Download free opening extract
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 Half of a Yellow Sun Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 23 October 2008. Shortlisted for Author of the Year at the Galaxy British Book Awards 2008.Winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007. Reviewed on Richard & Judy on Wednesday 14 ...Download free opening extract
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 A Season of Leaves A Season of Leaves Catherine Law October 2008 Debut of the Month.This is a lovely debut novel, truly romantic and irresistible once you have started it . Be prepared to sit and read this in one long romance filled afternoon as you get caught up in ...  Download free opening extract
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 Slapstick Slapstick Roger Mcgough Appearing on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 30 October 2008. ... Download free opening extract
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 The White Tiger The White Tiger Aravind Adiga Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2008 Aravind Adiga's winning debut novel The White Tiger is described as a ‘compelling, angry and darkly humorous' novel about a man's journey from Indian village life to entrepreneurial success. It was described by one ...Download free opening extract
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 Love All Love All Elizabeth Jane Howard Appearing on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 30 October 2008.  This is Elizabeth Jane Howard’s first novel for 9 years and it is like welcoming an old friend. This is the story of a group of people brought ... Download free opening extract
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 Dead Line Dead Line Stella Rimington   October 2008 Book of the Month.   Appearing on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 6 November 2008. It’s always slightly thrilling reading a Stella Rimington as you feel you are getting to know the real workings and machinations of the Secret ...Download free opening extract

Lovereading.co.uk TOP 10

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 Before I Die Before I Die Jenny Downham Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2008. This is a haunting yet truly amazing read but don't read it too young. Definitely not for someone less than 14 years old. If you knew you were going to die what would ... Download free opening extract
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 Kaspar Kaspar Michael Morpurgo A wonderfully emotional but heart-warming tale from the pen of one of the foremost writers for children.  Brilliantly interwoven in historical fact at the time of the sinking of the Titanic is the story of Kaspar the Savoy cat, who ... Download free opening extract
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 Cosmo and the Secret Spell Cosmo and the Secret Spell Gwyneth Rees Brilliant spooky fun with plenty of giggles for both parent and child to enjoy as well as a fair dose of frightening goings on.  What more do you need at halloween? ... Download free opening extract
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 The 39 Clues 1: The Maze Of Bones The 39 Clues 1: The Maze Of Bones Rick Riordan Want to get your kids reading, well here’s a spellbinding adventure that we think kids of 8 upwards will really pick up on for it’s something more than a book as it integrates books, games, a website, cards and prizes ... Download free opening extract
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 Storlax: The Power of the Deep Storlax: The Power of the Deep Robert Jackson, Bubbi Morthens This is an epic children’s story, told with great humour, optimism and warmth.  It will grip the reader not just because of the loveable fishy characters and exciting adventures but almost more so because it subtly shows us the impact ... Download free opening extract
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 The Great Paper Caper The Great Paper Caper Oliver Jeffers Touching and funny, this is also a visually sophisticated picture book which lightly carries an important message about the use – and misuse - of resources. All is not well in the forest: branches of the trees keep disappearing and ... Download free opening extract
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 Stick Man Stick Man Julia Donaldson Creators of The Gruffalo, best selling author/ illustrator Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler are back with another bestseller on their hands. “Stick Man lives in the family tree/ with Stick Lady love/ And his children three”. But one day Stick ... Download free opening extract
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 Oliver Moon And The Spider Spell Oliver Moon And The Spider Spell Sue Mongredien More magical mayhem from the junior wizard who is always getting himself into big trouble. Here it is no exception for when he tries a Grow-bigger spell on the cauldron he finds himself in very BIG trouble indeed. Great ... Download free opening extract
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 Aliens Love Underpants! (Book and CD edition) Aliens Love Underpants! (Book and CD edition) Claire Freedman     Joint winner of the Richard and Judy "Early" 5+ Category. Terrific illustrations capture the flood of jokes about pants that underlie this rhyming story now brilliantly brought to even greater life by the addition of a CD to accompany the ... Download free opening extract
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 Blade: Closing In Blade: Closing In Tim Bowler The second in the Blade series, this is another short, very accessible novel for teens. Pacy, gripping and packed with action, and a central character that’s incredibly engaging, even the most reluctant reader will devour it. Blade is on ... Download free opening extract