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Broken Flower by Virginia Andrews

Jordan lives in her grandmother’s mansion with her parents and her brother. Her Grandmother Emma is very strict and insists that the family live by her rules. As everyone seems to be scared of Emma, Jordan tries her best to be a good girl and not get into trouble. One day without warning something strange happens to Jordan, her body begins to change. As Jordan is only a young girl she realises that these changes shouldn’t be happening not for a long time.

Jordan’s mum tries her best to hide the secret form Grandmother Emma and her brother Ian. Ian finds out about what’s happening to Jordan and tries to help her in his own way by looking up her condition. Eventually Emma finds out and is angry that they kept it from her.

Everything in Jordan’s life is turned upside down never to be the same again. Her mum and dad end up in a terrible accident and she is left with her grandmother. All Jordan wants is her normal life back and her mum back home.

Broken Flower is a very gripping book which I could not put down. It’s a sad story of young girl’s struggles when she has to grow up too soon.

Change Your Life With NLP by Lindsey Agness

This book teaches you how to change your life. No matter how you’re life has been before the only time that matters is now. It shows you how change can happen in an instant and it’s in these instances that our lives are shaped.

The book uses NLP techniques (Neuro linguistic Programming) to help you set goals and achieve your dreams. It’s a practical guide with lots of exercises to train your mind. It helps you get from where you are to where you want to be.

Whether it’s a career change, getting fit or getting out of debt (to mention a few) Lindsey Agness shows us how to successfully turn our lives around for the better starting from now.

She tells us how to set personal achievable goals that we can work towards to see instant changes.

If you follow the book and take all the advice on board then your life will definitely change for the better. If you have a dream that you’re not pursuing or if you’re a procrastinator this book will help you to get on with things and achieve your dreams. It s an inspirational read that can have amazing results if followed.

Being Jordan by Katie Price

In this book you get to meet the real Jordan, Katie Price. It’s a fascinating insight into the life of Britain’s most famous glamour model. Katie tells us of her her struggles with bringing up her son Harvey who is disabled. And of her relationship with Peter Andre whom she met on the TV programme ‘I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Outta Here’.
Through the book she tells of how she went from one failed relationship to another, eventually finding the love of her life, Peter. She tells us about her engagement and upcoming wedding.
Katie is very honest in her book telling us everything she went through from childhood to the time of the book being written in order to become one of the world’s most famous glamour models. She definitely hasn’t had it at easy as many people think, there’s been many struggles in her life which have helped her become the successful person she is today.
I found this book an excellent read which really has changed my opinion on Katie for the better; it has made me think there’s a lot more to her than her just being a glamour model. I would definitely recommend this book to an Jordan fans.

Acting Up by Melissa Nathan

Jasmin Field is a journalist who lands the role of Elizabeth Bennet in a one-off fundraising adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice”. When she finds out that the play’s director is Harry Noble a well known Hollywood heart-throb with a very large ego, she is pleased to discover that he is every bit as arrogant and obnoxious as she could have wished as this means a lot of material for her column. Things start to go wrong for Jasmin, her best friend dumps her for a man, her family starts to crumble before her eyes and her award-winning column hits bad times. Even more worrying for her is the fact that Harry Noble keeps staring at her.
I found this book very entertaining and enjoyable .It was full of twists. Jasmin is a very entertaining character, who takes on the lead in a play even though she isn’t an actress. It’s a very funny and exciting read which at times can be emotional. I found the book easy to get into, a perfect read for the beach. I would recommend this book and will definitely try more of the author’s previous books. The end was a little predictable but still good all the same.

Secrets About Life Every Woman Should Know by Barbara De Angelis

I found this book to be very inspirational. It’s a book that you will want to read over and over again as it makes you feel you can change your feelings from bad to good in an instant.

It’s a practical guide for woman written by a woman; Barbara De Angelis is a world renowned relationships psychologist and counsellor.

Barbara teaches you how you can achieve a sense of emotional security that nothing and nobody can ever take away from you. She shows you how you can learn from all the obstacles in your life and not be hindered by them.

The book is written with compassion and warmth from one woman to another .She tells us of her own life experiences and how she has overcome her fears and obstacles to get to where she is at today.

It’s a definite pick-me-up book which will have you thinking differently about your own life, you’ll want to go back to the parts that you relate to again and again.

This book was passed to me by my mum who had been raving about it for ages, and now I understand why. This is a must read for any woman who wants to know the secrets of being happy in yourself.

Got You Back by Jane Fallon

This book is all about the lives of a husband a wife and a mistress. James leaves a double life with his wife in London and a secret mistress in the country. When James wife finds out by reading a text message on his phone obviously she can’t just let it slide. She decides to track down the mistress to find out just what is going on. Katie James’s mistress as no idea that she’s with somebody else’s man until his wife gets in touch. She never thought for a second that he had a wife and she is very angry when she finds out.

 Now there aware of each other the two woman have to decide what to do about James’s secret double life.
Should they both end it with him leaving him with nobody or should they secretly make his life unbearable. We then find out what happens when one woman thinks enough is enough, but the other doesn’t know when to call it a day.
This is the first book I have read by Jane Fallon and I loved it. It had me gripped from the start; it makes you think how often things like this go on without people knowing. I found this book really easy to read but very hard to put down. I would definitely recommend it.

Cooking for Friends by Gordon Ramsay

Gordon Ramsay is one of TV’s most popular chefs. His latest cookbook is full of  simple, seasonal, modern British recipes for you to follow at home.
In the book Gordon shares with us the dishes that he loves cooking when he’s at home. Included in his book are  chapters covering Hot and Cold Soups; Pasta and Grains; Fish and Shellfish; Meat and Poultry; Pies and Tarts; Vegetables and Salads; Puddings and Ices and Coffee and Chocolate, The book is beautiful ,it was created by one of Britain’s top designers, together with an amazing photographer. Throughout the book are photos of Gordon and his family . Each recipe is introduced with an insight into why Gordon has chosen it and tips on how to copy the recipes yourself. The majority of the recipes in this book are short and easy to cook.

I am a huge fan of Gordon Ramsay; but always felt his recipes would be too hard for me to follow. The recipes in this book are delicious but most importantly, they are well written and easy to follow. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves Gordon Ramsays cooking and would like to re-create his recipes at home.

Awaken The Giant Within by Anthony Robbins

This book is an amazing insight into what you can achieve if you just change your way of thinking. Anthony Robbins is a world famous life coach who is passionate about helping people change their lives and live out their dreams. In the book he teaches you how you can change just about anything in your life form your relationships to your finances.

In the book there are many exercises for you to do so you too can change the direction your life is heading. Robbins shows you how you can take charge of your life and not let circumstances outside of your control change how you feel.

There are many chapters in the book which deal with different issues in life, showing you how you can turn any situation around to a positive one.

When you read the book you feel you can achieve your wildest dreams .It tells you about the power of questions and how the questions you ask yourself determine your thoughts and feelings.

I found this book very interesting, even if you only take away from it one lesson it will definitely change the way you think. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in improving their life.

Blue rage,Black redemption by Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams

Stanley Tookie Williams and a friend formed the Crips, but what they originally set up as protection became worse than the original gangs. The Crips would have deadly street fights with their rival gangs. The Crips soon became well known and feared across L.A .
Soon Tookie was regularly under police surveillance, and was often arrested and released. But in 1981, Tookie was convicted of murdering four people and was sent to death row at San Quentin in Marin County, California.

Tookie always said that he was innocent of the murders .His final plea for clemency was turned down by Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and he was executed by lethal injection on 13th December 2005.

This is one of the best books I have ever read. I really could not put this one down. Tookie really did try to change his life around and did so much to try and change the lives of others through his work. I do not believe he should have been executed and was saddened by his death but that’s just my opinion, you must read the book then you will form an opinion of your own. An outstanding book that I will never forget. I didn’t want the book to end as I was so into it.

Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy was born in Dublin she first found fame first as London Correspondent for the Irish Times. Her first book, Light A Penny Candle (1982) was popular both in the UK and USA. She lives in Dublin with her husband, Gordon Snell.
A lot of her novels are set in Ireland and deal with the tensions between rural and urban life, and the contrasts between England and Ireland, showing the big changes in Ireland between World War II and today.

 
She says of her upbringing. ‘My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else. My mother could do all kinds of things, like take a bone out of your throat if it got stuck and you were choking, or clean out a turkey on Christmas Eve when it arrived far from oven-ready. She could take out splinters and cure headaches and get the grocer to deliver her a packet of Gold Flake by giving a list of other items as well and asking if it could be brought up to the house soon because she was in a hurry for the cornflour. Our house was ten miles from Dublin City where we all went to University and then to work. Ten miles is near enough to live at home, and just a little too near to get a flat unless there was some bad feeling. And there was no bad feeling.’