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		<title>The Vampire’s Warden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 20:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eilidhcatriona</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fantasy fiction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While browsing the recent selection of free Kindle books on Amazon, I was quite pleased to come across The Vampire’s Warden by S.J. Wright. I have quite a weak spot for supernatural fiction, particularly vampire fiction, and although there is plenty of it cheap on Amazon, it’s not often I spot a free book.

The full title as given on Amazon is The Vampire’s Warden, A Paranormal Romance (Undead in Brown County #1), indicating it was the start of a series. From www.curiousbookafns.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Monday to Friday Man</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/7895/monday-to-friday-man-alice-peterson</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kingfisher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA['Monday to Friday Man' is Alice Peterson's latest novel and is thoroughly enjoyable. Although in many ways it is a light and easy read, it does also make you think as she tackles a couple of difficult issues. It is an immensely readable book that you should be able to read in just a few days – in fact it's perfect lazy summer reading!

The main character in 'Monday to Friday Man' is thirty four year old Gilly who has recently been jilted by Ed just days before the wedding. With her thirty-fifth birthday approaching, Gilly feels that her life is in a rut and it is time for a change. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>The Little Women Letters</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/7337/the-little-women-letters-gabrielle-donnelly</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/7337/the-little-women-letters-gabrielle-donnelly#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kingfisher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiction Books]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gabrielle Donnelly]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Having read and loved Louisa May Alcott's classic, 'Little Women' as a child, I was intrigued by the title of Gabrielle Donnelly's first novel, 'The Little Women Letters'. This is a modern day tale following the lives of Jo March's (one of the original characters) ancestors. These are the Atwater sisters – Emma, Lulu and Sophie – who in many ways are very much like the March sisters albeit living in an entirely different age with different expectations and far fewer restrictions.

The three sisters each have very different personalities and each one is very much like one of the March sisters. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Something from Tiffany&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/6945/something-from-tiffanys-melissa-hill</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/6945/something-from-tiffanys-melissa-hill#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 11:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kingfisher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Melissa Hill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Melissa Hill is one of my favourite Irish authors and I know that I am always going to enjoy reading her books. She tends to write about everyday women facing everyday issues. However, in her latest book 'Something from Tiffany's', she introduces a little bit of modern fairytale magic. This is especially so as the story opens in New York on Christmas Eve, with two very different men heading towards Tiffany's in order to make purchases for quite different reasons. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Alphabet Weekends</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/fiction-books/5526/alphabet-weekends-elizabeth-noble</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kingfisher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Noble]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A while ago I read 'Things I want my Daughters to Know' by Elizabeth Noble which I found to be one of the most emotional and heart wrenching books that I had read in a long time. As a consequence, I was keen to read more by this author and have just finished her book 'Alphabet Weekends'. It is another very good book but nowhere as near as emotional as the other one and is actually written in quite a different style. Nonetheless it was a very enjoyable read.
From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Wuthering Heights</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/classics/5218/wuthering-heights-emily-bronte</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eilidhcatriona</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë was published in 1847, originally under the pen name of Ellis Bell, and is the author’s only novel. A dark and stormy novel set on the Yorkshire moors, Wuthering Heights tells the story of Cathy and Heathcliff and their respective families.

The action is related through narrators; the principal narrator is Mr Lockwood, a tenant of Heathcliff who is told the story of Heathcliff’s past by the housekeeper Ellen (Nelly) Dean, who was involved in all the events. Much of the novel, therefore, is set in the past. 
from www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Pride and Prejudice</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/classics/5210/pride-and-prejudice-jane-austen</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/classics/5210/pride-and-prejudice-jane-austen#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eilidhcatriona</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jane Austen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pride and Prejudice is perhaps her best known novel. Set in Hertfordshire, it is about the Bennet family, Mr &#038; Mrs Bennet and their five daughters, Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine (Kitty) and Lydia. Mrs Bennet’s main goal in life is securing advantageous marriages for her daughters, and so chases after every eligible man who enters the county. The main character is Elizabeth, from whose point of view we see much of the story. Her sister Jane becomes acquainted with new neighbour Mr Bingley, but the romance seems suddenly ended thanks to the intervention of the infamous Mr Darcy, with whom Elizabeth herself has a changing relationship through the novel.]]></description>
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		<title>The Luxe</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/fiction-books/4942/the-luxe-by-anna-godbersen</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/fiction-books/4942/the-luxe-by-anna-godbersen#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eilidhcatriona</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiction Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History fiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anna Godbersen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Luxe by Anna Godbersen is a novel set in New York in 1899, at the height of the super-rich society families for whom appearance was everything. It is about a group of young people, all of whom want to break the constraints of their lives in different ways and for different reasons.

The very first page of the novel is the funeral announcement for Elizabeth Holland. After a glimpse of the funeral, we are taken back in time to a few weeks before to find out what happens. This is a bit of a strange start, opening with the funeral of one of the main characters, but it does have a page-turning effect, as you always want to keep going to find out what happened to Elizabeth during what should have been a special time of her life. 
From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Part heroic, part self-absorption</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/fiction-books/1789/random-acts-of-heroic-love</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/fiction-books/1789/random-acts-of-heroic-love#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sunmeilan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiction Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Danny Scheinmann]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One advantage of 'Random Acts of Heroic Love' is that it is two stories in one, told in alternate sections rather than separately, and they work well together in that when one is becoming tedious, the other is just becoming interesting. I found Leo's story initially very moving and compelling, but then he moves into a period of complete introspection when he becomes obsessed with the idea of Eleni's spirit still being near him, which became incredibly heavy-going. Moritz's story, on the other hand, started out very dully, because descriptions of war are never going to be entertaining, but his spirit and determination to make it home are catching and his story becomes more intriguing over the course of the book.]]></description>
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		<title>The First Cut is the Deepest</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/fiction-books/1615/love-for-lydia</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/fiction-books/1615/love-for-lydia#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sunmeilan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiction Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H E Bates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the 1920s, Lydia Aspen moves to Evensford after the death of her father to live with two elderly aunts. She leads a solitary existence until a local lad, Richardson, introduces her into Evensford society. She loves her new life, especially when Richardson  falls in love with her. However, the path to true love doesn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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