Every woman is too busy to stop. 

How to Get your Mojo Back is everywoman’s guide to taking a minute for herself and turning her hectic and stressful life into one that is fulfilling. No life is free from stress, weight problems, relationship worries, but you can break the cycle, get your mojo back and begin to enjoy life again.

Written in an intimate, informal, and hugely entertaining style by medical advisor/GP/author Dr Ginni Mansberg - who has seen and dealt with it all - this book is like having a friend with all the best advice to coach you through your mission to claim your potential and live the life you deserve. 

Covering all the key problem areas — work, eating/weight, sleep, relationship, parenting issues, stress etc this book offers practical, encouraging solutions in an intimate, informal, and entertaining style.

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It’s an encyclopedia … all about Andy!

The Andypedia is a complete guide to every book, every story and every character in the world of Andy Griffiths’ books. It’s also a complete guide to everything you ever wanted to know about Andy himself – including the answers to questions people are always asking him, like “How old were you when you started writing?” and “How many books have you actually written?” and “Where do you get your ideas from?” and “Did all that stuff really happen to you?” and “Was Danny Pickett really your best friend?” and “Were you really in love with Lisa Mackney?” and “Did your bum really grow arms and legs and run away?”

Now, I know I say I don't review eBooks, but really, if I'm going to make an exception for anyone it should be Andy and ...

…And so welcomes the second installment of mini reviews for 2012!

After starting them last year in an exercise of brevity (as I'm known to be quite the rambler!) (and, let’s be honest, to help me out time-wise!) I’ve decided to bring them back! Hooray!

You can refer to them for tiny bite-sized morsels of good reading:)

Today's theme of bite-sized reviews are books that seem to be jumping on a popular topic band-wagon...

Bunheads by Sophie Flack

I love a good dancing novel and this one is no exception. Flack, being a professional dancer herself, clearly knows ballet and this shines through in this excellent book. All Hannah has done for the last few years is dance, dance, dance: in the hopes of becoming a soloist with her company. She doesn't have any sort of a life outside ballet - barely knows ...

A school concert sounds like fun. Jake could scamper across the stage in a monkey suit. He could CLASH swords with Jonah. Even being a prince might be okay – as long as princesses are kept well clear.

But Mrs Paul has other ideas. And Jake is going to have to kiss a girl – in front of the whole school! Is his teacher really trying to ruin his life?

Ahh give me a good middle grade any day!

Before even cracking open the spine (as a figure of speech, of course, because one would never crack a spine!) let's all appreciate the cover for a moment. I love the illustrations inter-weaving the title, the colour scheme - just lovely.

I loved the opening chapter. Smack bang right in the middle of class, right at the beginning where the teacher, Mrs Paul, claps her hands ...

Is this the right book for you?

Take the DOOMED TEST to find out.

YES / NO

1. Have you ever broken a mirror, walked under a ladder or opened an umbrella inside?

2. Do you often find yourself feeling that everything is about to go horribly, terribly and utterly wrong?

3. Have you ever lost or destroyed a valuable item that didn't belong to you?

4. Have you just accidentally enraged a very large and bad-tempered bully?

5. Are you 120 years old or over?

SCORE: One point for each YES answer   
3-5 You are definitely DOOMED! You will love this book.   
1-2 You are fairly DOOMED! You will love this book.   
0 You are DOOMED, you just don't realise it. You will love this book.

I'd like to think that Doomed's release date wasn't by accident. Because, really, releasing a Griffith/Denton ...

...And so welcomes the return of mini reviews for 2012!

After starting them last year in an excercise of brevity (and, let's be honest, to help me out time-wise!) I've decided to bring them back! Hooray!

You can refer to them for tiny bite-sized morsels of good reading:)

The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson

Who doesn't love a good Johnson? Not many people, I would imagine. And so last year brought the first in Johnson's Shades of London series, The Name of the Star. I have to admit I didn't realise this was a paranormal book when I first picked it up, however credit to Johnson that for about the first half of the book, it read like any other contemporary: girl (Rory) moves over-seas, is at a new school, must fit in, etc. In fact, that was almost enough ...

The essential skills of how to keep your house from falling down around your ears are not taught in school, and our parents were so busy earning a living they had no time to pass on the wisdom the aworld sees as ‘common sense’. Well, common sense is not so common as is commonly supposed.

This hands-on, down-to-earth guide focuses on those household problems and challenges you are most likely to encounter in real life: how to cure a dripping tap, combat condensation, and unblock a sink. You’ll also get to grips with a power drill, a plumb line, and a paintbrush. And find the answers to life’s little frustrations, like how to remove sticky labels, open supermarket plastic bags, and fit a cover onto a duvet without being swallowed.

Many home references tell you how ...