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Welcome to this week’s news, reviews, and ‘all-things-books’ latest from the team at Waterstone’s Ballymena!
THIS WEEKS' TOP 10...
1. Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan
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2. No Plan B - Lee Child
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3. The Christmasaurus - Tom Fletcher
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4. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Diper Overlode - Jeff Kinney
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5. Peter Rabbit: The Christmas Present Hunt - Beatrix Potter
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6. Beano Annual 2023
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7. Spaceboy - David Walliams
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8. The Paris Apartment - Lucy Foley
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9. Desert Stars - Michael Connelly
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10. Breathless - Amy McCulloch
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SATURDAY STORYTIME...
Our next Saturday Storytime will be held on Saturday 19 November at 12pm.
We will be reading ‘When Cucumber Lost His Cool’ by Michelle Robinson and Tom Knight.
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This is a delightful tale of a vegetable with a temper tantrum problem, complemented by Tom Knight’s fun illustrations.
We look forward to seeing everyone there!
NEW CRIME RELEASES...
• Desert Star - Michael Connelly
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Ballard and Bosch are reunited at the LAPD's new Open-Unsolved Unit, where the cold-case of a family slaughter still haunts Harry Bosch, in this gripping thriller from the crime writing supremo. We have some Signed copies available in store!
• The Satsuma Complex - Bob Mortimer
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From the beloved comedian and author of the bestselling memoir ‘And Away’ comes a debut novel rich in Mortimer's unique brand of surreal whimsy, as nondescript legal assistant Gary seeks a girl he met by chance, through the estates and pie shops of South London.
• Murder Most Royal - SJ Bennett
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The author of ‘The Windsor Knot’ and ‘A Three Dog Problem’ returns with a fresh Yuletide mystery for Her Majesty, as the hand of a local 70-year-old non-conformist washes up on the shores of her Sandringham estate.