Addition - Toni Jordan Reviews

I was first attracted to this book by its cover, a cheesecake over a background of graph paper - quite original, it made me want to find out more. With a name like "Addition" I was sold; I am quite a scientific, mathematically-minded person and the opportunity of reading a work of fiction that covers those topics was just too good to ...  Read the complete review

"A comedy that counts." Thus is Addition dubbed - an allusion to its protagonist Grace's tendency to count. She would deny that she's an Obsessive Compulsive; she derides 'handwashers' and 'germphobes', but has an uncontrollable urge to add wherever she sees numbers - she knows how many characters make up her full name (19), ...  Read the complete review

Addition by Toni Jordan has one great marketing point - that good old Richard and Judy sticker on the front cover, which I am guessing makes a book fly out of the shops and the internet stores. I bought this book as part of the Jan 2009 www.thebookpeople.co.uk offer of 5 Richard and Judy books for £10. I find that actually some of the ...  Read the complete review

Ok so, they say you should never ever judge a book by it's cover. Which as awful as it sounds, is precisely what I did when choosing this book. Usually my judgements are correct and so I trusted myself and I believe I found a winner. It starts off a bit slow, and the amount of numbers per sentence is quite over bearing at times but it's all tied ...  Read the complete review

The only reason I started reading this book was because I received a set of all the 'Richard and Judy Summer Read' books for last year, and it had an interesting cover, so I decided to start with it. Well, they say you can never judge a book by its cover, but this one met my high expectations. It's the story of a quirky young woman ...  Read the complete review

This is actually quite an odd book and I fluctuated between how I felt about it. Overall, it's not quite 4 stars for me as I feel it went on too long. As there isn't much product description the plot revolves around Grace Lisa Vandenberg who has an obsessive compulsive disorder - for counting. Naturally this consumes her life, from the simplest ...  Read the complete review

This book is great. I bought this book as a joke after my boyfriend mocked my love of maths, but to my surprise it was a fantastic read. I had never read any of Toni Jordan's books before but I might just read more after enjoying this one so much. It follows the life of Grace Lisa Vandenburg who counts everything in her life in order to feel in ...  Read the complete review

Being an avid reader (as you can tell!), I do like it when the Richard and Judy book lists are released twice a year, once for the summer and then again for autumn/winter. They have recently released the Summer Reads 2008 list, so I couldn't resist having a look. Out of the selection, only 4 books appealed to me, and one of those I have already ...  Read the complete review