Wednesday 30 October 2013

Demon Dentist by David Walliams review and giveaway

I enjoyed reading this book and can see how entertaining it would be to children aged 9 upwards. I did read aloud carefully selected extracts to my four year old (he loves dark comedy and all things scary!) which he loved - especially the bit about a motorcycle display team jumping over a bus! We laughed and giggled together throughout the book - it's very funny!

There's been comparisons to Roald Dahl and I have to say being a huge Dahl fan, I was a bit skeptical at first. However, the comparisons have been made with good reason, the story would appeal to any Dahl fan and the illustrator, Tony Ross (Horrid Henry) has done a fantastic job!

This book is awesome, it's the first Walliams book I've read and now I want to read the rest!

... oh and you get a free pair of false teeth too ;-)

I'm lucky enough to have a copy to give away to one of my wonderful readers, see below. 

DEMON DENTIST for aged 9+
Darkness had come to the town. Strange things were happening in the dead of night. Children would put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, but in the morning they would wake up to find... a dead slug; a live spider; hundreds of earwigs creeping and crawling beneath their pillow. Evil was at work. But who or what was behind it...?

The long-awaited fantastically funny new children's novel from The King of Comedy, David Walliams! Continuing their perfect partnership, this novel will be illustrated by Tony RossDavid Walliams goes from strength to strength as thefastest growing children’s author in the UK.

Copies are available from AmazonYou can download extracts here.

The giveaway
HarperCollins have kindly allocated me a copy David Walliams Demon Dentist for my lovely readers to win :)
To enter the competition, please tell me ... Are you afraid of the dentist? 

Answers in the comments section below. Please include a way of contacting you, such as twitter id.
One winner will be selected using random.org to win a copy of the Demon Dentist please reply with your details with 7days of winning or another winner will be selected.

Competition closes 14th November 2013 at 12noon. UK entries only please. Prize sent out directly from the prize provider. 

Optional Bonus entries:

• Follow me on Twitter and Tweet a link to the comp including@beachpebble
• Like "Emma in Bromley" Facebookpage
• Follow me on Pinterest(beachpebble) and Pin this comp on Pinterest
• Add me to your Google + and G+ this post
• Follow my blog on Bloglovin
• Follow me on Instagram(beachpebble_uk) and like my Demon Dentist picture
• Leave a comment on another of my blog posts (not other comps)

Please leave a separate comment below for each of your bonus entries so I can count them (max 1 for each method).

Thank you, Emma in Bromley xx

Update - Thank you to everyone who entered, this competition has now closed and I'm pleased to announce the winner:

Victoria Welton @vicwelton







210 comments:

  1. I follow on bloglovin as ashlallan

    @ashlallan

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  2. I follow on google+ and have G+1 as Ashleigh allan

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  3. I have followed and tweeted as @ashlallan

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  4. I think I'm more afraid of the dentists bill after, than the actual dentist appointment but I'd certainly be more afraid if he was called the demon dentist! louise.sinnock@me.com

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  5. absolutely, i've had 4 fillings re-filled this year, the last one took an hour and hurt for over a week!! (composite's can do that) @ShelleyHawkins7

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  6. I dont like it when they spray that cold water in my mouth!

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  7. Following on instagram as C5ryl and liked the picture :)

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  8. I hate going to the dentist

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  9. Not as much as I used to be but I still dread going!

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  10. Followed on Pinterest and Pinned comp as Gemma Surtees

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  11. Added to G+ and G+'d post as Gemma Surtees

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  12. Followed on Bloglovin as Gemma Surtees

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  13. Followed and liked on Instagram as mavrachang

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  14. Only when I have to pay the dentist's bill

    @GameboyJoe

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  15. No I am not afraid - my dentist is a lady and really kind!

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  16. I have tweeted! https://twitter.com/tracyknixon/status/396992050538614784

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  17. I am a fan on facebook as Tracy K Nixon

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  18. followed on twitter and tweeted @scottholloway6

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  19. I have pinned http://www.pinterest.com/pin/122441683592755189/

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  20. I'm terrified of the dentist but did have a bad experience as a child to make me this way

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  21. No I'm not, but I still don't enjoy going!!

    Laura H

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  22. Yes, I'm afraid every time I go for a check up that I'll need some expensive work done.

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  23. I have tweeted as @maisietoo: https://twitter.com/maisietoo/status/397051403140489216

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  24. Have liked your Facebook page (Maya Russell)

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  25. Following on Pinterest as Maya Russell and pinned: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/148759593915538912/

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  26. In my Google + circles and G+ shared.: https://plus.google.com/u/0/113819445280319547759/posts/TR4RcCJgbiB

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  27. No i am not bot i still don't like going if I need work done

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  28. No I'm not scared as I have good teeth, I would be scared if I needed something doing though! (@RaspberryGiggle)

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  29. Not at all, i've always had a good experience at the dentist. x - @wkdjojo

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  30. I follow you on twitter and have tweeted @Segga86

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  31. I follow you by G+ and have G+'d this post :)

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  32. I was until I realised that most of the time you are numb so you cant feel it anyways, and I take music to listen to so I dont here the whizzing of the drill

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  33. I follow you on blog lovin abigail edkins

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  34. I'm not scared of the Dentist, I like going :-)

    @MrsWebster147

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  35. Following you on Twitter & have tweeted a link

    @MrsWebster147

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  36. Like you on Facebook as Angela M Webster

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  37. Following you on BlogLovin as Angela Webster

    @MrsWebster147

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  38. Following on Instagram as @FairlyDaisy and have liked the pic

    @MrsWebster147

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  39. No but hate going to see them

    @18_preety

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  40. following on twitter https://twitter.com/18_preety/status/398473694416097280

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  41. Following on Bloglovin as Preety Roberts

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  42. Following on pinterest as Preety Roberts

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  43. I used to be but not anymore! LOVE David Walliams - we have all his other books :)

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  44. Petrified but make myself go every 6 months or it's even worse the next time I go

    @debwh142

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  45. @strawberrisc on Twitter

    My daughter adores David Walliams

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  46. Yes, but unlike most things have improved with age
    @Dobie1Milne

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  47. Liked on Facebook

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  48. I commented on The Conspiracy - My Halloween Movie Choice 2013

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  49. No.

    Rachel Craig
    rachel.craig95@yahoo.co.uk

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  50. I commented on Exotic Tea, Flowering Tea ...

    Rachel Craig
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  51. Great prize by Robby Price

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  52. No reason to be, brush my teeth twice a day.

    Glenn Marvell-James
    mr.funkymunky@hotmail.com

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  53. yes, im very afraid of the dentist! luckily my son isnt!

    @zeniebeenie

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  54. im following on twitter and have tweeted
    @zeniebeenie

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  55. no, I have never really needed any major work done as yet, if I did I might be scared! @lillyfer85

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  56. following and pinned http://www.pinterest.com/pin/117797346477202603/

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  57. The dentist does not bother me. Im afraid its a necessary evil.

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  58. I'd like to say no but....

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  59. I'd like to say no, but.......

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  60. yes I hate going to the dentist,but have to put a brave face on in front of the kids !

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  61. tweet to your comp https://twitter.com/ThePyperClan/status/400013657607655424

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  62. following on facebook as laura pyper

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  63. My mum was a dentist, so I spent a lot of my childhood in a dental surgery!

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  64. never used to be until i got root treatment done now i don't like them much lol @clairelittle9

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  65. I used to be terrified of the dentist but after having so much work done I have had to get used to her :)

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  66. Not afraid of dentist, I cherish mine!

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  67. Yes I hate the dentist!!!

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  68. I have tweeted https://twitter.com/JS0600/status/400169489976684544

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  69. Commented on Love your Gums

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  70. Followed on Instagram as JS0600

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  71. followed on pinterest as JS06

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  72. Liked on FB as Jacqui Sclanders

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  73. Followed on twitter and tweeted a link JS06

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  74. I have a nasty habit of blackouts in the dentist chair so have to go to a specialist, who is brilliant. I've got awful toothache at present and will be on the phone in a few minutes hoping for an emergency appointment.

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  75. absolutely not...a dentist isn't gonna hurt anyone when they have fingers in the victims mouth.....

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  76. used to be but changed dentist so fine now

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  77. Absolutely hate the dentist - think it comes from having surgery to remove a tooth growing across rather than down, and the after affects of having to stay in hospital alone as a child. Horrible things!! @Laurac2

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  78. Follow on Facebook & twitter x

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  79. Nope :)
    And thankfully kids do well there too

    @sarahrees151286

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  80. I'm Following on Twitter (@kiddy_boo) and have Tweeted a link to the comp including@beachpebble

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  81. I Like "Emma in Bromley" Facebookpage

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  82. • Following on Pinterest(beachpebble) and Pin this comp on Pinterest (Jo Booth/kiddyboo)

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  83. Added to Google + and G+ this post

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  84. Follow on blog on Bloglovin (Jo Booth / kiddyboo)

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  85. Follow on Instagram(beachpebble_uk) and like my Demon Dentist picture (jobooth1)

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  86. Not afraid of the dentist only afraid of the numbing needle

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  87. I'm not afraid of the dentist, but I really hate it when you start to choke cos they hold the suction tube in the wrong place... :-(

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  88. No, I love the dentist as they always say I have very nice teeth!

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  89. Not afraid of the dentist, just the local anesthetic...@Nickyh173 All followed and liked :)

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  90. I used to be really afraid of them but I can now sit in the chair and have small amounts of work done with out crying.
    @zoebryan (twitter) zoe lucas (Facebook, bloglovin) agaue1 +goggle +1d post

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  91. No I'm not afraid of the dentist, I was brought up around them as my dad was a dental technician and my mum was a dental nurse!

    kirstyjfox [at] yahoo [dot] com

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  92. I follow on Twitter and have tweeted - https://twitter.com/bloomingfox/status/400343985098457089

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  93. I follow you on Pinterest and have Pinned this comp - http://www.pinterest.com/pin/230387337161697026/

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  94. I follow you on Google + and have given this post +1 - Kirsty Fox

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  95. i used to be, but not anymore :)
    @jtl1121
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  96. following on pinterest and pinned post
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  97. following on google+ - jodie harvey +1'd your post :)

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  98. follow on instagram - jodie harvey
    liked post x

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  99. I Follow on Pinterest(beachpebble) and Pin this comp on Pinterest

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  100. I Follow on Twitter and Tweeted a link to the comp including@beachpebble

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  101. Not afraid of the dentist, but weirdly the rest of my family are

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  102. I'm not scared of the dentist, I just don't like going :)

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  103. I am absolutely terrified of the dentist! So much so, that I have to be put to sleep for any treatment!

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  104. I follow you on Google+ and have Shared / +1'd the competition x

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  105. I follow you on instagram as coppelia100 and have liked / loved the photo x

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  106. liked on facebook, I hate the dentist I am terrified ( twitter vch2217 )

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  107. I never really went to a proper dentist until I was about 11 and when I did they told me i needed a filling and i ran away crying so scared
    laurenv13@hotmail.co.uk

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  108. Hel yer! Dentist scares the s*$t out of me!

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  109. I have a cockily stomach, so feeling sick is the worst thing about the dentist for me!

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  110. I absolutely hate going to the dentist, but I have to put on a brave face when I take my 2 kids for their 6 month check-up.

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  111. The only fear I have in going to the dentist is the bill after!!!!

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  112. I hate the dentist but put a brave face on so people dont think i am silly @ryanmia02 on twitter

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  113. I've followed on Twitter and Tweeted as @Diane_not_Di

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  114. I've liked on Facebook as Diane Wood

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  115. I've followed on Pinterest and pinned http://www.pinterest.com/pin/547257792191121957/

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  116. I'm not afraid of the dentist, the doctor however is a different story! @Diane_not_Di

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  117. I've followed on Bloglovin' (Diane Wood)

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  118. I've added you on Google+ and shared this post (Diane Wood)

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  119. No I'm not.

    @captainsunflow

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  120. Yes, very scared but I'm brave and still go!

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  121. I don't get bothered by the dentist @jillxcel

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  122. I am a little bit scared!
    @jellybabes

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  123. When I was younger , my dentist looked like the mad scientist !
    eva_churchill@hotmail.com

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  124. I'm not scared of the dentist, I'm scared of the bills he gives me though >=(
    @hunnycat

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  125. liked on Facebook too (Karen M Colquhoun)

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  126. Following on facebook x Kirsty Kjaybaby Caffrey

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  127. Following on Google + and shared link on Google +

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  128. kirstyslow@hotmail.co.uk
    no I don't mind it

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  129. i follow on facebook as Sue Lesley Hall

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Thank you for your comments

Emma x