I did Mod1 with bristol, tried to learn everthing in the book, failed some exams not good marks on the ones I passed. Someone on the forum stated that you could take the text-book into the exam room and still not answer the question. Feedback,feedback,feedback. Yes read the books and try to understand them ,but dont get bogged down by them, hit the feedback. it worked for me.
Good luck
DJ.
Pleese excuse the spilling.