Author Archive: Melinda Stella

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Book Review: The Wedding Season, Su Dharmapala

Book Review: The Wedding Season, Su Dharmapala

| 17 January , 2013 | Reply

Shani is 32, has a great job and owns her own home in Melbourne, but – much to her mother’s disappointment – Shani is also single, but she’s really happy! Just as the Sri Lankan wedding season begins, the stars align and Shani’s horoscope reveals that now is the right get married! After a lot [...]

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Book Review: No Sex in The City, Randa Abdel-Fattah

Book Review: No Sex in The City, Randa Abdel-Fattah

| 11 October , 2012 | Reply

Imagine an Australian version of ‘Sex and The City’ with Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha, but without the sex part (they do have Facebook though!). This is exactly what you get when you read children’s author Randa Abdel-Fattah’s first foray into adult writing with ‘No Sex In The City.’ This brilliant novel follows 28 year [...]

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Book Review: Why You’re Not Married…Yet, Tracy McMillan

Book Review: Why You’re Not Married…Yet, Tracy McMillan

| 21 September , 2012 | Reply

It says it on the cover: “Why You’re Not Married…Yet is a book about finding you”. The author, Tracy McMillan, has been married (and divorced) three times.  Unfortunately, it appears that Tracy is not an expert at staying married (though I suspect there will be another book for that), however her three marriages have taught [...]

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Book Review: Skinnydipping, Bethenny Frankel

Book Review: Skinnydipping, Bethenny Frankel

| 9 August , 2012 | 2 Replies

Skinnydipping is Bethenny Frankel’s very first novel – and I sincerely hope it isn’t her last. On the day of her college graduation, Faith Brightstone says goodbye to New York and moves to LA to become an actress, and as fate would have it, she meets a producer the moment she steps onto the plane! [...]

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