Category: Books

Book Review: It’s All Good, Gwyneth Paltrow

Book Review: It’s All Good, Gwyneth Paltrow

| 1 May , 2013 | Reply

In the past few weeks, everyone has been talking about Gwyneth Paltrow’s new cookbook, It’s All Good. What was meant to be just a simple cookbook focused on eating well in a sea of processed food that has now been turned into a media frenzy as people got their hands on the highly anticipated book. [...]

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Book Review: Not Quite Nigella, Lorraine Elliott

Book Review: Not Quite Nigella, Lorraine Elliott

| 30 April , 2013 | Reply

Lorraine Elliott, also known as Not Quite Nigella, the fabulous Aussie food blogger who has turned her love for food and life into a book.  Not Quite Nigella is the most popular food blog in Australia and it’s because Lorraine is doing what she loves – writing and working with food – and that is [...]

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Book Review: Haven of Obedience, Marina Anderson

Book Review: Haven of Obedience, Marina Anderson

| 29 April , 2013 | Reply

Natalie Bowen is a successful and gorgeous career woman, and from a distance it looks like she has everything… but then why is she unable to keep a partner from leaving? Natalie thinks she will never find real happiness. Then she hears about a place called, The Haven, an exclusive retreat for those looking to [...]

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Book Review: The Game, A.K. Shevchenko

Book Review: The Game, A.K. Shevchenko

| 23 April , 2013 | Reply

It has been 25 years since four school friends played ‘the game’. On that occasion, their game resulted in a tragic death. This time, the results will be no less dramatic. Summoned by their enigmatic leader Tony, four people who have nothing in common except the game gather together to play it one last time. [...]

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Book Review: Eat Fat Be Thin, Natalie Kringoudis & Andi Lew

Book Review: Eat Fat Be Thin, Natalie Kringoudis & Andi Lew

| 17 April , 2013 | Reply

Eating Fat is the new well fat.  Quitting sugar is the latest ‘diet’ on our radars, as you know we’re strong advocates for quitting sugar, having successfully done it 18 months ago. We don’t consider quitting sugar a ‘diet’ or a ‘fad’ it’s our way of life and the more information that comes out supporting [...]

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Book Reivew: The Secret Keeper, Kate Morton

Book Reivew: The Secret Keeper, Kate Morton

| 17 April , 2013 | Reply

On one perfect summer day in the early 1960s, Laurel Nicolson is hiding in the family tree-house avoiding a birthday picnic. She watches as her mother comes through the woods towards the house to get the family’s special birthday cake knife. Also walking towards the farmhouse is an unknown man. He crosses the fields and [...]

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Book Review: The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things, Paula Byrne

Book Review: The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things, Paula Byrne

| 17 April , 2013 | Reply

The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things investigates the life and personality of one of the world’s most popular authors through the ‘small things’ that make up every life; letters, portraits, scrawls and childhood notebooks. Starting with an everyday object that may or may not have belonged to the Austen family, author Paula [...]

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Book Review: Notorious Nineteen – A Stephanie Plum Story, Janet Evanovich

Book Review: Notorious Nineteen – A Stephanie Plum Story, Janet Evanovich

| 11 April , 2013 | Reply

In her 19th numbered adventure, bounty-hunter Stephanie Plum is on the case of a millionaire-thief, a homeless man obsessed by a Tiki while protecting a bride from a psychotic ex-serviceman hell bent on chaos and death. Only slightly over the normal run-of-the-mill drama level for Janet Evanovich’s adrenalin-loving heroine. When Geoffrey Cubbin steals millions from [...]

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Book Review: The Vanishing Point, Val McDermid

Book Review: The Vanishing Point, Val McDermid

| 4 April , 2013 | Reply

After a very suspenseful start, The Vanishing Point by Val McDermid settles into a story about friendship. The book opens with a heart stopping abduction. 5 year old Jimmy is snatched out from under the nose of our protagonist in the midst of airport security. When Stephanie, awash with terror for Jimmy and only part [...]

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Book Review: Delia’s Cakes, Delia Smith

Book Review: Delia’s Cakes, Delia Smith

| 2 April , 2013 | Reply

Have you got a sweet tooth that just can’t be satisfied? Do you always do a double take when you walk past a bakery window? Then you’re sure to love Delia Smith’s new book, Delia’s Cakes. Delia Smith is a bestselling author and a household name with a whole slew of classic cookbooks under her [...]

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Book Review: Cook With Love, Pete Evans

Book Review: Cook With Love, Pete Evans

| 25 March , 2013 | Reply

We just can’t seem to get enough of My Kitchen Rules – almost every night, everyone I know is glued to their televisions for another hit of their favourite trashy television. But one of the benefits of My Kitchen Rules is seeing a lot more of Pete Evans on our screens, and all the tasty [...]

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