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Books

A Song in Daylight, Paullina Simons

November 22, 2009

Johanna Baker-Dowdell, Strawberry Communications
A Paullina Simons virgin, I approached A Song in the Daylight without knowledge of the heroines who have gone before this novel’s subject Larissa Stark.
Attractive 40-year-old Larissa is the epitome of a true Shakespearean romantic hero in every way. However, instead the arrogant, unapproachable hero we are used to seeing in Shakespeare, [...]

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Secrets & Liars: Young, Loaded & Fabulous 2

November 22, 2009

Guest Editor, Tina Gamble
The queen bees are back.
Alice and Tally are the queen bees at St Cecilia’s. They have glamour, style, privilege, money and, of course, attitude. After the disaster (and the triumph) of St Cecilia’s charity parade, Alice and Tally now have their sights set on new dramas, and it would seem there’s [...]

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The Brightest Star in the Sky

November 8, 2009

Guest Editor Kristy McCormick
Marian Keyes has been a favourite author of mine since I first read Watermelon years and years ago. And with this, her most recent novel, she has not disappointed. The Brightest Star in the Sky is a story of love, hope and friendship – with just a touch of magic thrown [...]

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Young, Loaded & Fabulous

November 3, 2009

Guest Editor, Tina Gamble
Beware: Not for the prim and proper.
Queen Bees Alice and Tally have it all, looks, money, social standing and an utterly fabulous and outrageous group of friends. There are parties to attend, sophisticated European cities to travel to, and plenty of gorgeous boys to flirt with. Life for the girls is [...]

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Interview with Isabelle Merlin

November 1, 2009

Guest Editor, Tina Gamble
Take a trip to France with one of Australia’s most promising teen fiction authors, Isabelle Merlin, as she takes you on a tour around the country, from the heart of Paris to the quaint little countryside, to the mystical world of Avallon and beyond.
Author of three enchanting teen thrillers, including, Three Wishes, [...]

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Girl By Sea, Penelope Green

October 30, 2009

Guest Editor, Jane Rowley

All those carbs and a lifestyle almost entirely focused on food and its preparation has left Penelope Green, author of Girl by Sea, absolutely … svelte. Dressed in slim black pants and a tank top that accentuates tanned and toned arms, it’s ludicrous to think her boyfriend’s affectionate nickname for her [...]

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Six Feet Under or Up in Smoke: the Aussie way of death

October 29, 2009

Guest Editor, Jane de Graaff from I Ate It All
I didn’t think I’d enjoy a book that deals exclusively in death. I don’t know about you, but I’m not one who’s put a lot of thought into what’s going to happen to my physical remains after I die. Until recently I thought it was [...]

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Dark Places

October 27, 2009

Guest Editor Kristy McCormick
The second novel from author Gillian Flynn, Dark Places is a book that hooks you in from the very first page. It is intense, as dark as the title suggests and filled with real despair and heartache.
Dark places is the story of the Day family, and in particular Libby Day. Libby [...]

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