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Hollywood is Like High School with Money by Zoey Dean

February 19, 2010

Tina Gamble
Lesson # 1: Fake it till you make it.
Twenty-four-year old Taylor Henning has just landed her dream job as an assistant at a major movie studio. But when her catty coworkers trick her into almost getting fired, she realizes that the old saying “Hollywood is like school with money” just may be true. The [...]

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The Long Song, Andrea Levy

February 14, 2010

Andrea Parks
I love to learn about history but have never been one to delve into a textbook willingly. What better way to understand the world than through storytelling? The Long Song by Andrea Levy is the richest of stories about a Jamaican woman named July.
I am never sure what to expect at the beginning of [...]

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The Winter House, Nicci Gerrard

February 13, 2010

Belle from The Belle Lumiere
Premise:
“When Marnie receives a phone call that summons her to the side of a once-beloved friend, she is wrenched from her orderly London life and sent back into a past from which she has fled but never escaped. Ralph, Marnie and Oliver once knew each other well and are still inextricably bound [...]

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Playing the Field, Zoe Foster

February 5, 2010

Carla Caruso, Diamonds & Whirls
There is reason to feel a tad green-eyed towards Zoe Foster. She’s been the beauty director at Harper’s Bazaar, she used to date rugby spunk Craig Wing… oh, and she’s the author of no less than three books. Three, I tell you!
Still, when you’re immersed in one of her frothy, fun [...]

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The Complete Book of Sister’s, Luisa Dillner

February 4, 2010

Guest Editor, Samantha Singer
“A sister is for life: your best friend or your worst enemy…she’s the one you’re compared to and the one you compete with… In this entertaining collection of anecdotes there are sisters ranging from the loving Brontes to the…sisters of Lenin and Hitler”
Luisa Dillner, author of The Complete Book of Mothers-in-Law, and [...]

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A Touch of Dead, Charlaine Harris

February 3, 2010

Tina Gamble
The Sookie Stackhouse Stories
Everybody’s favourite waitress is back and coming along for the ride are some of your favourite characters to wrap up some missing loops, and add some fresh fun to the series.
A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris is every fan’s must-have collective of all the Sookie Stackhouse short stories. A light [...]

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A Most Immoral Woman, Linda Jaivin

February 1, 2010

Kristy McCormick
Touted as an expert in all things erotic and widely regarded as an expert in Chinese culture, author Linda Jaivin has seamlessly combined the two in her most recent novel A Most Immoral Woman.
Based on a true story, A Most Immoral Woman is set in China in 1904. It is primarily the intriguing story [...]

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Sweet Little Lies, Lauren Conrad

February 1, 2010

Kimberley Santos, Pop Couture
One may easily dismiss Lauren Conrad, made famous for her ‘roles’ in Laguna Beach, which then led to the Hills. Anyone could easily judge her as just another reality star wanting to extend her 15 minutes of fame and, if not music, why not writing? But that would be a mistake, [...]

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