Category: Books

The No Excuses Guide to Soul Mates, Stacey Demarco & Jade-Sky

The No Excuses Guide to Soul Mates, Stacey Demarco & Jade-Sky

| 29 March , 2010 | 3 Replies

Natalie Aroyan & Monique Kinerson The Journey to Finding Love…With No Excuses Review by Natalie Aroyan: I\’ve always been an old romantic, but the idea of having only one soul mate has always concerned me and seemed a tad unrealistic. What if I never found ‘the one\’ because I had spent years with the ‘wrong [...]

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Murder of King Tut, James Patterson

Murder of King Tut, James Patterson

| 24 March , 2010 | Reply

Andrea Parks Recently, a friend of mine paid $35 dollars for a ticket to see the King Tut exhibition in Ottawa, Canada – that\’s double the cost of a movie. The mysteries of Egypt – and Tutankhamen – are ever-popular and people are still willing to pay to see them. And didn\’t everyone do a [...]

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East of the Sun, Julia Gregson

East of the Sun, Julia Gregson

| 23 March , 2010 | Reply

Natalie Green, Colourful Words Before I even opened the front cover, I made a hasty, snap judgment that I wasn\’t going to like East of the Sun based on three factors: It\’s set in the 1920s and I normally prefer modern fiction. It\’s set in India I just read a book set in India. The [...]

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The Clothes on Their Backs, Linda Grant

The Clothes on Their Backs, Linda Grant

| 23 March , 2010 | Reply

Samantha Singer A tale of the many stories under the surface Vivien Kovacs is an educated young woman who grew up in Benson Court with her two refugee parents; escapees from Hungary prior to WWII. Completely oblivious to most of the world around her, Vivien led a sheltered life but was forever curious. Most of [...]

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Ford County Stories, John Grisham

Ford County Stories, John Grisham

| 23 March , 2010 | Reply

Kristy McCormick As I first picked up this book I thought to myself that I had read a lot of John Grisham books over the years, but wasn\’t aware that he wrote short stories. He hadn\’t. This collection of seven short stories titled Ford County Stories is his first foray into this challenging genre. And, [...]

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Some Girls Do& My Life as a Teenager, Jacinta Tynan

Some Girls Do& My Life as a Teenager, Jacinta Tynan

| 22 March , 2010 | Reply

By Carla Caruso, Clique Media My intention with this book initially was just to read the excerpts from the writers I knew and loved. Women like Tara Moss, Kathy Lette and Jessica Adams wielded their pen for this collection of true stories on their teenage years – school formals, first kisses, first bras and beyond. [...]

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Book Review: Marie Claire Real + Simple, Michele Cranston

Book Review: Marie Claire Real + Simple, Michele Cranston

| 21 March , 2010 | Reply

Jane de Graaff, I Ate It All The happiness of a cookbook named ‘real + simple’ comes in the discovery that yes, the name says it all. For flavour raiders familiar with the beautiful gastro-porn of the Marie Claire cookbooks (and specifically the work of Chef and Food Stylist Michele Cranston), you’ll already know that [...]

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Original Sin, Tasmina Perry

Original Sin, Tasmina Perry

| 20 March , 2010 | Reply

Kristy McCormick Think Sex and The City meets Danielle Steel. And that is pretty much what you\’ll get when reading Original Sin by Tasmina Perry. A story filled with designer clothes, sumptuous homes and exclusive restaurants Original Sin is a delicious tale of love, lust and secrets – big secrets. Tess Garrett is a London [...]

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Duchess by Night & When the Duke Returns, Eloisa James

Duchess by Night & When the Duke Returns, Eloisa James

| 15 March , 2010 | Reply

Andrea Parks There are six books in Eloisa James\’ Duchess sextet (pun intended?). I\’ve had the opportunity to read the third and fourth in the series: Duchess by Night and When the Duke Returns. These are both classic romance novels and I didn\’t mean to but I loved them. In fact, I can\’t wait to [...]

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The Piper\’s Son, Melina Marchetta

The Piper\’s Son, Melina Marchetta

| 14 March , 2010 | 1 Reply

Tina Gamble Thomas Mackee wants oblivion. Wants to forget parents who leave and friends he used to care about and a string of one-night stands, and favourite uncles being blown to smithereens on their way to work on the other side of the world. But when his flatmates turn him out of the house, Tom [...]

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Hard Girls, Martina Cole

Hard Girls, Martina Cole

| 10 March , 2010 | Reply

Kristy McCormick Touted as “the only author who dares to tell it like it really is” Martina Cole sure knows how to pack a punch. Her novel, Hard Girls, is not for the faint hearted. The book is set in the tough streets of East London and explores the harsh reality of living, and working, [...]

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