Tag: book review

The Style Strategy: Nina Garcia

The Style Strategy: Nina Garcia

| 16 January , 2010 | Reply

Guest Editor, Keryn O’Donnell The Style Strategy: A Less-Is-More Approach to Staying Chic and Shopping Smart\’ – Nina Garcia With two previous bestsellers under her belt, Marie Claire editor, Project Runway judge, and author Nina Garcia has set out to spread her fashion wisdom and knowledge to the masses with the thought of being a [...]

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Who do you want to be today? Trinny & Susannah

Who do you want to be today? Trinny & Susannah

| 14 January , 2010 | 2 Replies

Johanna Baker-Dowdell, Strawberry Communications An avid Trinny & Susannah fan from the time I spent living in the UK in the early noughties, I relished the opportunity to flick through the pages of their latest book Who do you want to be today? As a full-time business woman working from a home office and mother [...]

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Luxury, Jessica Ruston

Luxury, Jessica Ruston

| 22 December , 2009 | 2 Replies

Guest Editor Tammerly Holmes, Pink Diva Beauty I have just finished Luxury by Jessica Ruston and I am still on a high! It has me so hooked that I wish it didn’t have to end. Logan Barnes is a handsome, extremely wealthy businessman, known for his international hotel chain LBI. A successful marriage to Maryanne, [...]

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The Perfect Man

The Perfect Man

| 29 November , 2009 | Reply

Guest Editor, Tammerly Holmes, Pink Diva Makeup Ladies and gents beware: The Perfect Man by Sheila O’Flanagan is gushy and lovey-dovey, yet hypocritical of love at the same time. Our two main characters, sisters Britt and sister Mia McDonagh are different in many ways; Britt is a successful divorce lawyer who has experienced a short-lived [...]

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Interview: Caroline Overington, Ghost Child

Interview: Caroline Overington, Ghost Child

| 24 November , 2009 | 3 Replies

Premise: On 11 November 1982, police were called to a housing estate an hour west of Melbourne. In the lounge room of an otherwise ordinary brick veneer home, they found a five-year-old boy lying on the carpet. His arms were by his sides, his palms flat. The paramedics could see no obvious signs of trauma [...]

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The Good Luck Girl

The Good Luck Girl

| 22 October , 2009 | 2 Replies

Guest Editor Kristy McCormick The second novel from author Kerry Reichs, The Good Luck Girl is a heartwarming story of self discovery, second chances and realising that just being true to yourself is sometimes the best thing you could ever do. It is the story of 26 year old Maeve Connelly. After taking an inordinate [...]

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Finger Licken’ Fifteen

Finger Licken’ Fifteen

| 21 September , 2009 | Reply

Guest Editor, Jane de Graaff from I Ate It All The new Stephanie Plum Novel Premise: Bond Enforcement officer Stephanie Plum has her hands full tracking down deadbeats who don\’t show for court. It\’s an unpredictable job at the best of times, but when her work colleague Lula witnesses a murder, things heat up a [...]

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Will you be Rapt?

Will you be Rapt?

| 28 August , 2009 | 16 Replies

I know you’ve been waiting patiently for me to write my review about Nikki Gemmell‘s new book, Book of Rapture and I apologise but FINALLY, here it is. Premise: Three children wake up in a basement room. They have been drugged and taken from their beds in the middle of the night. Now they are [...]

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Fix your phobia

Fix your phobia

| 8 June , 2009 | Reply

Guest Editor, Amanda Cole Author of I Hate Cinderella Anthony Gunn\’s compassionate approach exudes out of his book “Fix Your Phobia in 90 Minutes” from the moment you open it up. This little treasure is a book borne from years of experience fixing his own phobias and now is one of those books you can [...]

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And one thing led to another

And one thing led to another

| 3 March , 2009 | Reply

Katy Regan’s debut novel, One Thing Led to Another, is based on her own story of accidentally falling pregnant by her best mate, which inspired her hugely successful Marie Claire column, And Then There Were Three. They say that the book is ‘a smart, punchy, poignant and achingly funny debut‘ and I agree, I thoroughly [...]

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