Factfulness Dr Hans Rosling with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling-Ronnlund Hachette RRP: $29.99 If you want a great overview of important international issues; if you have an interest in the big issues for the day and want to quickly sift through the various views and succinctly determine the ‘facts’, if …
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Yummy, Easy, Quick Matt Preston MacMillan RRP: $39.99 What a cracker of a cookbook. What I loved most was that the “voice” of Preston was present throughout – witty little side comments on every page will have a smile on your face as you whip up one of his yummy, …
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Future Home of the Living God Louise Erdrich Hachette RRP: $37.99 This is a heavy read; but don’t let that put you off picking up this novel. It helps to know that Erdrich is an indigenous writer, whose characters are American Indian. This novel is no different. It follows the …
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Force of Nature Jane Harper MacMillan RRP: $34.99 This was a great thriller to start off the New Year! Set in the Australian bush, a group of five female co-workers undertake a “team bonding” experience…but only four come out the other side. As you can imagine the plot itself us …
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The State of Affairs Esther Perel Hachette RRP: $37.99 I’m not a heavy reader of non-fiction. I’m not sure why but often it feels like “homework”. When this one came across my desk however I had to say YES. Esther Perel has given a compelling TED talk on affairs (view …
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The Rest of Their Lives Jean-Paul Didierlaurent MacMillan RRP: $34.99 I need to start by gushing…this was my favourite holiday read by far. I could not get enough of it! Gush, gush, gush…. This delightful novel (in translation) is set in France and follows two protagonists who are brought together …
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The Little Breton Bistro Nina George Hachette RRP: $34.99 I’ve had Nina George’s first book, “The Little Paris Bookshop”, on my “to read” list for a while, so I jumped at the chance to review her latest book and I wasn’t disappointed. It’s a lovely story – which is something …
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Seven Days of Us Francesca Hornak Hachette RRP: $37.99 This book made me laugh out loud at times and cringe at others. Not because of the bad writing, quite the opposite, the emotions we pretty much all because I could see how given the same circumstance most families would pretty …
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The Duchess Danielle Steel Penguin Random House Angelique is orphaned and betrayed by all those who are supposed to be her family. With the grace of her heritage Angelique sets out in the world with only the gift her father gave her to face many challenges in finding what she …
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Blue Danielle Steel Penguin Random House RRP $26.00 Happiness can be found in the Strangest Places . . .Ginny Carter was once a star in TV news, married with a young son – until a freak accident turned her world upside down, Ginny carries on as best she can struggling …
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