By Alice HoffmanISBN: 978-1-4711-8583-0Simon and Schuster Australia The World that We Knew manages to be both devastatingly sad and luminously beautiful at the same time. It’s quite an extraordinary novel. I’m not always a great fan of magic realism; some writers seem to use it as a means to avoid plotting properly. Here, however, it adds a gentle patina that softens the … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: The Arrangement
By Robyn HardingISBN: 978 1 760850463Publisher: Simon and Schuster (2019) “The Arrangement” is both a thriller and a character study, and is compelling on both levels. Once you start reading, there’s every chance you won’t stop until you’ve reached the end. Natalie is an art student in New York, and like many students, she’s struggling to pay her bills. A fellow student … [Read more...]
Book Club Reads August 2019
August is breathing down my neck and we have a great list of books on offer. Broken Masterpiece - Tee SmithMystery/Suspense Nothing is as it seems. When Charlie wakes from a brutal attack, she finds herself in a strange new world. Desperate for answers, she searches for remnants of the life she had. Her last memory was more than ten years ago. She … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: While You Were Reading
Author: Ali Berg & Michelle KalusISBN: 9781925750560RRP: $24.99Publication Date: July 2019Publisher: Simon & SchusterCopy: Courtesy of the Publisher Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus are the authors of The Book Ninja, which we read for book club last year. The creators of Books on the Rail are back with a second romantic comedy novel and I look forward to reading it. It … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: Those People
Author: Louise CandlishISBN: 9781471168086RRP: $29.99Publication Date: July 2019Publisher: Simon & Schuster Those People is published by Simon and Schuster and is the first novel by Louise Candlish that I have read. Although I didn’t receive a copy of the book through Beauty and Lace book club, I was intrigued enough by the blurb to want to read it. The book is … [Read more...]
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