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Book Review: The Sister Diaries by Karen Quinn

Posted on Friday, August 21st, 2009 by Leah

Amanda, Laura and Serena Moon are three sisters who, while they don’t always get along, are always there for each other.

When their mother, Sunny, dies, they all think they are getting an equal share of her mother’s fortune.

However once the will is read, it turns out Sunny left everything to Serena. Amanda and Laura are furious and the sisters set off on a journey to find out why their mother left everything to Serena…

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Posted in 2009 Releases, Book Reviews, Rating: 5/5 | No Comments »

Book News: The Importance of Being a Bachelor by Mike Gayle

Posted on Friday, August 21st, 2009 by Leah

Lad-lit favourite Mike Gayle’s next novel The Importance of Being a Bachelor was due for release in April 2010 but has been brought forward and will now be released on 18th February 2010! It sounds like another great read from Mike:

Despite the example of their own parents’ enduring marriage, the three Bachelor brothers show no signs of settling down. Adam has a string of glamorous girlfriends, but they aren’t suitable wife material. Luke has just proposed to Cassie but his refusal to consider having children looks like an insurmountable barrier. And baby of the family Russell is in love with the one woman he can’t have.

Then their father announces he has been thrown out of the family home and this forces all three brothers to examine their own priorities.

Are all three Bachelor brothers totally hopeless cases or just late starters?

Posted in 2010 releases, Book News | 1 Comment »

Book Review: Step On It, Cupid by Lorelei Mathias

Posted on Friday, August 21st, 2009 by Chloe

This book follows the main character of Amelie Holden, a woman who works in London in the competitive field of advertising. She and her best friend Duncan are assigned a new project involving Speed Dating much to Amelie’s horror.

She decides to research Speed dating thoroughly and ends up on several Speed Dating nights. Her Aussie boss Joshua is driving her mad with his motivational speeches, her ex-boyfriend Jack is suddenly back on the scene and she begins to eye up an actor she met on a speed-dating night.

Will Amelie and her colleague Duncan be able to create the perfect slogan for Fast Love? Is Amelie destined to be alone forever?

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Posted in 2006 releases, Book Reviews, Rating: 5/5 | 2 Comments »

Book News: My Single Friend by Jane Costello

Posted on Thursday, August 20th, 2009 by Leah

It was provisionally called The Thinking Girl’s Crumpet but Jane Costello has confirmed her third novel will actually be called My Single Friend. I much prefer the new title the synopsis looks fab. It’s due for release on April 1st 2010:

At 28, Lucy is doing well for herself. She’s got a great job in PR, her boss loves her, and her best girlfriends Dominique and Erin think she’s great. More important than anyone’s opinion is that of her flatmate, and oldest friend in the world, Henry. For twenty years they’ve been inseparable: beauty and the geek. Henry thinks the world of Lucy.

So why does she feel the need to lie outrageously on dates? From rock-climbing to Chekov: when it comes to prospective boyfriends, Lucy is compelled to embellish her C.V. with unlikely porkies that always backfire - with hilarious results. Henry can’t understand it. Lucy is so loveable: why can’t she just be herself? But when Lucy turns the spotlight on Henry, he wishes he’d never brought it up.

With a penchant for jumpers and NHS-style specs, Lucy decides that Henry is in need of a makeover - big time. Enlisting the help of Dom and Erin, it’s not long before the girls have Henry out of the flat, and into the Topman changing rooms. A new haircut, contact lenses, a flirting master-class from Dom …poor Henry doesn’t know what’s hit him. But nothing can prepare them for the surprise results! Before long, Lucy realises that their lives will never be the same again.

Posted in 2010 releases, Book News | 1 Comment »

Author of the Week: Jodi Picoult

Posted on Thursday, August 20th, 2009 by Leah

This week’s Author of the Week is not a chick lit author, this week’s author of the week is women’s fiction author Jodi Picoult! Here is a mini-biography from fantasticfiction.co.uk:

Jodi Picoult received a degree in creative writing from Princeton and a Master’s degree in education from Harvard. Jodi lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children. Jodi Picoult’s novels centre on family, relationships, and the balance of love. Riveting plots bring to light questions and issues that remain with a reader long after the last page is turned.

Jodi is the author of 16 novels and her 17th, House Rules, is due out in March 2010 and sounds fab. Jodi’s books always create debate to those who read them because she takes controversial issues and turns them into a fab story. I’ve read My Sister’s Keeper, which I loved, and Nineteen Minutes, one of the best books I read last year! I also have The Tenth Circle, Plain Truth, Handle With Care & Change of Heart to read and they all sound fab. One of Jodi’s novels, My Sister’s Keeper, has been turned into a film starring Cameron Diaz which has also created debate among Jodi’s fans for the change of ending. I have yet to see it so I can’t tell you my thoughts on that!

Jodi is a well-loved author and she is a favourite of mine! I look forward to reading her entire collection! I also must mention her book covers - they’ve been re-issued and are fab! As there are so many covers, click underneath to see them all!

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Posted in Author of the Week | 5 Comments »

Book News: When I Found You by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Posted on Thursday, August 20th, 2009 by Leah

Catherine Ryan Hyde isn’t an author I’d heard of before but I got the chance to review her latest book When I Found You. It’s due out on the 10th September and is an outstanding read. I’ll be posting my review within the next two/three weeks so look out for it. The synopsis for When I Found You reads:

When Nathan McCann discovers a newborn baby boy half buried in the woods, he assumes he’s found a tiny dead body. But then the baby moves and in one remarkable moment, Nathan’s life is changed forever.

The baby is sent to grow up with his grandmother, but Nathan can’t forget him and is compelled to pay her a visit. He asks for one simple promise - that one day she will introduce the boy to Nathan and tell him, ‘This is the man who found you in the woods.’

Years pass and Nathan assumes that the old lady has not kept her promise, until one day an angry, troubled boy arrives on his doorstep with a suitcase…

Posted in 2009 Releases, Book News | 1 Comment »

Book Review: Never Tear Us Apart by Mary Malone

Posted on Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 by Leah

Tormented by the belief that her husband is cheating on her, Vicky plans a dangerous course of revenge. She’s determined to make him pay. As the line dividing reality and paranoia blurs, the voices in her head threaten to push her one step too far.

Deceiving her boss was never part of Ariel’s plan. Now she is being accused of gross incompetence but she cannot tell him the bizarre truth. Why should he believe her when the one person she always relies on has shut the door firmly in her face? Unaware that she has a secret admirer, Ariel has never felt more alone.

Working side by side each day, neither knows what’s going on in the other’s head. Will they break their silence in time to prevent destruction and tragedy?

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Posted in 2009 Releases, Book Reviews, Rating: 5/5 | 4 Comments »

Book News: The Good, The Bad & The Dumped by Jenny Colgan

Posted on Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 by Leah

Jenny Colgan’s next novel The Good, The Bad & The Dumped is due for release on 13th May 2010 and sounds like a fab read:

Posy is delighted when Matt proposes - on top of a mountain, in a gale, in full-on romantic mode. But the next morning disaster strikes: he backs out of the engagement. Crushed and humiliated, Posy starts thinking.

Why has her love life always, always ended in total disaster? Determined to discover how she got to this point, Posy resolves to track down her exes …

Is there hope for Matt, or will she fall back in love with an old flame? What about Lord Voldemort, the old boyfriend that cannot be named? And could Posy face up to the idea that, actually, one day she could live life on her own terms?

Posted in 2010 releases, Book News | No Comments »

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