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Archive for May, 2010

Book News: Turning Forty by Mike Gayle

Posted on Thursday, May 13th, 2010 by Leah

Those who receive Mike Gayle’s newsletter will be aware of the fact that his 11th book is going to be a sequel to his fab novel Turning Thirty. In his latest edition of his newsletter, Mike has revealed that the book will (probably) be called Turning Forty and that he has “enjoyed being back with Ginny, Matt and co. ten years after their first appearance”. There’s no release date yet but I would hazard a guess it’ll be out in 2011! You can sign up to Mike’s newsletter at his website: http://www.mikegayle.co.uk/

For all of Mike’s fans, his latest book The Importance of Being A Bachelor was released this week so go snap it up! I certainly will be buying it soon, as I love Mike’s books!

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Book Review: Things I Wish I’d Known by Linda Green

Posted on Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 by Leah

Back when she was a teenager, Claire Cooper thought she had her life mapped out: she’d have a fantastic job as a corporate lawyer, she’d still be best friends with Frankie and, most importantly, she’d be married to Andy Pailes.

But life never quite works out as you imagine it and finds herself stuck in a dead-end job with a failed marriage behind her and currently dating Mark, an ambulance-chasing lawyer. Claire’s life is turned upside down when she finds the Dream List she wrote aged 15 mapping out the life she thought she’d have. But where did it all go wrong and what exactly happened to Claire’s idol Andy Pailes?

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Cover Wars: Class by Jane Beaton

Posted on Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 by Leah

I was a huge fan of Jane Beaton’s debut novel (and first in the Downey House series) Class and another thing I thought was incredibly unique about the book was it’s cover design (left). It wasn’t something I’d seen before so imagine my disappointment when I saw Rules (the second book in the series) wasn’t going to have the same cover. Even worse — Class was re-designed to match Rules and now, instead of looking unique, seem to blend in more with other chick lit books. What do you think?

It’s about love lives …Maggie has been dating Stan for years - safe, comfortable and about as exciting as soggy toast. Can their relationship survive? Especially when Maggie meets David McDonald, her opposite number at the boys’ boarding school over the hill. Every single girl in the school has a crush on him, but not Maggie …yet. It’s about school lives …Two girls. Same form. Simone Kardashian has won a scholarship and is determined to make her parents proud. Fliss Prosser is furious at being so far from home and her friends. As Simone tries desperately to fit in, Fliss tries desperately to get out. It’s about private lives …Veronica Deveral knows how to manage a school. Routine and discipline are fundamental to her role. But Veronica has a secret that could ruin her career ..

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Book Cover: Gallery Girl by Wendy Holden

Posted on Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 by Chloe

Wendy Holden’s next book Gallery Girl is due out on 19th August 2010, and here’s the lovely cover for it. I really like it, I think it looks summery and very pretty! However, I haven’t read one of Wendy’s books in a while so I might try and get back into Wendy’s work with this one! Here’s the summary:

“Zeb’s the darling of Brit Art; the rock n’ roll bad boy artist whose works go for bazillions. But can he keep his end up – in every sense – now that his powerful female patron is losing interest? Beth loves art and the traditional gallery she works in and loves her boyfriend, doctor David. But the hospital hours he keeps are putting a strain on the relationship. Marie’s pop-star husband was big in the Nineties; he’s relaunching his boy band with a vengeance. But where does this leave Marie and her dreams of being a painter? Ben’s a brilliant portrait artist but no-one wants his stuff. Why have a picture that actually looks like you when you could have a gold-sprayed prosthetic limb? Disillusioned Ben’s reduced to living in the country and holding adult education life classes. But what happened to his life? Then Beth finds herself catapulted into the crazed world of contemporary art. Marie walks into Ben’s life class. And the picture changes completely.”

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Chick Flick Tuesday: Linda Green’s Top 10 80′s Flicks!

Posted on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 by Leah

Chick Flick Tuesday highlights the best chick flicks in the movie world as well as bringing you news on upcoming chick flick releases as well as letting you all know about which chick lit books are being made into chick flick movies!

This week we have a very special Chick Flick Tuesday for everyone. Author Linda Green has popped in to tell you all her favourite 80′s flicks to help celebrate the release of her new 80′s inspired book Things I Wish I’d Known (due out on Thursday and will be reviewed tomorrow on here). Our thanks go to Linda for compiling this list and do head over to Twitter at any time this week to let the Headline group know what you wish you had known back in your teenage years!

1. When Harry Met Sally
For the classic ‘I’ll have what she’s having’ scene.

2.Gregory’s Girl
I so wanted to be Dee Hepburn.

3.The Breakfast Club
The brat pack at their best and a very cool teen flick.

4. Dead Poet’s Society
Not girly, I know but truly inspiring and ‘captain, my captain’ always makes me cry.

5. Witness
Fantastic sexual chemistry between a fully-clothed Kelly McGillis and Harrison Ford.

6. Footloose
Still remember the moves to the feet at the beginning. Me and my friends did the dance all the way home.

7. An Officer and a Gentleman
Richard Gere doesn’t usually do it for me but when he scooped Debra Winger up in his arms . . .

8.Flashdance
What I would have given to be as hot as Jennifer Beals - though not to be a welder, obviously.

9. Dangerous Liaisons
Chick-flick in corsets. Wonderfully wicked and clever.

10. Fatal Attraction
The film that brought a whole new meaning to a ‘kitchen sink drama’.

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Book News: Inheritance by Tara Palmer-Tomkinson

Posted on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 by Leah

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson is following in the footsteps of Penny Smith, Katie Price, Martine McCutcheon, Sharon Osbourne and Coleen Nolan and is bringing out a novel. Inheritance is due out on 1st October 2010 and I would assume Tara will be using a ghost-writer to help her in her quest to be a novelist. I won’t be reading it myself as I find celebrity offerings are usually rubbish and I truly struggle to take a character seriously when she’s called Lyric. I’m sure Inheritance will have its fans though and here is the synopsis:

Notorious party-loving ‘It Girl’ Lyric Charlton has it all – the lineage, the looks and the lifestyle. A moneyed upbringing at the heart of one of the upper class’s most well-connected families, a finishing school education and an address book bursting with the world’s most powerful and high-profile people has crowned her the glamorous poster girl for the aristocratic glitterati.

But when her doomed relationship with suave boy-about-town Ralph Conway means she takes the good times too far, she is packed off to rehab by her worried parents, and the public shame and private humiliation that follow means Lyric’s only option seems to be to retreat into sober obscurity. But what no one can predict is the dramatic chain of events her exile sets in motion. For Lyric’s treatment is the start of much more than a life as an ex-addict. It’s the catalyst that exposes a complex web of deceit and betrayal – and leads Lyric on an increasingly dangerous quest to find the final missing piece of the jigsaw of her life…

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Competition: Win a signed copy of Sarah Duncan’s ‘Kissing Mr Wrong’

Posted on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 by Chloe

Sarah Duncan has a new book out this week called Kissing Mr Wrong and her fabulous publishers at Headline have given us 3 SIGNED copies to giveaway to our readers! I loved Sarah’s last book A Single to Rome and I look forward to reading this one because the cover makes it look like a fabulous summer read!

To enter, just send us an email to [email protected] with your name and address on (only Leah and I have access to these emails) and we’ll pick 3 entries at random using random.org. The competition closes on Saturday 16th May at midnight, so get those entries in! UK entries only. 1 entry per household.

Good luck!

“Lu Edwards may write and illustrate books for children, but she’s certain she doesn’t want children of her own. She believes in travelling light, with not even a goldfish to tie her down, until Nick – a WWI expert with more baggage than Heathrow, right down to the kids, ex-wife and hamster – blows into her life. He’s absolutely not Mr Right, but as he helps Lu trace a strand of her family history, she finds herself being drawn into his chaotic but warm world. Being the wicked step-mother was never a role Lu fancied playing, though, and she’s not sure that loving Nick will be enough for a happy ever after together…”

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Book Review: The Finishing Touches by Hester Browne

Posted on Monday, May 10th, 2010 by Chloe

Every girl should know what the finishing touches are.

That dash of gloss on the cheekbones to lift your complexion.
High heels for poise, and a luscious lipstick for the perfect pout.
It’s the spritz of perfume on the pulse points and the…
….ability to stand on your own two feet?

When 21st century girl Betsy is called in to rescue an exclusive finishing school from financial ruin, she knows she must change the school drastically, if it’s ever to survive. So it’s out with debutante decorum and in with modern manners and man-management. But before she can teach the girls how to walk in high heels, Betsy may just have to remember how to wear them herself. With the added bonus that her gorgeous friend Jamie and the surprisingly hunky bursar Mark both seem to rather approve of her new stilettos…

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Posted in 2010 releases, Book Reviews, Rating: 4/5 | 3 Comments »

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Archive for May, 2010

Book News: Turning Forty by Mike Gayle

Book Review: Things I Wish I’d Known by Linda Green

Cover Wars: Class by Jane Beaton

Book Cover: Gallery Girl by Wendy Holden

Chick Flick Tuesday: Linda Green’s Top 10 80′s Flicks!

Book News: Inheritance by Tara Palmer-Tomkinson

Competition: Win a signed copy of Sarah Duncan’s ‘Kissing Mr Wrong’

Book Review: The Finishing Touches by Hester Browne

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