book review: Maggie’s Going Nowhere by Rose Hartley
Maggie's Going Nowhere by Rose Hartley (Contemporary Fiction), Penguin Random House, $32.99, buy now Maggie Cotton’s life is a hot mess. In one day, she’s dumped by her boyfriend, disinherited by her mum, and kicked out of the three-year degree…
book review: Island on the Edge of the World by Deborah Rodriguez
Island on the Edge of the World by Deborah Rodriguez (Contemporary Fiction), Penguin Random House, $32.99, buy now Haiti. A poor country rich in courage, strength and love. As these four women are about to discover. Charlie, the rootless daughter…
book review: The Bee and the Orange Tree by Melissa Ashley
The Bee and the Orange Tree by Melissa Ashley (Historical Fiction), Affirm Press, $35, buy now It’s 1699, and the salons of Paris are bursting with the creative energy of fierce, independent-minded women. But outside those doors, the patriarchal forces…
#comfortread: Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” So says Oscar Wilde, and so says me. This is the Back List series. It’s a celebration of #comfortreads -…
book review: The One by Kaneana May
The One by Kaneana May (Contemporary Women's Fiction), HarperCollins, $29.99, buy now On the wrong side of thirty, Bonnie Yates wants a happily ever after. Problem is, she keeps choosing the wrong guys. When an ex returns to town with…
october 2019
Looking for something new to read? My Book Lust series might help! It's a monthly round up of all the new-release novels I need in my life. So Lucky by Dawn O'Porter (General Fiction) IS ANYONE'S LIFE . . .…
