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Review of Lioness, by Emily Perkins
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Lioness

In her early twenties Teresa was drifting along after finishing her marketing degree, working at a hotel and trying to get a stationery...

A review of Love Marriage, by Monica Ali
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Love Marriage

Yasmin Ghorami is getting married … which involves her Indian parents having dinner with her fiance’s rich, feminist, out-there mother in North London....

Book review of WAKE by Shelley Burr
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WAKE

This rural crime novel is set in the small town of Nannine, in rural Australia. A twin sister went missing from a farm...

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Fellowship Point

The towering personality in this novel is Agnes Lee. She is like a tall 80-year-old tree in her beloved Sank (sanctuary) filled with...

A book review of The Candy House, by Jennifer Egan.
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The Candy House

Every sentence is smooth and enticing, and so I follow Jennifer Egan into the candy house of all the free things and opportunities...

A book review of Dirt Town, by Hayley Scrivenor.
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Dirt Town

Someone driving through Durton (or Dirt Town as the kids call it) wouldn’t be that impressed with its single road of basic shops,...

Review of Starter for Ten, by David Nicholls
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Starter for Ten

This book is so funny I laughed out loud a lot while reading it. The scenario will be recognisable to anyone who went...

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Demon Copperhead

This is my book of the year. I circled around this one for a while because it sounded worthy but depressing. It’s inspired...

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Like I Can Love

This novel alternates between three narrators – Jenna in the past, Fairlie in the present, and letters from Evelyn to her daughter Jenna....

Book review - The Other Side of Beautiful
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The Other Side of Beautiful

I woke up in the night with a head full of worries, unable to get back to sleep. That’s when I got up...