| Category | Title | Rating |
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| Fiction Amanda Hampson Book Review italy mediterranean mundanity Penguin Global | Book review: The Olive Sisters by Amanda Hampson | Rating: 7 of 10 |
With the gentle, undulating flow of many Italian or Spanish stories, The Olive Sisters also walks the well-worn path of bittersweet romance and wistful hark-back to the past that seem to be the hallmark of Mediterranean fiction. | ||
| Contemporary literature Short Stories Jonathan Tel Book Review China Other Press | Book review: The Beijing Of Possibilities by Jonathan Tel | Rating: 9 of 10 |
With almost text-book precision, Jonathan Tel captures the essence of the perfect short story in this loosely woven collection of heartbreaks, secrets, humanities and mundanities, backdropped by the mysterious Beijing. | ||
| Fantasy Fiction Horror Charlaine Harris Ace Books Book Review romance vampire | Book review: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris | Rating: 1 of 10 |
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| Fiction Humour Commander Pants aliens Book Review god mental illness Pantsateria psychiatry | Book review: Whom God Would Destroy by Commander Pants | Rating: 9 of 10 |
A light-hearted romp through the big boys of serious topics - Whom God Would Destroy examines the subjects of religion, psychiatry, the mentally ill, and alien conspiracies in a sniggeringly hilarious meander through some cunning plot twists and a whole new understanding of the universe as it is. | ||
| Humour Non-fiction Political Charles Firth america Book Review Pan Macmillan Australia | Book review: American Hoax by Charles Firth | Rating: 6 of 10 |
If this was lunch, it would be a Wendy's hot dog with everything. | ||
| Fantasy Stephanie Meyer Book Review Little, Brown & Co. romance series vampire | Book review: Twilight by Stephanie Meyer | Rating: 2 of 10 |
What if Joss Whedon wrote like an 8 yr old, Buffy was a petulant, crying moron and Angel was her self flagellating bitch? Stephanie Meyer would be $70 million poorer, that’s what. | ||
| Modern fiction Stephen King Book Review dead destiny psychic signet | Book review: The Dead Zone by Stephen King | Rating: 7 of 10 |
Stephen King examines themes of predestination, fate, love and evil in his classic fifth novel, The Dead Zone. | ||
| Contemporary literature Louis de Berniéres Book Review catholisism latin america religion Vintage | Book review: The Troublesome Offspring Of Cardinal Guzman by Louis de Berniéres | Rating: 8 of 10 |
Mildly disappointing, but only compared to the insanely high standards I have come to expect from Mr de Berniéres and his extreme awesomeness as an author. | ||
| Fiction Humour Literature Kingsley Amis Book Review Penguin Classics | Book review: Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis | Rating: 8 of 10 |
If this was fused with a grim, dystopian sci-fi blockbuster in some of Godawful teleporter accident it would be the film 'Brazil'. | ||
| Chick lit Emma McLaughlin Nicola Kraus betrayal Book Review fame love Simon & Schuster | Book review: Dedication by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus | Rating: 8 of 10 |
McLaughlin and Kraus are back - and in my opinion, even better than before. Dedication is the quintessential girl's fantasy, with an unexpected happily ever after - where the girl makes the rules. | ||
